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Morrill Hall is a campus building of the University of Vermont (UVM), which is located on the southeast corner of the "University Green" in Burlington, Vermont (on the corner of Main Street and University Place). The building was named after U.S. Senator, Justin Smith Morrill who authored the Morrill Land-Grant Acts of 1862 and 1890, which created the American Land-Grant universities and colleges. Senator Morrill also served as a trustee of the university from 1865 until 1898. The building was constructed during 1906-07 to serve as the home of the UVM Agriculture Department and the Agricultural Experiment Station. It was added to National Register of Historic Places as part of "University Green Historic District" on April 14, 1975.〔City of Burlington, Vermont: Department of Planning & Zoning - (Properties & Districts listed on the National Register ), November 2011. http://www.burlingtonvt.gov/PZ/National-Register-of-Historic-Places〕 As of 2015, the building continues to house the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the UVM Agricultural Extension Service. == History == Morrill Hall was constructed with a State appropriation of $60,000, which passed in the Vermont House under bill H.76 on October 27, 1904 (''with a vote of 170 Yeas and 54 Nays''〔Journal of The House of Representatives ~ State of Vermont: 〕), in the Senate on November 11, 1904 (''with a vote of 23 Yeas and 2 Nays''〔Journal of The Senate ~ State of Vermont: 〕), and was signed by the Governor on November 15, 1904. Morrill Hall was dedicated on December 11, 1907. It was the first building ever to be constructed on the UVM campus using state funds.〔The University of Vermont: The First Two Hundred Years, Daniels, Robert V. 1991, p.284〕 The site where Morrill Hall currently stands was part of a 22-acre farm originally owned by Moses Catlin. The land was passed to Catlin from Ira Allen in November 1798 as a result of a levy originating from a federal judgement against Allen.〔City of Burlington: Land Records - Vol 2, 1798-1850〕 Catlin had filed a lawsuit on the behalf of his wife, Lucinda Catlin (''née'' Allen) for mismanagement of her late father's estate. Lucinda Catlin was the daughter of Heman Allen and niece to Ira and Ethan Allen. In 1806, Catlin built the original house on the property, which is today known as the "Johnson House".〔(Johnson House: Timeline of UVM Campus Architecture ), University of Vermont website (accessed 2015)〕 The property was then sold to John Johnson (Vermont's third surveyor-general〔("Famous Vermonters" ), Vermont Geographic Alliance, http://academics.smcvt.edu/vtgeographic/ Accessed July 29, 2015.〕) in 1809. Johnson was in charge of surveying the northeastern boundary between Canada and the U.S. (circa 1816). He had also served as the architect and master builder of the original college building (i.e. the 1802 predecessor to the "Old Mill" building). After it was destroyed by fire in 1824, Johnson designed much of its replacement (i.e. the "Old Mill" building), as well as other buildings on the UVM campus (e.g. Grasse Mount in 1804, and Pomeroy Hall in 1828).〔(Timeline of UVM Campus Architecture ), University of Vermont website (accessed 2015)〕 Johnson's son Edwin F. Johnson passed the property to his son-in-law Joseph Dana Allen, who then passed it to his son John Johnson Allen (UVM class of 1862). In 1906, the site known as the "Allen Homestead" was sold to the University Trustees by J.J. Allen (for a sum of $30,000 or $32,000〔The History of University of Vermont Buildings: 1800-1947 〕) for the purpose of the building's construction.〔The University of Vermont: The First Two Hundred Years, Daniels, Robert V. 1991, p.117〕 To make way for the construction of Morrill Hall during 1906, the barn and a line fence on the property were demolished,〔 while the original "Johnson House" was moved to 590 Main Street (i.e. the current location of the Dudley H. Davis Student Center). In 2005, the "Johnson House" was again moved to the opposite side of the street, on the southwestern corner of University Heights and Main Street.〔 The corner stone of the Morrill Hall was laid on June 26, 1906 as part of that year's commencement exercises. A copper box was placed inside the corner stone containing a number of historical documents causal to the building's construction (e.g. the Morrill Bills of 1862 and 1890, the Hatch Act of 1887, the Adams Act of 1906, State legislation addressing the State Agriculture College and Experiment Station, the 18th report of the Vermont Experiment station, et al.) by Gov. Charles J. Bell.〔(UVM Historic Preservation Program, "University Green Area Heritage Study" ), Smith, Melissa, 2011〕 The Champlain Manufacturing Company of Burlington, VT served as the construction contractor, with oversight by a member of the UVM Board of Trustees, G.S. Fassett. Senator Morrill's son contributed an additional $1,000 for the two granite pillars at the building's facade. The contractor was said to have lost about $10,000 on the project and the University spent untold thousands more to equip the building.〔 During this time, the first floor facilities included; the offices of the Dean and Director, Professor of Horticulture, Stenographer, office and laboratory of the dairy husbandman, a library, classrooms, and the agricultural chemistry and horticultural laboratories. The upper floor facilities included; class and lecture rooms, the chemistry laboratories of the Experiment Station, and the Soil Physics laboratory.〔 The basement operated as a dairy facility (including a creamery), served as storage for farm machinery, and housed a mail room, and the power and heating plant.〔 When Morrill Hall had first opened, it housed the Departments of Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, and the University Extension Service, which administered a total of 60 students and 10 faculty. Within a decade the facility was already considered to be overcrowded. The number of faculty, staff and students in 1916 was reported to have increased to 125 regular students (with an additional 50 students during the winter months), and 32 faculty and staff utilizing the offices and laboratories. By 1925, the attendance of the College of Agriculture had ''"considerably more than tripled"'' since 1907. In 1911, three green houses and a head house were built in back of Morrill Hall.〔〔UVM Catalog, 1940-41, page 51.〕 In 1925 (after the passing of the Purnell Act, which significantly increased federal endowments for all 48 of the nation's agricultural experiment stations), the building's overcrowded conditions began to be addressed when the University moved the offices and research laboratories of the ''dairy department'' into the renovated "old medical college building" (known today as Pomeroy Hall) located across the street from Morrill Hall.〔 In 1932, the Agricultural Extension Service offices were moved to the former residence of a UVM Professor, Josiah W. Votey at 481 Main Street. In 1946, the basement was installed with a foods laboratory, and a new milk laboratory replaced the storage area and mail room (that was relocated to 481 Main Street). However, by the mid to late 1940s, the Home Economics department "''had taken over much of the building''",〔 until the Bertha M. Terrill Home Economics Building (i.e. Terrill Hall) was constructed in 1950-51. In 1967, the University considered a $540,000 proposal to renovate the building. Some of the improvements considered were; removal of the large main "decorative" stairway and replacing it with two smaller fireproof stairways; converting the attic into a laboratory; and installing a mechanical ventilation system, low-hung ceilings, an elevator, and a handicap-accessible ramp at the front door. Although the proposal was not accepted, an elevator was eventually installed providing access to all four levels of the building. Around 1992-93 (possibly sooner), the Vermont Center for Geographic Information (VCGI), an "''Affiliate Organization''" of UVM at the time, was located on the upper floor of Morrill Hall. In 1999, their offices were relocated to the first floor of the Johnson House. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Morrill Hall (University of Vermont)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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