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Sara Raynolds Hall is a historic building on the
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campus in
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. Completed in 1921, it originally housed the university's
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department. The building was privately funded by local citizens, including the $16,000 construction cost as well as several thousand dollars worth of equipment. One of the largest donors was Joshua Raynolds, whose mother was the building's namesake. The building was designed by Edward B. Christy, who was also responsible for the Pueblo style remodeling of
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in 1908. As with nearly all subsequent buildings on campus, Sara Raynolds Hall also employed the Pueblo style. It is a one-story, brick bearing wall structureHooker, p. 47. with a beige stucco exterior. The building was added to the
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and the
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in 1988.


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