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[[Image:WestHall1.jpg|thumb|240px|West Hall, seen between Low Library and Mathematics]] | [[Image:WestHall1.jpg|thumb|240px|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. | '''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. | ||
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| + | Not to be confused with [[College Hall West]], now known as [[Hamilton Hall]], which would have mirrored its counterpart [[College Hall East]], now [[Journalism Hall]] as the twin homes of the faculty and departments of [[Columbia College]]. | ||
[[Category:Demolished buildings on the Morningside Heights campus]] | [[Category:Demolished buildings on the Morningside Heights campus]] | ||
Revision as of 05:36, 24 January 2008
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, now known as Hamilton Hall, which would have mirrored its counterpart College Hall East, now Journalism Hall as the twin homes of the faculty and departments of Columbia College.
