Melrose Halls at Linfield, Redlands (l-r, top row) and William Jewell Colleges.
Just as there’s more than one Linfield, there are Melrose Halls on other college campuses.
The Linfield Website gives background about the college’s Melrose Hall, Linfield’s main administration building. Melrose opened in 1929. It was built for $220,000, “made possible by donation from M.C. Treat. Melrose Hall takes its name from a monastery in Scotland, which was a favorite of Treat's” There are Melrose Halls on the campuses of the University of Redlands in Californian and William Jewell College in Missouri “also made possible by donations from Treat.”
The Linfield Website gives background about the college’s Melrose Hall, Linfield’s main administration building. Melrose opened in 1929. It was built for $220,000, “made possible by donation from M.C. Treat. Melrose Hall takes its name from a monastery in Scotland, which was a favorite of Treat's” There are Melrose Halls on the campuses of the University of Redlands in Californian and William Jewell College in Missouri “also made possible by donations from Treat.”
Both student residence halls, Redland’s Melrose and Jewell’s Melrose opened in 1924 and 1927 respectively.
Oh, there’s a Linfield Hall at Wayland College (Academy?) in Wisconsin. See postcard image above.
Questions?
- Show me a photo of Scotland's Melrose Abbey a.k.a. monastery. Click on the link.
- Who was M.C. Treat? See below.
M. C. TREAT, 85, DEAD;
OIL AND GAS OPERATOR;
Gave Baptist Causes Several
Millions -- Helped Hundreds of Students.
Special to The New York Times. Monday Dec. 21, 1925
WASHINGTON, Pa., Dec. 20 – M.C. Treat, 85 years old, one of the nation’s foremost oil and gas operators, who had given several millions to the Baptist denomination, died yesterday at his home in Pasadena, Cal., where he had resided for ten years.
He began his career in Western Pennsylvania nearly half a century ago. His interest when he died included holdings in companies operating in various parts of the United States, Mexico and South America. He was one of the organizers of the Ohio Fuel Corporation, the Lone Star, the Penn-Mex and many other enterprises.
Mr. Treat was born in Emlenton, Pa., and lived there for twenty years. Previously, he had been active in Bradford, Pa. He was one of the largest stockholders of the Washington Trust Company of this city. For many years he paid the expenses of sixty young men at years in various Baptist educational institutions, a majority of whom were studying for the ministry. Besides helping Baptist colleges and universities, Mr. Treat helped build a college for young women in Che Foo, China; a school for young men and women in Cuba and three Baptist churches in this city.
OIL AND GAS OPERATOR;
Gave Baptist Causes Several
Millions -- Helped Hundreds of Students.
Special to The New York Times. Monday Dec. 21, 1925
WASHINGTON, Pa., Dec. 20 – M.C. Treat, 85 years old, one of the nation’s foremost oil and gas operators, who had given several millions to the Baptist denomination, died yesterday at his home in Pasadena, Cal., where he had resided for ten years.
He began his career in Western Pennsylvania nearly half a century ago. His interest when he died included holdings in companies operating in various parts of the United States, Mexico and South America. He was one of the organizers of the Ohio Fuel Corporation, the Lone Star, the Penn-Mex and many other enterprises.
Mr. Treat was born in Emlenton, Pa., and lived there for twenty years. Previously, he had been active in Bradford, Pa. He was one of the largest stockholders of the Washington Trust Company of this city. For many years he paid the expenses of sixty young men at years in various Baptist educational institutions, a majority of whom were studying for the ministry. Besides helping Baptist colleges and universities, Mr. Treat helped build a college for young women in Che Foo, China; a school for young men and women in Cuba and three Baptist churches in this city.
