Harris Hall

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Harris Hall
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Location 617 East Huron St., Ann Arbor, Michigan
Coordinates 42°16′53″N83°44′28″W / 42.28139°N 83.74111°W / 42.28139; -83.74111 (Harris Hall) Coordinates: 42°16′53″N83°44′28″W / 42.28139°N 83.74111°W / 42.28139; -83.74111 (Harris Hall)
Area less than one acre
Built 1886 (1886)
Architectural style Late Victorian
NRHP reference # 82002885 [1]
Added to NRHP April 22, 1982

Harris Hall is an auditorium located at 617 East Huron Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

Ann Arbor, Michigan City in Michigan, United States

Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census recorded its population to be 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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History

The Reverend Samuel Smith Harris was the second Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan. During the late 1800s, in response to the controversy surrounding the then-new theory of evolution, Harris had the idea of constructing a forum for discussions of religion and science. Ann Arbor, the location of the University of Michigan, was Harris's selection for a location. In 1883, Harris and the local parish, St. Andrew's, began raising funds to construct a building. The church hired Detroit architect Gordon W. Lloyd to design this auditorium. Construction began in 1886 and was complete in 1887. [2]

Samuel Smith Harris Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan

Samuel Smith Harris was the second bishop of the Diocese of Michigan in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

Episcopal Diocese of Michigan

The Episcopal Diocese of Michigan is the Episcopal diocese comprising more than 70 congregations in the southeast part of Michigan.

University of Michigan Public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

The University of Michigan, often simply referred to as Michigan, is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The university is Michigan's oldest; it was founded in 1817 in Detroit, as the Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania, 20 years before the territory became a state. The school was moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 onto 40 acres (16 ha) of what is now known as Central Campus. Since its establishment in Ann Arbor, the university campus has expanded to include more than 584 major buildings with a combined area of more than 34 million gross square feet spread out over a Central Campus and North Campus, two regional campuses in Flint and Dearborn, and a Center in Detroit. The university is a founding member of the Association of American Universities.

The building was originally named Hobart Hall in honor of former bishop John Henry Hobart, but was renamed after Harris's unexpected death in 1888. The hall was used for lectures, concerts, and other cultural forms of entertainment. The hall served the Episcopal church (it included parish house facilities) and University students, as well as the community at large. In addition to the auditorium, the building also contained a gymnasium, bowling alley, and billiard room. The building continued to be used for its original purpose until 1943, when it was converted to a USO for servicemen undergoing military training at the University. Beginning in 1946, the University leased it to use as headquarters for the Band and Wind Instrument departments. [2] In 1974, St. Andrew's sold the structure to the non-denominational Word of God Community. In 1980, the firm of Buckheim and Rowland acquired the building and converted it to use as offices. [3]

John Henry Hobart Episcopal Bishop of New York

John Henry Hobart was the third Episcopal bishop of New York (1816–1830). He vigorously promoted the extension of the Episcopal Church in Central and Western New York. He founded the General Theological Seminary in New York City and Geneva College, later renamed Hobart Free College in 1852 after him, in Geneva, in the Finger Lakes area of upstate New York.

Description

Harris Hall is 2-1/2-story, red brick gable-roofed structure, measuring fifty feet by eighty-eight feet. It sits on a random-ashlar foundation, and has yellow-gray stone trim as string courses, doorway and window sills and lintels, and drip moldings. It has wooden Queen Anne-style eavesboards with supporting brackets. Above the entry and first floor windows are recessed, arch-topped, spandrel panels containing red terra cotta. Similar panels in the second story contain colored glass transom lights. A flight of limestone steps runs up to the main entrance, which is protected by a projecting, gable-roofed structure with rounded flanking walls and carved stone capitals similar to Romanesque columns. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 Robert O. Christensen (March 1981), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Harris Hall
  3. ↑ "Harris Hall, 1886". Ann Arbor District Library. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
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