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Name of Building: Arnold Arms 

Built: 1925 

Razed: 2009

Architects & Construction:

     Architect information for this building is unavailable

     Construction was done by Newman J. Arnold

Past Uses: Newman J. Arnold built the structure known as Arnold Arms in 1925 for use as a residence hall for women. It was later purchased by the State Board of Higher Education in 1945 for use as a men's dorm and to house war veterans. In the 1950's, it was converted to a women's dorm. Once Arbuthnot Hall was completed in 1962, it was converted back to a men's dormitory. Eventually it became the Mathematics Division's Faculty Offices, and then was later burned down for a 'burn to learn' by the Fire Department in 2009 due to its current structural condition and age.

Extra Information:

• Arnold Arms residents and Butler Hall residents played a charity game of basketball in 1967 that broke the US basketball endurance record.

  These very similar dormitories were designed to create a cohesive stylistic grouping of dorms. Gentle, Butler, Barnum, and Landers Halls ring Valsetz Dining Hall and are the geographic centerof residential campus life.  

  Present Uses:

       Used as a dormitory for the increasing student size, and is still used as a co-educational dormitory today.

  Architects:

       Architects for these buildings were Payne and Settecase of Salem