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The cornerstone of the building was laid in a July 1894 ceremony attended by a crowd of about 1,000. Originally called the Administration Building, in 1910 it was renamed after Arthur A. Denny, one of the founders of Seattle and an early benefactor of the university. The building was renovated, first
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Denny Hall was designed by Charles Saunders and constructed between 1894 and 1895. The brick and sandstone, French Renaissance Revival building is the oldest on the University of Washington's current campus. A grassy area planted with large, canopy trees - the Denny Yard - sits in front of the
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As of 2016, the building houses the university's departments of Anthropology, Classics, Germanics and Near Eastern Languages & Civilization.
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in 1957, and a second time beginning in 2008. The $ 56 million renovation of 2008 was stalled by the
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The University of Washington was founded in 1861 at a different location. It moved from its original
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Installed in the cupola of Denny Hall is a 400-pound (180 kg), 1859 bell ("the
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An engraving of Denny Hall is featured on the University of Washington's
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was responsible for the annual ringing of the Varsity Bell.
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but resumed in 2014 and was completed two years later.
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Denny Hall Renovation - Draft Site Program Document
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French Renaissance Revival
Coordinates
47°39′31″N 122°18′31″W / 47.6585°N 122.3086°W / 47.6585; -122.3086
Arthur A. Denny
University of Washington
University of Washington
Seattle
Washington
Arthur A. Denny

recession of 2008
mace
Varsity Bell
Homecoming
Brewster Denny
Downtown Seattle
Metropolitan Tract


"UW's oldest building getting a makeover"
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Denny Hall Renovation - Draft Site Program Document
Seattle, Washington
University of Washington
"Denny Hall rehab is back on after being stalled by recession"
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce


"$ 56M Denny Hall renovation finishing in August, six months ahead of schedule"

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