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  Location

  southwest corner of Bellflower Road and Ford Drive
  
  Description
  Classroom and office building composed of a 3-story main structure with 2-story and basement wings; brick and stone with gravel roof
  The inscription which encircles the top of the building is from The Holy Bible. Proverbs 31: 10-12, 20, 26-31. "Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life... She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy....She openeth her mouth with wisdom: and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth no the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excelleth them all. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates...Glory to be to the father and to the son and to the holy ghost"

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  This property continued in use after 1949. Post-1949 research is not yet completed.

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  Formal Name
  Flora Stone Mather Memorial Building
  
  Named For
  Flora Stone Mather, friend
  
  Other Names
  Mather Hall
  Administration Building
  Mather Memorial

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  Constructed
  1911-1913
  
  Architect
  Charles F. Schweinfurth

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  Cost
  1911: $246,863
  
  Financing

  1911: Gift of $246,863 for construction and $50,000 for building endowment from Samuel Mather; other Gifts of unknown amounts from S. Livingston Mather, Amasa Mather, Constance Mather, and Philip Mather

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  Occupants
  1913-1942: Mather College
  1943-1944: Mather College, Sociology Dept. and Political Science Dept.
  1944-1949+: Mather College
  
  Uses
  1913-1949+?: Classes and offices

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  Ceremonies
  Cornerstone laying: 6/14/1911
  Dedication: 9/13/1913
  
  Trivia

  Last WRU building designed by Charles F. Schweinfurth

   

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  Alterations and Modifications
  
  Description
  1929: Unspecified alterations
  1929 addition: 2-story addition with basement, 75x157 feet; exterior masonry with same design in brick and Indiana limestone as original building
  
  Architect
  Charles W. Hopkinson
  
  General Contractor
  Lundoff-Bicknell Company
  
  Cost
  $333,662.35 estimated for alterations and addition
  
  Financing
  Gift of $314,160 from Samuel Mather
  
  Donors
  Samuel Mather, trustee
  
  Ceremonies
  Dedication: 11/1/1930
  
  This summary was compiled by staff of the University Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.
  
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