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Building Name
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Boone Hall
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Description
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Boone hall was constructed in 1914 on the site of the former Conservatory. The building was originally called the Administration Building, but served as a multipurpose space. Administrative offices were housed on the first floor which was shared with the Modern Language Department, drawing classes and studios were upstairs, and the Manual Training Department and the YMCA had spaces in the basement. By the 1950s, administration moved out of Boone, and it became the Arts Building, a name it held until 1968 when it was renamed for Richard Gause Boone who served as the ninth president of the Michigan State Normal College (1893-99). In 1992, the Art Department moved to Sherzer, and Boone became the home of Continuing Education courses and other offices, which continues to be the function of the building today.
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Namesake Biography
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Richard G. Boone was born on September 9, 1849, in Spiceland, Indiana. Following grammar school, Boone studied at Spiceland Academy, teaching in rural common schools in order to finance his own education. When he graduated from Spiceland in 1871, at the age of 22, Boone was appointed a teacher in the high school at Frankfort, Indiana, where in 1876, he became superintendent of schools. Boone was renowned as an educator and issued an honorary degree in 1884, from De Pauw University. Boone left Frankfort to become a Professor of Pedagogy at Indiana University in 1886. As the first IU Professor of Pedagogics, Boone installed a sequential set of ten courses in pedagogy. He did graduate work at Johns Hopkins University under the world renowned psychologist G. Stanley Hall. Boone was awarded at PhD in 1890 from Ohio State University. While at IU, he published landmark textbooks, "Education in the United States," and "History of Education in Indiana," as well as articles in scholarly journals. In the fall of 1893, Boone resigned from IU to become principal of Ypsilanti State Normal School. In 1898, he became president of the newly formed Michigan State Normal College, where he remained until 1899. Boone then became the superintendent of schools in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1899 until 1905. From 1905 until his death in 1923, he was a member of the education faculty at the University of California at Berkeley.
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Building Namesake
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Richard Gause Boone, 9th President of Michigan State Normal College, 1893 - 1899.
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Year Constructed
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1914
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Date Dedicated
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1918
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Building Functions
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Administrative Functions, Continuing Education, Academic Programs Abroad, The Graduate School.
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Administration Building, 1914 - 1950; Arts Building, 1950 - 1962; Ford Hall, 1962 - 1968
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Architect
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Smith, Hinchman and Grylls, Detroit, MI
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Original Cost
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265000
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Architectural Style
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Renaissance Revival
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Square Footage
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38925
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Rights
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