History of Iowa State: Campus Buildings

Barton Hall:

Anders House ‑‑ Ida Anders was on the household science teacher training faculty from 1920 to 1926. She also served as faculty adviser to the Home Economics Club.

Tappan House ‑‑ Anna Helen Tappan was a mathematics faculty member from 1914 to 1917.

Lyon Hall:

Barker House ‑‑ Edith Barker joined the central staff of Extension Service of Iowa in 1923 and served as the state 4‑H Club leader from 1936 to 1946.

Harwood House ‑‑ Hazel Harwood joined Iowa State's staff as a women's adviser in 1919, and from 1921 to 1923 served as dean of women.

Freeman Hall:

Busse House ‑‑ Florence E. Busse Smith was Iowa State's head of food and nutrition from 1923 to 1924, and acting head of home management from 1934 to 1935.

Vollmer House ‑‑ Lillian Vollmer served Iowa State as a hall director from 1938 to 1954.

Birch Hall:

Dana House ‑‑ Forest C. Dana joined Iowa State in 1923 and was a professor of general engineering from 1926 to 1966. He also was supervisor of freshmen during engineering orientation and tests for many years.

Lange House ‑‑ Paulus Lange joined the Iowa State faculty in 1920 and was an associate professor of English and speech from 1932 to 1952.

Lindstrom House ‑‑ Ernest W. Lindstrom, from 1922 to 1947, served as professor and head of genetics, and from 1936 to 1948 was the vice dean of the graduate division.

Stevenson House ‑‑ W. H. Stevenson came to Iowa State in 1902 and headed the farm crops and soils department from 1910 to 1932 and at one time directed the Iowa Soil Survey.

Welch Hall:

Ayres House ‑‑ Quincy C. Ayres served Iowa State for more than 40 years as a teacher and administrator. He was secretary and manager of the Iowa State Research Foundation from 1938 to 1963 and assistant to the president from 1945 to 1953. He pioneered the development of courses in soil and water conservation in the department of agricultural engineering.

Bergman House ‑‑ Henry D. Bergman came to Iowa State in 1911. He was dean of veterinary medicine and director of the Veterinary Medicine Research Institute from 1943 to 1952.

Beyer House ‑‑ Samuel W. Beyer joined Iowa State in 1891 as head of geology and mining engineering. He also served as dean of industrial science (now the College of Sciences and Humanities) from 1919 to 1931. Beyer Hall also is named in his honor.

Cassell House ‑‑ Wallace L. Cassell joined the Iowa State faculty in 1939 and was professor of engineering from 1941 to 1965.

Roberts Hall:

Fairchild House ‑‑ David S. Fairchild practiced medicine in Ames before he joined the Iowa State staff as professor of anatomy and comparative physiology in 1879. He established the first college hospital at Iowa State.

Franklin House ‑‑ William Franklin came to Iowa State in 1892 as head of the physics department, a position he held until 1897.

Harriman House ‑‑ W. E. Harriman served as college surgeon at Iowa State from 1895 to 1907.

Elm Hall:

McGlade House ‑‑ Madge E. McGlade served as director of residence, director of housing and assistant dean of women during her 34‑year career at Iowa State (1924‑58).

Merchant House ‑‑ Iza A. Merchant taught English and served as Iowa State's first director of social life and helped organize various university and community groups during her 35 years (1928‑63) at ISU.

Miller House ‑‑ Cora B. Miller was a home economics instructor at Iowa State from 1916 to 1918 and head of the department from 1919 to 1937.

Turner House ‑‑ Marcia E. Turner was an associate professor of home economics at Iowa State from 1924 to 1940.

Oak Hall:

Durian House ‑‑ Margaret E. Durian was a member of the child development faculty from 1959 to 1965.

Fosmark House ‑‑ Ethel Fosmark served as director of Freeman Hall during most of her career at Iowa State (1942‑56).

King House ‑‑ Minnie King served as director of Birch Hall during most of her career at Iowa State (1938‑55).

