Stone Hall - 1936 - U of M - Missoula, MT
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N 46° 51.534 W 113° 59.048
12T E 272539 N 5193808
Though the Faculty of Journalism was founded in 1914, it had no permanent and acceptable home until 1937, when this building was completed with the aid of PWA funding. Quite a step up from the original four tents pitched in 1914.
Waymark Code: WMMZV5
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 11/29/2014
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Vaguely Renaissance Revival in style, the Journalism Building, now known as the Stone Building, is dedicated to a prior Dean of the University, Dean Arthur Stone. It stands in the second tier of buildings from The Oval, south of the western half of it.
A contributing building to the University of Montana Historic District, more information on the building can be found on Page 9, Section 7 of the U of M Continuation Sheet.
Stone Hall
Dean Arthur Stone pitched four tents near the Oval in 1914, thereby founding the University’s School of Journalism. An old bicycle shed and later World War I army barracks served as quarters for this discipline, then considered “non-essential.” After a long struggle, the Public Works Administration appropriated building funds. Architects R. C. Hugenin of Butte and Norman DeKay of Helena designed the 1937 Renaissance Revival-inspired building, adding liberal modern touches and asymmetrically placed windows. Home of the university newspaper, The Kaimin, and dedicated to Dean Stone, this building represents the hard-won acceptance of journalism as an academic discipline.
From the NRHP Plaque
Year built or dedicated as indicated on the structure or plaque: 1936
Full Inscription (unless noted above): Stone Hall
Erected 1936
• Department of Geography
    Crown of the Continent Initiative
    Montana Geographic Alliance and
      Teaching Laboratory
    Physical Geography Laboratory
• College of Forestry and Conservation
    Wood Science Laboratory
    Restoration Ecology Laboratory
    Ungulate Ecology Laboratory
  Forestry Entomology Laboratory
    Computer Classrooms
• Central and Southwest Asian
     Studies Center
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