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Title
Otterbein
College
Towers
Hall
Subject
Architecture
Education
Universities and colleges
National Register of Historic Places
Place
Westerville (Ohio)
Franklin County (Ohio)
Description
Towers
Hall
is
the
oldest
building
on the
Otterbein
College
campus
in
Westerville
,
Ohio
.
Designed
by
architect
R.T
.
Brookes
,
who
also
designed
the
original
Columbus
City
Hall
,
it
is
an
excellent
example
of
Victorian
Gothic
architecture
.
It
is
listed
on the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
.
Towers
Hall
serves
as the
main
administrative
building
on
campus
.
It
has
housed
administrative
offices
,
classrooms
, a
library
, a
conservatory
, an
art
studio
, and a
laboratory
.
Towers
Hall
was
built
to
replace
the
building
destroyed
by
fire
on
January
26
,
1870
.
Trustees
,
faculty
,
alumni
, and
village
residents
all
assisted
in
fundraising
efforts
and
construction
began
summer
of
1870
.
It
was
built
at a
cost
of
$29,335
and was
known
as the
Administration
Building
. The
classrooms
have been the
site
of
many
college
pranks
,
among
which
were
stacking
chairs
to
form
pyramids
and
re-arranging
classrooms
. On
occasion
,
college
staff
opened
the
doors
in the
morning
to
find
farm
animals
such
as
cows
,
horses
, or
chickens
.
Creator
Brookes, R.T.
Date of Original
1870
Collection
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/database/histpres.html
(for
more
information
about
the
National
Register)
Source
Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
Submitting Institution
Otterbein College
Rights
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http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
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Image Height
1543
Image Width
2385
File Size
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