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by VALERIA SALVEN
CaMPUS buildings reflected the changes and different eras in the university history.
In 1882 James Patterson, who later became the first president of the university, provided a personal loan to complete the construction of three buildings. This was the beginning of the Kentucky Agricultural and Mechanical College, later to become the University of Kentucky.
Built in 1881-82, the Administration Building is the oldest building on campus. After serving as a library, chapel, classroom building, and the local branch of the US Weather Bureau, it is now used exclusively for administrative offices.
Today's Administration Annex was the original Experiment Station building at UK. Since construction of the new experiment station (Schovell Hall) it has been used by the School of Chemistry, the Infirmary, and the Department   of   Hygiene and Public
Health. It is another example of 19th century architecture.
Another building that has experienced a change in both name and function is Miller Hall. It was originally designated "Science Hall" and housed the Department of Natural Sciences and the College of Law on its third floor. Miller Hall is now used primarily by the Geology Department.
In the years following World War I, a state-wide campaign was launched to produce funds for a building to serve as a memorial to Kentuckians who lost their lives in that war. It was decided that an auditorium would be built with the donations. Memorial Hall was dedicated on Memorial Day, 1929.
Toward the end of the Depression era the federal government's efforts to revitalize the construction industry and provide more employment resulted in a wave of new construction on campus.