Tauy Jones Hall

Coordinates: 38°36′14″N 95°15′47″W / 38.60389°N 95.26306°W / 38.60389; -95.26306 (Tauy Jones Hall)
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Tauy Jones Hall
Tauy Jones Hall is located in Kansas
Tauy Jones Hall
LocationOttawa University campus, 10th and Cedar Sts., Ottawa, Kansas
Coordinates38°36′14″N 95°15′47″W / 38.60389°N 95.26306°W / 38.60389; -95.26306 (Tauy Jones Hall)
Arealess than one acre
Built1866 (1866)
Built byEmerson & Plank
NRHP reference No.82002659[1]
Added to NRHPJune 14, 1982

Tauy Jones Hall is the oldest surviving building on the Ottawa University campus at 10th and Cedar Streets in Ottawa, Kansas and has a copper roofed cupola at its peak. The building was named after John Tecumseh “Tauy” Jones, who was of half Chippewa heritage and served as an interpreter for the Pottawatomie.[2]

Emerson & Plank began construction of the building in 1866 under President Isaac Smith Kalloch.[3] Construction was completed in 1869. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 14, 1982. [4] Tauy Jones Hall is currently home to "the Chancellor's Office, Human Resources Department, Finance Department, Marketing Department, and the Office of University Advancement."[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System – (#82002659)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Jones, John Tecumseh (Tauy) " https://khri.kansasgis.org/photos_docs/059-0000-00001_8.pdf
  3. ^ Ernest C. Marriner, "KALLOCH-SAINT OR SINNER?" The Colby Alumnus, February 1948, p. 9 https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1308&context=alumnus
  4. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tauy Jones Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved February 12, 2022. With accompanying pictures
  5. ^ "Virtual Campus Map | OUKS | Ottawa University".