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1.1  Planning and Construction  





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2 Joseph M. Bachelor  





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Bachelor Hall
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Former namesCommunications Building
Alternative namesBAC
General information
Typebrick
Architectural styleGeorgian architecture
LocationOxford, Ohio
Coordinates39°30′25.8″N 84°43′48W / 39.507167°N 84.73000°W / 39.507167; -84.73000
Completed1978
Cost$5,352,000
Technical details
Floor count3
Floor area260,000 m2 (2,800,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)George F. Roth and partners

Bachelor Hall is a three-story brick academic building on the Miami University campus in Oxford, Ohio, United States. It was built in 1978 and named after Miami University and Harvard University graduate Joseph M. Bachelor (1889—1947). It houses the Math and English departments, the Speech and Hearing Clinic and the Chair of Communications and Theatre.[1]

History[edit]

Planning and Construction[edit]

In April 1977, the Board of Trustees voted to construct a $6 million communications building to be located at the southwest corner of Patterson Avenue and Route 73. During construction, the building at that time was called the Communications Building.[2]

Post-opening[edit]

On November 4, 1979, Miami University held a dedication ceremony for Joseph M. Bachelor. The new communications building would be called Bachelor Hall in his honor and contributions to Miami. Students, staff and faculty came to the ceremony.[3]

Joseph M. Bachelor[edit]

Joseph M. Bachelor was born in Sharonville, Ohio, on May 17, 1889. He graduated from Miami University in 1911, where he edited The Miami Student as an undergraduate. Bachelor earned a Master’s and a Doctor’s degree at Harvard University. After teaching English at Cornell CollegeinIowa, he returned to Miami University in 1927 as associate professor of English and head of Fisher Hall dormitory. In 1944, he was promoted to Professor of English, a title he earned by developing an innovative course titled Words and by his outstanding presentation of a Shakespeare course. Bachelor retired from Miami University in 1946 and died on December 12, 1947, at a Hamilton hospital. He left his farm, approximately 400 acres, to Miami University to be used for the Joseph M. Bachelor Wild Life and Game Preserve.[2]

Complications[edit]

After Bachelor Hall was built in 1978, the university had to address some issues about traffic and pedestrian crossing.[4] Bachelor Hall could alter traffic patterns. The university and the City of Oxford approved of two pedestrian cross walks at the intersection of Patterson Avenue and Spring Street.[5] At the same time, they approved pedestrian traffic controllers to regulate traffic signals at the intersections.[6]

Today[edit]

Bachelor Hall functions as classrooms, computer labs and offices for the disciplines of Journalism, Communication, English, speech pathology, audiology, and Mathematics.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bachelor Hall. 2005. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-06-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  • ^ a b Glos, R.E. (1983). The Buildings of Miami University.
  • ^ Bachelor Hall Dedication Recalls Miami of Old. Miami University Alumni News. January 1, 1980.
  • ^ Shields, J. (1977, September 27). Bachelor Hall could alter traffic patterns. The Miami Student, Vol. 101, No. 8.
  • ^ Fudge, J. (1980, October 10) Student escapes injury after accident at Bachelor crossing. The Miami Student, Vol. 104, No. 14.
  • ^ Council approves testing of two Bachelor crossing plans. (1980, January 18). The Miami Student, Vol. 102, No. 28.

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