- Villard Hall
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location =Eugene, Oregon
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lat_degrees = 44
lat_minutes = 2
lat_seconds = 50
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 123
long_minutes = 4
long_seconds = 35
long_direction = W
locmapin = Oregon
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built = 1886
added =April 11 ,1972 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
architect= Williams,Warren Heywood; Roney,Lord Nelson
architecture=Second Empire
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governing_body =University of Oregon
refnum=72001083Villard Hall is a historic building located in Eugene,
Oregon ,United States . Completed in 1886, it is the second-oldest building on theUniversity of Oregon campus afterDeady Hall . TheSecond Empire -style building was listed onNational Register of Historic Places in 1972.Deady and Villard Halls were together designated as one U.S.
National Historic Landmark in 1977.cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1260&ResourceType=Building
title=Deady and Villard Halls, University of Oregon |accessdate=2008-07-05|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service] citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/72001082.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Deady and Villard Halls, University of Oregon] |32 KB|date=1977-02-17 |author=Carolyn Pitts |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/72001082.pdf "Accompanying nine images, from 1876 and undated"] |32 KB]Villard Hall was named for
Henry Villard , a railroad magnate and philanthropist who was the University of Oregon's first benefactor. He provided financial aid to the university in 1886. Before its naming, Villard Hall was known as "the new building."The building now houses the university's theater arts department and the
Robinson Theater .Renovation of the Robinson Theatre began early in 2007, marked with a groundbreaking ceremony.Fact|date=August 2007 Attending were dozens of University of Oregon theatre arts students and prominent community figures.Fact|date=August 2007 The new theatre will feature a glass front, two-story lobby, a new
black box theater , andgreen room for the actors/performers.Fact|date=August 2007 Work is scheduled to be completed in 2009.Fact|date=August 2007ee also
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*Deady and Villard Halls, University of Oregon References
* [http://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/architecture/oregon/villard.html The Architecture of the University of Oregon: Villard Hall & Robinson Theater] from the University of Oregon Library
External links
* [http://www.uoregon.edu/photo_archives/2004gallery/_winter/villard_hall.html Image of Villard Hall] from the University of Oregon
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