Lawrence Hall - University of Oregon
N 44° 02.803 W 123° 04.520
10T E 493964 N 4877064
Lawrence Hall is named for Ellis F. Lawrence, Dean of the School of Architecture from 1914 until his death in 1946.
Waymark Code: WMNCAF
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 02/12/2015
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About the Place:
Home of the School of Architecture, Lawrence Hall is an amalgamation of buildings and renovations near and adjacent to the 1901 Mechanical Hall. It was named for Ellis F. Lawrence, noted architect and founding dean of the school of architecture, in 1957. ~source
Lawrence Hall is more like a hodge-podge of different styled buildings from different years all wrapped into one large complex and centered around the recently-renovated Lawrence Hall Courtyard in 2006.
About the Person:
Ellis Fuller Lawrence (November 13, 1879 – February 27, 1946) was an American architect who worked primarily in the U.S. state of Oregon. In 1914, he helped found and was the first dean of the University of Oregon's School of Architecture and Allied Arts, a position he held until his death.
Lawrence concurrently served as campus architect for the University of Oregon and designed many campus buildings, including Knight Library and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Lawrence Hall on the university campus (which replaced his Architecture and Art Building of 1923) was named in his honor in 1956.[1] His body of over 500 projects includes churches, residences, commercial and industrial buildings, funerary buildings, multi-family residences, and public buildings.
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There is a plaque located at the SW entrance to Lawrence Hall and it reads:
THIS BUILDING IS NAMED IN MEMORY OFELLIS. F. LAWRENCE F.A.I.A. DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND ALLIED ARTS FROM THE FOUNDING IN 1914 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1946HIS VISION BROUGHT THE SCHOOL INTO BEING; HIS DEVOTION TO ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION INSPIRED ITS FACULTY AND STUDENTS WITH HIS OWN IDEALISM AND DEDICATION TO BEAUTY AND CIVIC SERVICE |