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Creation Date
1966
Description
Building Name - Rodes-Harlin Hall
Other Names - Dormitory No. 4
Date Built - 1966
Cost of Construction - $1,264,80
Architect - Frank Cain
Namesakes:
John B. Rodes (1870-1970) regent, Bowling Green native and member of the Ogden College Class of 1889. He went on to study law at the University of Virginia. Rodes was a close friend of Henry Cherry, served as Bowling Green mayor from 1929 to 1933 and appointed Warren Circuit Judge in 1948.
Max B. Harlin (1876-1944) a Clay County, TN native he grew up in Warren County and served as WKU regent from 1928 through 1932. He was admitted to the bar in 1896 and practiced law in Tompkinsville and Glasgow before moving to Bowling Green in 1909.
Park City Daily News:
New Nine-Story Women's Dormitory Planned for Construction, June 27, 1965
Western Plans Three New Dorms, June 27, 1964, p. 8
Keywords
Western Kentucky University