Walker, Vol, Library-University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
National Register of Historic Places

Walker, Vol, Library-University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Listed
September 3, 1992
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
92001105

About this property

Vol Walker Hall (earlier Vol Walker Library) is a building on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It contains the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees changed the name to honor James Volney "Vol" Walker in the spring of 1934. An 1877 University of Arkansas alumnus, respected lawyer, and member of the Arkansas legislature, Walker was instrumental in keeping the University in Fayetteville despite efforts to move it. Vol Walker Hall was born when University President John C. Futrall decided to utilize Public Works Administration funds available to the University of Arkansas to build a new library. Planning for the new library (and also a new science building) began in March 1931. A similar library at the University of Rochester was used as a blueprint, and eventually Futrall brought in the original designers of the Rochester library, Gordon and Kaehler. The hall contained the University library from 1935 until 1968, when it was supplanted by Mullins Library. It was at this time that the name was changed to Vol Walker Hall. A two-year renovation and expansion of Vol Walker Hall was completed in 2013, culminating in the new Steven L. Anderson Design Center being attached to the historic structure. The design center added 37,000 square feet (3,400 m2) of studio, faculty, and classroom space and allows the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design to be entirely housed under one roof for the first time. Designed by the School of Architecture's Distinguished Professor Marlon Blackwell, the expansion has received several awards in the architecture community, including a 2018 American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Architecture, a 2014 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Gulf States Honor Award and Architects Newspaper's Building of the Year. National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Arkansas

Location

Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
36.06875, -94.17273

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Walker, Vol, Library-University of Arkansas, Fayetteville listed on the National Register?

Walker, Vol, Library-University of Arkansas, Fayetteville was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 3, 1992.

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Walker, Vol, Library-University of Arkansas, Fayetteville is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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