Wells Hall, Northwest Missouri State University – Maryville MO

City:
Marysville, MO

Site Type:
Education and Health, Libraries, Colleges and Universities

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Completed:
1938

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Wells Hall was built by the PWA in 1938 to house the library, and is named after the university’s first librarian, Edwin C. Wells.  Currently, it houses offices for Communication, Theatre, Modern Languages, Mass Communication, and TV and radio stations.  It has a brick façade with concrete elements that blend with the buildings throughout the campus.

Source notes

Site originally submitted by Charles Swaney on June 26, 2015.

Location Info


Wells Hall
Maryville, MO 64468
Nodaway County

Coordinates: 40.352790, -94.881677

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