Sims House ‑‑ Frances Sims came to Iowa State in 1925, and during her 14‑year career served as a professor and head of textiles and clothing and director of personnel for women.

Fisher‑Nickel Hall:

Stalker House ‑‑ Millikan Stalker was a professor of agriculture and veterinary science at Iowa State from the 1870s to 1900. He was credited with starting the veterinary medicine program at Iowa State.

Linden Hall:

Brandt House ‑‑ Iva Brandt joined the Iowa State faculty in 1912, and from 1920 to 1925 served as head of the textiles and clothing department.

Devitt House ‑‑ Paulene Lewelling Devitt served on the Iowa Board of Education from 1921 to 1933 and was active in the women's suffrage movement.

Fulmer House ‑‑ Ellis I. Fulmer joined the Iowa State faculty in 1919 and was named professor of chemistry in 1923. One of his major projects was helping the library staff compile book collections in chemistry.

Hoxie House ‑‑ Gertrude Hoxie served as housemother for a number of Iowa State fraternities and sororities from 1932 to 1955.

Merrill House ‑‑ J. W. Jesse Merrill was at Iowa State from 1909 to 1955, serving as an assistant in dairy industry, county extension director and district extension supervisor.

Stewart House ‑‑ Lowell 0. Stewart was head of civil engineering from 1938 to 1957 and also served as acting dean of engineering in 1946‑47. He joined the Iowa State faculty in 1924.

Sullivan House ‑‑ Lenore Sullivan joined institution management in 1930 and served as a professor from 1943 to 1966.

Maple Hall:

Cranor House ‑‑ Katherine Cranor came to Iowa State in 1921, was a professor of household art (now applied art) during the early 1920s and professor of textiles and clothing from 1928 to 1940.

Forbes House ‑‑ Florence Forbes served as extension home furnishings specialist for the state 4‑H Girls Club from 1927 to 1947.

Friant House ‑‑ Regina J. Friant came to Iowa State in 1922 and served as an associate professor of home economics education until 1948.

Hayden House ‑‑ Ada Hayden served Iowa State as a botany professor, photographer and accomplished research artist from 1920 to 1950. She also was curator of the Iowa State herbarium from 1934 to 1950 and was the first woman to earn the Ph.D. at Iowa State. The Ada Hayden Herbarium in Bessey Hall also is named in her honor.

Knowles House ‑‑ Neale S. Knowles served as head of home economics extension from 1907 to 1933.

Shilling House ‑‑ Ida B. Shilling was on the Iowa State food and nutrition faculty from 1923 to 1946.

Walls House ‑‑ Florence Walls served Iowa State in various capacities from 1909 to 1948, including running the food service as a private concession in the women's halls from 1912 to 1944 and supervising food service for Army personnel housed in the women's halls during World War II.

Young House ‑‑ Madge Young served as director of Roberts Hall from 1939 to 1943 and 1946 to 1947, and was an assistant at Friley Hall until 1953.

Willow Hall:

Anderson House ‑‑ Mabel A. Anderson joined the Iowa State staff in 1926 and was food service director at the Memorial Union from 1928 to 1957. She also taught courses in institution management.

Arnquist House ‑‑ Josephine Arnquist took charge of Iowa State's girls' club work in 1920 (there was no state club organization at that time). When she retired as state leader in 1936, more than 15,000 young women were taking part in the program.

Bates House ‑‑ Susan L. Bates was a member of the Iowa State household art (textiles and clothing) faculty from 1920 to 1926.

Lancaster House ‑‑ Lulu R. Lancaster joined the Iowa State home management (family environment) faculty in 1923 and was professor and head of child development from 1929 to 1935.

Lommen House ‑‑ Ingeborg G. Lommen joined the Iowa State foreign languages faculty in 1907 and was a professor from 1924 to 1933.

Platt House ‑‑ Boyne Platt, a civil engineering graduate of Iowa State, returned to ISU in 1936 as superintendent of buildings and grounds. From 1945 to 1958 he was business manager and secretary of the college and from 1958 to 1966 he served as vice president of business and finance.

Schaefer House ‑‑ Ben W. Schaefer joined the Iowa State staff in 1936 as assistant superintendent of buildings and grounds and was director of the physical plant from 1945 to 1968.

Tompkins House ‑‑ Dora Gilbert Tompkins served as an instructor in English from 1905 to 1938. 

Larch Hall:

Caine House ‑‑ A. B. Caine came to Iowa State in 1916 and was a professor of animal husbandry (animal science) from 1936 to 1950.

Cessna House ‑‑ 0. H. Cessna, a member of Iowa State's first graduating class in 1872, returned to the college in 1900 as head of history and psychology. He was named college chaplain in 1902 and held both positions until 1929. Ames' Cessna Street also is named in his honor.

Cunningham House ‑‑ J. C. Cunningham served as a professor of horticulture and botany during his career at Iowa State (1911‑48).

Emerson House ‑‑ Paul Emerson served as a member of the soils staff at Iowa State from 1915 to 1932.

Greene House ‑‑ Guy S. Greene joined the Iowa State faculty in 1930 as head of the speech department and became head of English and public speaking in 1940.

Hanson House ‑‑ A. Maurice Hanson was an associate professor of landscape architecture from 1945 to 1960. He joined the faculty in 1934.

Kehlenbeck House ‑‑ Alfred P. Kehlenbeck was head of the Department of Foreign Languages at Iowa State from 1950 to 1969.

Wolf House ‑‑ Leonard Wolf joined the Iowa State faculty in 1937 as an assistant professor, was appointed professor in 1946 and was head of the Department of Architecture and university architect from 1953 to 1962.

Knapp Hall:

Doolittle House ‑‑ Margaret Doolittle came to Iowa State in 1890 and was a professor of Latin and English and assistant preceptress until 1897.

Fuller House ‑‑ Almon H. Fuller was a professor and head of civil engineering from 1920 to 1937.

MacRae House ‑‑ Tolbert G. MacRae was a professor of music at Iowa State and the head of the music department from 1920 to 1948.

Maney House ‑‑ Thomas Joseph Maney came to Iowa State in 1912, and from the 1920s through the mid‑1940s headed the pomology subsection of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station.

Murray House ‑‑ Charles Murray held a number of positions in veterinary medicine at Iowa State, including dean from 1936 to 1943. He came to Iowa State in 1908.

Otopalik House ‑‑ Hugo Otopalik joined the Iowa State staff in 1923 as wrestling coach, developing the program into one of national prominence. He was on the staff for 29 years.

Rawson House ‑‑ Esther Rawson became an assistant to the registrar at Iowa State in 1918, a position she held until 1963.

Schmidt House ‑‑ Louis Bernard Schmidt was a member of the Iowa State faculty from 1906 to 1956, and was a professor and head of the history and government department from 1930 to 1945.

Vance House ‑‑ Thomas Franklin Vance joined the Iowa State faculty in 1914. He was in charge of child psychology from 1920 to 1927 and later was appointed a professor in the child development department.

Wilkinson House ‑‑ John A. Wilkinson was a member of the chemistry faculty for more than 50 years, beginning in 1913. He was named a professor in 1919.

Storms Hall:

Baker House ‑‑ George T. Baker served on the Iowa Board of Education from 1909 to 1940, and was its president from 1925 to 1940.

Boyd House ‑‑ William R. Boyd was a high school principal and a newspaper editor before becoming chairman of the finance committee of the Iowa Board of Education in 1909.

Campbell House ‑‑ Grace Campbell, an Iowa State alumna, returned to ISU in 1914 to teach mathematics. She served in the registrar's office from 1928 to 1939. 

Coover House ‑‑ Winifred F. Coover came to Iowa State in 1913 and from 1930 to 1944 was a professor and head of the chemistry department.

Griffith House ‑‑ Walter Irving Griffith was appointed director of WOI Radio in 1925, a position he held until 1946 when he became educational director of the station.

