Color photos: Two of Northup Library and one, from Sept. 2010, during Northup Hall renovation. Black and White photos: Reed's library in its early years.
Did you know that Linfield College in McMinnville and Reed College in Portland had sort of twin libraries?
A footnote on page 429 of the book “Pietro Belluschi: Modern American Architect” by Meredith L. Clausen, published in 1999 by MIT Press, includes: “The plan (for Linfield’s library) followed the basic format of the Reed College Library…”
In 1930, Reed’s original neo-Gothic style library, was opened. Designed by Pietro Belluschi, leader of architecture’s Modern Movement, the library at Reed consisted of the north and south reading rooms (now the reference rooms), the thesis tower, and basement stacks. It was dedicated as the Eric V. Hauser Memorial Library.
Gay Walker, Special Collections Librarian at Reed College in Portland told Wildcatville in Nov. 2010, “Belluschi designed Reed's Hauser Library just after A.E. Doyle died (1928), and Doyle had plans for the library. I believe Belluschi's design is strongly influenced by the Doyle design, which makes it more similar to the collegiate Gothic architecture of the other two main buildings on campus at that time (also designed by Doyle), Eliot Hall and the Old Dorm Block, which are visible from the library.”
As this information is posted at Wildcatville in February 2011, Linfield is renovating its three-story brick former library building. It was called Northup Library and opened in 1936. In the fall of 2003 Jereld R. Nicholson Library opened on the new part (former Hewlett-Packard property) on campus. Northup ceased being a library and became Northup Hall. In Nov. 2010, the college announced that Northup would become T.J. Day Hall, an academic center. Read about T. J. Day Hall in a June 18, 2011, article, “Brick classic gets high-tech retro-fit,” here. Also, see Oct. 12, 2011, McMinnville N-R article, "New Linfield digs delight one and all. And, while you are at it, look at “TJ Day Hall dedication celebrates history, future” from Oct. 12, 2011 Linfield Review.
In 1930, Reed’s original neo-Gothic style library, was opened. Designed by Pietro Belluschi, leader of architecture’s Modern Movement, the library at Reed consisted of the north and south reading rooms (now the reference rooms), the thesis tower, and basement stacks. It was dedicated as the Eric V. Hauser Memorial Library.
Gay Walker, Special Collections Librarian at Reed College in Portland told Wildcatville in Nov. 2010, “Belluschi designed Reed's Hauser Library just after A.E. Doyle died (1928), and Doyle had plans for the library. I believe Belluschi's design is strongly influenced by the Doyle design, which makes it more similar to the collegiate Gothic architecture of the other two main buildings on campus at that time (also designed by Doyle), Eliot Hall and the Old Dorm Block, which are visible from the library.”
As this information is posted at Wildcatville in February 2011, Linfield is renovating its three-story brick former library building. It was called Northup Library and opened in 1936. In the fall of 2003 Jereld R. Nicholson Library opened on the new part (former Hewlett-Packard property) on campus. Northup ceased being a library and became Northup Hall. In Nov. 2010, the college announced that Northup would become T.J. Day Hall, an academic center. Read about T. J. Day Hall in a June 18, 2011, article, “Brick classic gets high-tech retro-fit,” here. Also, see Oct. 12, 2011, McMinnville N-R article, "New Linfield digs delight one and all. And, while you are at it, look at “TJ Day Hall dedication celebrates history, future” from Oct. 12, 2011 Linfield Review.
Building Northup Library was a cooperative effort of the City of McMinnville and Linfield. Funding the building came through a $29,250 federal Public Works Administration grant to the city and a $36,000 a City of McMinnville bond.
The Linfield property on which Northup was built was deeded by the college to the city, and then leased to the college for ninety-nine years. Some information says McMinnville owned the building, too. Whatever the case, assuming the lease started in the year 1936, 99 years from that year would be 2035. However, in Sept. 2010, a Linfield official indicated the lease no longer existed. In other words, Linfield owned the property and the building. The official told Wildcatville, “We …own Northup Hall.”
After the library moved out of Northup in 2003, it was “closed for use,” according to one source or “used for storage for several years,” according to another source.
Who was Emanuel Northup for whom Northup Library and Northup Hall was named?
He joined the Linfield (then McMinnville) College faculty in 1888 and was the college’s interim president, 1905-1906. For many years, he was the college’s dean. Also, he served Dec. 1903-Nov. 1905 as mayor of McMinnville. He died in 1933. Northup Library opened in 1936, succeeding a library located in Pioneer Hall.
The Linfield property on which Northup was built was deeded by the college to the city, and then leased to the college for ninety-nine years. Some information says McMinnville owned the building, too. Whatever the case, assuming the lease started in the year 1936, 99 years from that year would be 2035. However, in Sept. 2010, a Linfield official indicated the lease no longer existed. In other words, Linfield owned the property and the building. The official told Wildcatville, “We …own Northup Hall.”
=Apparently Linfield took possession of Northup Library in 1951=
The library is named for
Emanuel Northup. It was built in 1936 “on land deeded by the college to the
city, and then leased to the college" for 99 years. "This legal
arrangement was necessary in order to secure a $29,250 Public Works
Administration grant to help pay for the library since only cities and other
public bodies were eligible to receive such grants.” Construction costs in excess
of the Federal grant were paid for through a “City of McMinnville bond issue of
approximately $36,000. The college guaranteed sufficient income from library
fees to pay interest on the bonds and to retire them within fifteen years.”
Source: Jonas A. Jonasson in Kenneth Holmes, Linfield’s Hundred Year. Adding 15 years to 1936 gives you the year
1951.
As a point of information: In 1962, the college added a wing to Northup’s south side. This expansion more than doubled the library’s size.After the library moved out of Northup in 2003, it was “closed for use,” according to one source or “used for storage for several years,” according to another source.
Who was Emanuel Northup for whom Northup Library and Northup Hall was named?
He joined the Linfield (then McMinnville) College faculty in 1888 and was the college’s interim president, 1905-1906. For many years, he was the college’s dean. Also, he served Dec. 1903-Nov. 1905 as mayor of McMinnville. He died in 1933. Northup Library opened in 1936, succeeding a library located in Pioneer Hall.
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This picture, with caption “Early photo of the north entrance of Northup Library,” is on page 6 of the Fall 2011 issue of Linfield Magazine as part of an article (pages 6-7, also see cover) headlined, “Campus hub Reawakens.”
Some of the signage in TJ Hall photographed in Nov. 2011:
