150 Years at the University of Arkansas: Buchanan Hall

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams

Published March 10, 2021 at 12:35 PM CST

Buchanan Hall opened as a men’s dormitory in 1888 and was torn down in 1937, at which time a new Buchanan Hall was approved to be built.";

There's no scientific way to determine how "handsome" a buidling is, so we'll let historians give us the definition in this week's trip into the University of Arkansas's 150 year history, which takes us to Buchanan Hall.

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