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
- ^ "National Register Information System – (#82002659)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Jones, John Tecumseh (Tauy) " https://khri.kansasgis.org/photos_docs/059-0000-00001_8.pdf
- ^ 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
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tauy Jones Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved February 12, 2022. With accompanying pictures
- ^ "Virtual Campus Map | OUKS | Ottawa University".