Tauy Jones Hall | |
Location | Ottawa University campus, 10th and Cedar Sts., Ottawa, Kansas |
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Coordinates | 38°36′14″N 95°15′47″W / 38.60389°N 95.26306°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1866 |
Built by | Emerson & Plank |
NRHP reference No. | 82002659[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 14, 1982 |
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]