Stewart Hall Records

Stewart Hall was the second building at the Reno campus of the University of Nevada. It was constructed in 1889, west of Morrill Hall, and eventually named for Nevada's first U. S. Senator, William M. Stewart. It contained the Normal School, the Departments of Domestic Arts and Sciences, English, French, and Math. It served as a dormitory for women students and had a student dining room in the basement. It also provided rooms for the Y.M.C.A. The beautiful Victorian building was called "The Cottage" by the University community. It was filmed by 20th Century Fox for their 1946 movie "Margie." Following an earthquake in 1957, a 1958 structural examination determined that its upper levels were beyond rectification. In July 1958, the Board of Regents approved remodeling funding to remove the upper levels. The basement housed the Graduate School and a concession stand when the upper levels were removed in 1959. Still present in 1963, the building was later completely razed.