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View of Normal Hall (Taylor Hall) from the south-southwest circa 1912.
[Temple of Wisdom
The above picture of North Hall was taken in 1912 and conveys some idea of the prominence of the building to the city of Gunnison. With no tree around it, and standing on the Smelter Hill above the City of Gunnison, the building resembled some ancient structure erected inhonor of the goddess of Wisdom. the four ionic columns add to the splender [sic]. Even...
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View of North Hall, Gunnison County High School (later South Hall) and the first floor of Central Hall from the west, circa 1923. Central Hall began as a basement linking the two buildings; in 1923 the tar paper roof over the section "had become badly torn, and the college did not have funds [$1,000] for the repair..." --Abbott Fay, "Mountain Academia".
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"Two cheerful coeds brave the runoff that drained the rodeo grounds every spring. It's 1920, and the central portion of Taylor Hall [Central Hall] is under construction. Fences have been built, trees planted, and a single paved sidewalk connects the campus with downtown Gunnison." -- M. Hatcher notes