- City:
- Norman, OK
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Designer:
- Joseph E. Smay
Description
Adams Hall was constructed as the school of business for the University of Oklahoma in 1935 by the PWA. Joseph Smay was on the architecture faculty and designed this and Richards Hall in 1935. Included in the project is a series of murals reflecting different aspects of Oklahoma business life by Craig Sheppard, a fine arts student at the time. The sculptures of industry and commerce were executed by Jules Struppeck who did a Post Office project in Many, LA.
Source notes
Building plaques.Site originally submitted by Charles Swaney on June 9, 2013.
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Tom Struppeck
Jules Struppeck was my father. Many of his early pieces were WPA funded.
Art makes all of us more complete.