Nichols Hall

Building offices

• Advances in Communication Theory and Research, room 129, 532-6937, fax 532-3714
• Communication Studies, Division of, room 129, speech@k-state.edu, 532-6875, fax 532-3714
• Communication Studies, Theatre, and Dance - CSTD, Dept. of, room 129, cstd@k-state.edu, 532-6875, fax 532-3714
• Computing and Information Sciences, Dept. of, room 234, 532-6350, fax 532-7353
• Dance, Dept. of, room 129, dance@k-state.edu, 532-6875, fax 532-3714
• Speech Unlimited, room 102, ksu4n6@k-state.edu, 532-6790
• Theatre, Dept. of, room 129, theatre@k-state.edu, 532-6875, fax 532-3714

History

Nichols Hall, erected in 1910-11, provided facilities for the Physical Education and the Military Science Departments. The initial appropriation of $25,197 was increased the following year to complete the building. Basketball contests were held in this facility until the Ahearn Fieldhouse was completed. A swimming pool was included in the basement. Some of the facilities for the Department of Music moved into this building and space on the top floor was remodeled for a radio broadcasting studio. A disastrous fire gutted the interior in 1968 leaving only the stout masonry walls and twisted steel girders. Following student lobbying of President Acker and campus support, $5.5 million was allocated by the legislature to rebuild Nichols. It was completed in 1985 and was named for Dr. Ernest R. Nichols who was Head of the Department of Physics before serving as President of Kansas State College from 1899 to 1909.