Lovelace House ‑‑ Mary A. Lovelace taught domestic economy and served as preceptress and housekeeper from 1870 to 1873.

Nielson House ‑‑ John Nielson had just completed his term of office as president of the Men's Residence Association when he was killed in a car accident in 1964.

Raymond House ‑‑ W. R. Raymond served as a professor of English and speech for 47 years, beginning in 1907.

Sage House ‑‑ J. R. Sage joined the Iowa State faculty in 1915 as a mathematics instructor. In 1920 he was appointed Iowa State's first full‑time registrar, a position he held 31 years.

Starbuck House ‑‑ Arward Starbuck joined the English department faculty in 1913 and was a member of the Iowa State Daily Publication Board from 1925 to 1950.

Wallace Hall:

Errington House ‑‑ Paul Errington was a member of the Iowa State faculty for 30 years, beginning in 1932. He was recognized internationally as a naturalist and for his research on animal populations.

Gilman House ‑‑ A member of the Iowa State faculty from 1918 to 1965, Joseph C. Gilman was named professor of botany in 1934 and was acting head of botany in 1946‑47.

Hartman House ‑‑ George B. Hartman was a teacher and counselor at Iowa State from 1935 to 1960, with the exception of one year. He became head of the forestry department in 1948.

Kilbourne House ‑‑ Marian Kilbourne served as dean of women and an art instructor from 1900 to 1909.

Lancelot House ‑‑ William H. Lancelot came to Iowa State in 1914, was appointed to the vocational education faculty in 1918, was head of that department from 1923 to 1936 and was on the faculty until 1944.

Lantz House ‑‑ Harvey Lee Lantz was on the Iowa State faculty from 1917 to 1958. He was an associate professor of horticulture and head of the pomology subsection of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station.

McCowen House ‑‑ Robert M. McCowen worked at Iowa State from 1952 to 1965. He directed the Men's Glee Club, festival chorus and Iowa State Singers and taught conducting and voice.

Nuckolls House ‑‑ Bessie Uhl Nuckolls was housemother at Birch and Barton halls from 1937 to 1943, and at the Adelante fraternity from 1951 to 1963.

Petersen House ‑‑ Christian Petersen came to Iowa State in 1934 to complete the group of figures in the Dairy Industry Building court. A sculptor of international fame, he was appointed to the Iowa State staff in 1937. Many of his sculptures are found on the ISU campus.

Rambo House ‑‑ Dorothy Rambo was a housemother from 1962 to 1964 and was director of Freeman Hall from 1964 to 1967.

Wilson Hall:

Gwynne House ‑‑ Elsie Wilson Gwynne, a 1918 Iowa State graduate, returned to Iowa State in 1925, teaching applied art until 1933.

Hewitt House ‑‑ Earl A. Hewitt was on the Iowa State faculty from 1915 to 1919 and from 1929 to 1963. In 1952 he became a professor and head of veterinary physiology and pharmacology.

Johnson House ‑‑ Leslie Johnson, an Iowa State graduate, joined the faculty in 1954 as a professor and head of animal science, a position he held for 13 years.

Lamson House ‑‑ Robert W. Lamson, a 1928 graduate, returned in 1949 as freshman football coach, assistant basketball coach and golf coach.

Mashek House ‑‑ John Roy Mashek was a professor of government and active in campus activities for 22 years, beginning in 1943.

Matterson House ‑‑ Clarence H. Matterson served Iowa State in a variety of capacities from 1939 to 1967, including as a professor and head of history, government and philosophy.

Owens House ‑‑ Eliza Owens was director of the general course for women in domestic economy from 1888 to 1896.

Rothacker House ‑‑ Ralph R. Rothacker came to Iowa State in 1922 and became a professor of landscape architecture and the campus landscape architect. In 1932 he was put in charge of a major improvement project for Lake LaVerne.

Webber House ‑‑ Henry A. Webber joined the college faculty in 1923 and was a professor of chemical engineering from 1941 to 1961. He also served as a junior and senior college counselor.

