The Council of Independent Colleges: Historic Campus Architecture Project

Eliza Kelly Hall

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Eliza Kelly Hall (front facade), Clarke College

Eliza Kelly Hall (interior, art studios), Clarke College

Eliza Kelly Hall (interior, Art Gallery), Clarke College

Eliza Kelly Hall (detail of stained glass window), Clarke College

Institution Name: Clarke College
Original/Historic Place Name: Conservatory of Music and Art
Location on Campus: Southeast campus
Date(s) of Construction:

1907	original construction

Designer: unknown
Type of Place: Individual building
Style: Romanesque revival, Beaux-Arts classicism (Glossary)
Significance: architecture, education, history
Narrative: see below
References: see below

Materials:

Foundation: native limestone

Walls: plaster

Roof: tile

Function:

1907-present (2006)

academic department building (art, music, drama, and communication)

Narrative:
Built in the Italian Renaissance style, this is the last of the five inaugural campus buildings. The four previous buildings were all destroyed in a devastating campus fire in 1984. (Additional information is appended).

References:

Mulholland, Mary Ambrose. Clarke Lives! Dubuque, IA: Clarke College, 1993.