This document provides a brief history of several buildings that previously existed on the Berea College campus between 1889 and 1971. It summarizes the origins, uses, and eventual demolitions of buildings like Hunting Hall, Putnam Hall, the Parish House, Prospect House, and various cottages that once housed students and faculty. The document utilizes photographs from Berea College's archives to illustrate the timelines and transformations of these buildings over time. Sources listed include the college's special collections and an architectural history book about Berea College.

1. Eco BS: A History in
Pictures
Olivia Meszaros
ARH 234
Dr. Julie Hruby
Fall 2011

2. Timeline of Eco BS from Building A
College- 1889 to 1955

3. Timeline of Eco BS from maps not
listed in Building A College

10. Music Hall
Music was first taught in the Ladies Hall
(Fairchild Hall), but in 1898 it was moved
to the Hutchinson House, which was
where the Boone Tavern parking lot now
is.
It later became the Office of the Dean of
the Academy, and the music classes were
moved.

11. Music Hall

12. Music Hall-
Academy Office

13. Hunting Hall
It was constructed with student labor
starting in 1915, to house over 50 Academy
boys. It had additions made to it over time.
From 1942 it was housing women, and did
so until 1971 when it was razed.

14. Hunting Hall

15. Hunting Hall

16. Putnam Hall (Faith Hall)
Built from 1912 to 1913, it was named for Kate
Urner Putnam, a teacher at the Academy. It
was originally named Faith Hall, because at
its start, they lacked the funds to complete it,
and were building it on faith. It was lived in
by Vocational School girls, Academy boys and
houses a portion of the Fireside Industries. It
was used from 1913 to 1970, and stood about
where Anna Smith student parking now is. It
was razed in the summer of 1971.

17. Putnam Hall (Faith Hall)

18. Putnam Hall (Faith Hall)

19. Parish House (Academy Chapel,
Foundation School Chapel, “The Ship”
Built from 1902 to 1903, the building had a
few transformations. It was the Academy
Chapel, the Foundation School’s Chapel, and
“The Ship” when used by the Navy V-12
students. It was the seventh building built by
the college for religious uses, and it had also
served as Union Church until the one across
the street was built. The college bought it
from Union Church in 1922, and it was used
until it was razed in 1971.

20. Parish House (Academy Chapel,
Foundation School Chapel, “The
Ship”

21. Prospect House
It was built in the 1890’s as a private
home, but wasn’t bought by the college
until 1901. It was built were Anna Smith
now stands, and housed male Academy
students.

23. Marshall House

24. Cottages
Many of these were first private residences
and then bought by the college to house
students and faculty and staff. They were
all over campus, and often torn town,
moved, or built to serve whatever need
there was.

26. Anna Smith
Anna Smith was built from 1949 to 1950 in
a space cleared by Prospect, Rose and
Marshall Cottages. It was built to house
female students.

27. Anna Smith

28. Campus views

29. Campus views- Parish House,
Hunting Hall, Prospect, Rose and
Duncan
(Marshall)
Cottages

30. Campus views

31. Campus views

32. Sources
• All photographs taken from Berea College
Special Collections and Archives
• Boyce, Robert. Building A College: An
Architectural History of Berea College.
Berea, Kentucky: Berea College, 2006.