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[[Image:WestHall2.jpg|thumb|240px|West Hall seen behind Low Library looking west. Mathematics is in the background]]
'''West Hall''' was a building located directly west of [[Low Library]], mirroring the location of [[Buell Hall]]. Like Buell, West Hall was a leftover from the days of the [[Bloomingdale Insane Asylum]]. It was eventually demolished, but can still be seen in early drawings and pictures of the campus.
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[[Image:WestHall1.jpg|thumb|240px|West Hall, seen between Low Library and Mathematics]]
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'''West Hall''' was a building located roughly where [[Mathematics Lawn]] and [[Earl Hall]] are today. It was part of the [[Bloomingdale Insane Asylum]]'s main complex. When Columbia moved to the site it made use of the building for a few years before demolishing it. It various points it housed the [[Anthropology Department]], the [[University Book Store]], and student group space, including the [[Philolexian Society]], the [[Spectator]], [[The Jester]], and [[Columbia Monthly]]. It can be seen in early drawings and pictures of the campus.
  
West Hall was the Superintendent's cottage and had housed the Men's Faculty Club. It was demolished to make way for [[Dodge Hall]], and [[Faculty House]] was built for the faculty.
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Not to be confused with [[College Hall West]], ultimately built as [[Journalism Hall]], which would have mirrored its counterpart [[College Hall East]], now [[Hamilton Hall]] as the twin homes of the faculty and departments of [[Columbia College]].
  
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[[Category:Demolished buildings]]
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Latest revision as of 10:13, 22 November 2012

West Hall seen behind Low Library looking west. Mathematics is in the background
West Hall, seen between Low Library and Mathematics

West Hall was a building located roughly where Mathematics Lawn and Earl Hall are today. It was part of the Bloomingdale Insane Asylum's main complex. When Columbia moved to the site it made use of the building for a few years before demolishing it. It various points it housed the Anthropology Department, the University Book Store, and student group space, including the Philolexian Society, the Spectator, The Jester, and Columbia Monthly. It can be seen in early drawings and pictures of the campus.

Not to be confused with College Hall West, ultimately built as Journalism Hall, which would have mirrored its counterpart College Hall East, now Hamilton Hall as the twin homes of the faculty and departments of Columbia College.