Lawrence Hall, Sol Ross State University
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA)
Started: 1938
Completed: 1938
Designers: William Ward Watkin
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Description
Sul Ross State University, named for former Texas Governor Lawrence Sullivan “Sul” Ross, was founded in 1917. The university built Lawrence Hall, also named after Sul Ross, in 1938 to be a dormitory for 116 female students. The Public Works Administration provided the university a loan of $83,000 and a grant of $67,900 for the construction of the building. In 1996, Lawrence Hall was converted for use as an academic facility, housing the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Source notes
http://www.sulross.edu/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/users/docs/president/chapter_2.12_facilities_named_in_honor_of....pdf http://libit.sulross.edu/data/The%20Chronology%20of%20Sul%20Ross%20State%20University%201910-1993.pdf
Project originally submitted by Larry Moore on July 28, 2014.
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