Ackerman Memorial Dormitory, WCUU, c.1914

Title: Ackerman Memorial Dormitory, WCUU, c.1914
Identifier: AEJ_149
Description: This photograph shows the Ackerman Memorial Dormitory under construction very close to completion. There is scaffolding on the pagoda tower element of the building, which makes it so distinctive. To the left of the Ackerman Building is the Joyce Memorial Dormitory. Both buildings are designed in the "Oriental-Western" style of architecture.
Commentary: Ackerman Memorial Dormitory and Joyce Memorial Dormitory were completed in 1914 by the American Methodist Episcopal Foreign Mission Society. Both buildings are named after the donors who sponsored them - the Joyce family of Minneapolis and T. Ackerman Coles of New York, who also sponsored the Coles Clock Tower.
Creator: Alfred Johns
Date Created: c.1914
Location: West China Union University
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/12718447/ackerman-clock-tower-huaxi-campus.html
Original Format: Photographic Print
Source: Ken Johns
Provenance: Johns Family Archives
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2025-04-02
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image
References: Anon. 1937. West China Union University. Chengdu: WCUU.; Beech, Joseph. 1974. “University Beginnings.” In Canadian School in West China. Brockman Brace, ed. Pp.18-37. Toronto: Canadian School Alumni Association.