Spooner Hall, University of Kansas - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Spooner Hall, University of Kansas - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Spooner Hall was built in 1893-94 as the University of Kansas' first library building. The Richardsonian Romanesque structure was designed by architect Henry Van Brunt and built with funds bequeathed by William B. Spooner, a Massachusetts leather merchant who had a family connection to the university. As originally built, the building housed a reading room on the ground floor and meeting space on the upper level, with book stacks in a five-story section. Read more on Wikipedia
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