Preview
Date of Work
Circa 1900
Identification #
UAP 4484
Description
View of Davis Hall parlor, including several chairs and tables scattered around the room. On the left side of the room is a fireplace with a framed portrait of Hannah E. Davis, who had been the preceptress/matron for all the women students from 1892 to 1896, hanging above. Opposite of the fireplace, on the right side, is a piano, with sheet music, between two metal heat radiators. Hanging from the ceiling are three chandeliers and around the room runs chair molding and wallpaper. Ladies Hall was built in 1887 and renamed for Davis in 1900.
Photo contributor: William B. Roe
Subject
Davis Hall; Ladies Hall; Dormitory; Hannah E. Davis; Hannah E. Davis Portrait; Students-Female; Fireplace; Parlor Furniture; Piano; Chandeliers; wicker chairs; leather chairs and rockers; wallpaper; electricity; Dormitories; Women college students; Fireplaces; Piano; Chandeliers; Wicker furniture; Living room furniture
Places Depicted
North Dakota--Grand Forks
Organizations Depicted
Davis Hall (Grand Forks, N.D.); University of North Dakota
People Depicted
Davis, Hannah E., 1841-1898
Rights
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota