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Johnston Hall |
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Continue Walking Tour | Administration Tour
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As Bowling Green State College developed into a university throughout the 1930s and 1940s, university administrators recognized
the need for construction of a facility that would allow for the centralization of medical services on campus. Johnston Hall,
named for H. J. Johnston, a Tontogany physician, who was a member of the Board of Trustees from 1920-1935 and 1939-1945, became
the university's first Hospital and center for the Department of Health Services. The availability of this building was a
major factor in the successful attraction of a troop-training program to campus during World War II.
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Upon the completion of a new Health Center building in 1967, Johnston Hall became an international center where foreign and
American students could live and work together in a cross-cultural environment. Currently, Johnston Hall is the center of
the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, the Child Development Center, and classrooms.
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Listed below are additional highlights in the history of the building:
- 1939, Board of Trustees approves construction of a hospital on-campus.
- 1942, construction completed at a final cost of $105,000. Building will house the University Hospital and the Department of
Health Services.
- 1952, construction of addition completed. Improvements included addition of an elevator to allow for use of the third floor
of the building.
- 1967, renovation completed. Improvements included conversion of the ground floor and two top floors to housing units for foreign
and American students. Additionally, office space created and the rear of the building converted for use as a "nursery school."
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