Werkman House ‑‑ Chester Hamlin Werkman came to Iowa State in 1921 and was a professor and head of bacteriology from 1945 to 1957.  Working with graduate student Harland Goff Wood, he discovered the process of heterotrophic CO2-fixation (known as the Wood-Werkman reaction).

North Friley Hall:

Bennett House ‑‑ Alfred Bennett served Iowa State as the head of the chemistry department from 1885 to 1913.

Chamberlain House ‑‑ William I. Chamberlain was Iowa State's fourth president, serving from 1886 to 1890. Ames' Chamberlain Street also is named in his honor.

Converse House ‑‑ Blair Converse came to Iowa State in 1919 and from 1927 to 1939 he headed the department of technical journalism (now journalism and mass communication).

Godfrey House ‑‑ George W. Godfrey was Iowa State's director of agricultural relations from 1936 to 1944.

Kimball House ‑‑ Allen Holmes Kimball came to Iowa State in 1914 and was head of architectural engineering from 1915 to 1946. During that time, he helped plan and design much of the Iowa State campus.

Knapp House ‑‑ Herman Knapp served Iowa State as an instructor, treasurer, vice president and, from 1926 to 1927, acting president during his 52 years (1883 to 1935) at Iowa State. He was the son of Iowa State's second president, Seaman A. Knapp.

Lincoln House ‑‑ James Rush Lincoln was gymnastics teacher and professor of military tactics at Iowa State from 1883 to the early 1900s.

Lowe House ‑‑ Belle Lowe joined the faculty in 1918 and was a professor of food and nutrition and home economics research at Iowa State. In 1957 she was awarded an honorary doctor of science degree from ISU.

Niles‑Foster House ‑‑ William Niles, a professor of veterinary medicine at Iowa State from 1891 to 1898, helped develop an immunization against cholera for hogs. John Eldon Foster was dean of men from 1922 to 1927 and later was dean of the summer session.

Noble House ‑‑ Alvin B. Noble served Iowa State as head of the English department from 1898 to 1929.

Pearson House ‑‑ Raymond A. Pearson was Iowa State's seventh president, serving from 1912 to 1926. Pearson Hall and Ames' Pearson Avenue also are named in his honor.

Stange House ‑‑ Charles H. Stange was dean of veterinary medicine from 1909 to 1936. Stange Road also is named in his honor.

Stanton House ‑‑ Edgar W. Stanton was acting president of Iowa State four times during his career (1890‑91, 1902‑03, 1910‑12 and 1917‑18). The Stanton Memorial Carillon is named for Stanton and his wife, Margaret McDonald Stanton. Ames' Stanton Avenue is named for Edgar W. Stanton.

South Friley Hall:

Anthony House ‑‑ Sylvia Anthony was a housemother at Iowa State for five different groups from 1937 to 1952.

Dodds House ‑‑ John Simpson Dodds, a 1912 graduate of Iowa State, served most of his 38‑year career as a professor of civil engineering at ISU.

Henderson House ‑‑ Anna M. Henderson was a member of the art faculty from 1916 to 1938.

Hutton House ‑‑ Tecla Hutton was a hall director from 1944 to 1956, most of that time for Roberts Hall.

Lorch‑Russell House ‑‑ Fred W. Lorch came to Iowa State in 1921 and was a professor and head of the department of English and speech from 1942 to 1959. Mabel Russell taught applied art (originally called domestic art) at Iowa State from 1916 to 1952.

Meeker House ‑‑ Warren H. Meeker was an Iowa State faculty member from 1891 to 1947, and served as head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 1907 to 1934.

Murphy House ‑‑ Eda Lord Murphy was a member of the Iowa State household science (now family environment) faculty from 1919 to 1923.

0'Bryan House ‑‑ Edna O'Bryan taught applied art at Iowa State from 1925 to 1964 and served as acting department head from 1944 to 1948.

Palmer House ‑‑ Edith A. Palmer taught applied art at Iowa State from 1917 to 1923.

