The Council of Independent Colleges: Historic Campus Architecture Project

J. K. Daniels Conference Center

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J. K. Daniels Conference Center, Lane College

Institution Name: Lane College
Original/Historic Place Name: Trades and Industries Building
Location on Campus: historic district adjacent to Lane Ave.
Date(s) of Construction:

1923	original construction
1954	remodeled
1968	remodeled
1993	remodeled

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

Materials:

Foundation: cement

Walls: brick

Roof: asphalt

Function:

ca. 1923	classrooms (shoemaking, woodworking, printing, auto mechanics, tailoring, agriculture, and brick masonry; later biology, physics, and chemistry classrooms and college library)
ca. 2004-present (2006)	other (conference rooms)
ca. 2004-present (2006)	administration

Narrative:
The J.K. Daniels Conference Center was renovated in 1993 with the assistance of the National Park Service, Dept. of the Interior. This building has evolved from a classroom/laboratory structure, to the College library, to a modern conference center with teleconferencing capabilities. It was previously remodeled in 1954 and renamed in honor of J.K. Daniels, marking the initial accreditation of the College by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

References:

Campus Master Plan. 1991. Lane College, Jackson, TN.

Campus Plan. 1968. Lane College, Jackson, TN.

Cooke, Anna L. Lane College: Its Heritage and Outreach, 1882-1982. Jackson, TN: Lane College, 1987.

Facilities Master Plan Update. [Jackson, TN: Lane College], 2001.

Murphy, Kimberley A., and Thomason, Philip. Lane College Historic District [Boundary Increase]. National Register of Historic Places designation report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior/National Park Service, 1991.

Thomason, Philip. Lane College Historic District. National Register of Historic Places designation report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior/National Park Service, 1987.