Vandeman Memorial Hall, WCUU, 1920

Title: Vandeman Memorial Hall, WCUU, 1920
Caption: The Van Deman Hall of the Baptist Mission opened this fall. I teach some here. The normal school is here in this building.
Identifier: AEJ_150
Description: The Vandeman Memorial Hall is a large three-story building in the "Oriental-Western" style of architecture typical of the WCUU campus. There is a small pagoda-like tower projecting from the roof above the front door. The building is enclosed by fences of both brick and bamboo.
Commentary: Vandeman Memorial Hall was completed in 1920 by the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. It is named for its donor, the Vandeman family of Indianapolis.
Creator: Alfred Johns
Date Created: 1920
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.

Media: AEJ_150 1920a Vandeman Hall Chengdu.jpg; AEJ_150B 1920b Vandeman Hall Chengdu.jpg