Pennell House ‑‑ Ellen Pennell served on Iowa State's home economics faculty from 1923 to 1928. She rejoined the faculty in 1950 and taught classes in home economics journalism until 1955.

Spinney House ‑‑ Louis B. Spinney was head of physics and electrical engineering at Iowa State from 1897 to 1909 and head of the physics department from 1909 to 1931.

Westgate Hall:

Bishop House ‑‑ Helen Adelai Bishop joined the Iowa State faculty in 1926, and in 1929 was appointed professor and head of home management (family environment).

Nelson House ‑‑ P. Mabel Nelson came to Iowa State in 1923, was named head of the Department of Food and Nutrition in 1926 and was dean of home economics from 1944 to 1952.

North Helser Hall:

Carpenter House ‑‑ M. Halstead Carpenter aided in the development of Iowa State's residence hall facilities as a member of the Iowa Board of Education from 1947 to 1950.

Cook House ‑‑ Rosalind Cook was an instructor in music and director of the Girls' Glee Club from 1922 to 1943.

Davidson House ‑‑  J. Brownlee Davidson served as professor and head of agricultural engineering from 1907 to 1915 and 1919 to 1946.  He joined the faculty in 1905. Davidson Hall also is named in his honor.

Fleming House ‑‑ Annie Wilson Fleming taught mathematics at Iowa State from 1900 to 1945.

Halsted House ‑‑ Byron David Halsted, following his position as managing editor of The American Agriculturist, was professor of botany at Iowa State from 1885 to 1889.

Lawther House ‑‑ Anna B. Lawther served on the Iowa Board of Education from 1921 to 1941 and was the state's first Democratic National Committeewoman.

Livingston House ‑‑ Arnold R. Livingston, following his work as a member of the highway commission, served on the Iowa State theoretical and applied mechanics faculty from 1942 to 1955.

Norman House ‑‑ Roy A. Norman, professor of mechanical engineering, was a member of the faculty from 1907 to 1944.

Richey House ‑‑ Harold Wyatt Richey was a professor of horticulture from 1921 to 1947. He also was on the faculty from 1914 to 1916.

Tilden House ‑‑ Winifred Tilden founded Iowa State's physical education program for women and was associated with it from 1904 to 1944.

Woodrow House ‑‑ Jay W. Woodrow joined the faculty in 1921 and was head of the physics department from 1930 to 1947.

South Helser Hall:

Brown House ‑‑ F. E. Brown joined the Iowa State faculty in 1917 and taught freshman and graduate chemistry until 1959.

Elwood House ‑‑ Philip H. Elwood came to Iowa State in 1923 and was head of the department of landscape architecture from 1929 to 1951. Elwood Drive also is named in his honor.

Firkins House ‑‑ Bruce J. Firkins joined the soils faculty in 1917. His teaching career at Iowa State spanned 43 years, mostly as a professor of agronomy.

Haber House ‑‑ Ernest S. Haber was a professor and head of Iowa State's horticulture department from 1947 to 1961. Haber Road also is named in his honor.

Jones House ‑‑ George W. Jones was a member of Iowa State's first faculty, and at various times headed the mathematics and civil engineering departments. He was on the faculty from 1868 to 1874.

Louden House ‑‑ Robert Roy Louden, during the 1940s and 1950s, served as chairman of the building and business committee of the Iowa Board of Education.

MacDonald House ‑‑ Gilmour B. MacDonald joined the forestry faculty in 1910. When forestry and horticulture were made two separate departments in 1946, he served as head of the forestry department until 1948. MacDonald Woods near Ames also is named in his honor.

Mortensen House ‑‑ Martin Mortensen headed the dairy industry department at Iowa State from 1909 to 1938. Ames' Mortensen Parkway‑Road also is named in his honor.

Rowe House ‑‑ Louise Huntington Rowe was a housemother at Iowa State from 1940 to 1958.

Sadler House ‑‑ Fern Luken Sadler was a housemother at Iowa State from 1932 to 1956. She was the first director of Oak Hall