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Overview

Anderson Hall accommodated the School of Forestry initially and was named for Alfred H. Anderson, a Washington State lumberman.

Building History

The University of Washington's School (and later College) of Forest Resources has occupied Anderson Hall from the beginning. It was the first UW building which had its total cost underwritten by one donor, Mrs A.H. Anderson, in memory of her husband, the banker and lumberman Alfred H. Anderson (1867-1914). (She gave $250,000 for the purpose.) An officer of the huge Simpson Logging Company, he was credited with acquiring large tracts of timberland for the University. Construction on the building began 05/15/1924 and completed the following year. An article of 07/06/1924 in the Seattle Times described the new facility: "The contract for the hall to be used as the administration building in the School of Forestry group, is for $235,000. The building will be four stories, 70 x 160 feet, and contiguous to the Science Quadrangle. Ceilings will be in various woods and there will be carved hammer beams. An auditorium, exhibition and clubroom and a reading room are interior features. Bebb & Gould have followed the general university type of architecture in the plans and will erect a structure of stone, brick and slate. An arcaded passage way is to connect the building with the already completed Forest Products Laboratory, the first of a series of passageways which are to connect the buildings in the proposed Liberal Arts Quadrangle." (See "$670,000 for New Hall, Seattle Times, 07/06/1924, p. 17.) Due to the election of Washington Governor Roland Hill Hartley (1864-1952) in 1924, a noted opponent of government spending on higher education, none of the quadrangles mentioned came to fruition.

The School (later College) of Forestry building was completed in 1925.

Building Notes

In 1927, the UW School of Forestry was ranked #2 in the US. At the time, it had two buildings, a nursery and a demonstration forest for student and faculty usage. Aside from Anderson Hall, the Forest Products Laboratory was built in 1920 at a cost of $85,000. (See "College of Forestry Ranks Second in U.S.," Seattle Times, 08/07/1927, p. R3.)

The Seattle architecture firm of Hoshide Wanzer Williams, Architects, wrote a historic resource addendum for Anderson Hall in 2014.

Alteration

According to a building study done in 2014 by Hoshide Wanzer Williams, Architects, an alteration to Anderson Hall occurred in 1958: "Anderson Hall underwent a renovation in 1968 which included minor exterior repairs, interior modifications and converting the existing attic space into a large mechanical room. This project was done by Grant Copeland Chervenak & Associates, Architects." (See Hoshide Wanzer Williams, Architects, University of Washington Facilities.edu, UW Anderson Hall HRA, Project Number 204675, February 27, 2014, p. 6, published 2014, accessed 07/10/2024.) Grant Copeland and Chervenak was and would be the architect of two neighboring buildings for the College of Forestry, Winkenwerder Hall(1962-1963) and Bloedel Hall (1970-1971).

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