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History

Originally called the Practical Agriculture Building, completed in 1879, it has housed a canteen, a barber shop, a chapel, and a college library. Once sheep borrowed from agriculture grazed on the front lawn to control dandelions in time for the 1917 commencement. An electronic carillon, in the tower installed in 1965, sound the hours. In 1902 Anderson Hall became the official name for this building in honor of John Alexander Anderson, the second president of Kansas State Agricultural College (1873-1879). This building provides space for many administrative offices and functions.