Thompson Hall

Building offices

• Geology, Dept. of, room 108, 532-6724, fax 532-5159

History

Thompson Hall was completed in 1922, during President William A. Jardine's administration, primarily for instruction in institutional management. A cafeteria and tea room were included on the second floor. The carefully arranged semi-circular arched windows, low pitched hipped roof and the details of the symmetrically placed colonnaded entrances indicated that the architect referred to villas of the Italian Renaissance for inspiration. The building was named for Dr. Hellen B. Thompson who was Dean of the Division of Home Economics from 1918 to 1923.