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Creation Date
1-1-1889
Description
Other Names - Potter Hall
Date Built - 1889
Cost of Construction - $561,819
Razed - 1936
Potter Hall was constructed in 1889 to serve Potter College for Young Ladies. It provided space for classrooms, library, dining hall, parlor and dormitory rooms for the students. When WKU purchased Potter College in 1909 the building became known as Recitation Hall and served the campus as a classroom building until it was torn down in 1936 to make way for Cherry Hall.
Additions:
Before 1927 - remodeled for $40,000
Park City Daily News:
- Recitation Hall Dean of All, photograph, 9/28/927
- Remove Landmark to Make Way for Modern Building, 3/17/1936
Keywords
Western Kentucky University, Potter College for Young Ladies