Dave C. Reed Hall

Dave C. Reed Hall. Originally the Administration Building. The first cornerstone of the current Texas Christian University campus was laid in 1911 for Reed Hall, its oldest structure. The facility has been home to university presidents and the business and registrar's offices. It also has housed a post office, university bookstore, kitchen, dining room, classrooms, and even the campus library. In 2009, the building was transformed into a state-of-the-art teaching facility for AddRan College of Liberal Arts., The facility was called the Administration Building until 1960 when adjacent M.E. Sadler Hall was constructed. The building was then named Reed Hall in honor of Dave C. Reed, an avid TCU supporter and TCU Trustee., More recently, Reed Hall comprised 12 classrooms, two seminar rooms and administrative space for AddRan College of Arts and Sciences, later AddRan College of Liberal Arts. It also was the home of the Faculty Center. An ornate room, the center was the site not only of faculty lunches, but also ROTC officer induction ceremonies, afternoon teas and occasional wedding receptions. The Faculty Center housed two historic collections - items such as desks and portraits that belonged to TCU's founding Clark family and the Flore Rupe Mills collection of 2,780 pieces of early American glass., Many distinguished celebrities have walked Reed's halls, including American poets Carl Sandburg, Robert Frost and Vachel Lindsay. The orator William Jennings Bryan was received there, as was renowned pianist Ignace J. Paderewski. Four-legged creatures were welcomed too. With the help of pranksters, a cow found its way to President Walts' office, where it spent the night. "Old White Cawlie Dawg" was allowed to sleep in the basement student lounge. The dog won every student election for years as a write-in candidate, until he, like the cow before him, was expelled.