Name: Salve Regina Hall. Named for a promotional publication of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Date: 1917, additions in 1920 & 1924, renovated in 1967, addition in 1985.
Architect: Murphy & Olmsted
Builder: Charles J. Cassidy
Permit: # 3865
Elevation: 219.87'
Use: Department of Art with academic, studio and gallery spaces, originally the office building for the National Shrine.
Style: Early-20th-century vernacular.
Composition: Original building is rectangular with narrow end facing street, later additions made a complex U-shape.
Size: Original building is three stories; additions are one story.
Gross square footage—11,105.
Net square footage—8,393.
Materials: Stucco
Trim: Brick pedimented doorway and horizontal trim.
Roof: Main building has a flat roof, additions have shed roofs.
Windows: Wood, double-hung.
Doors: Single steel and glass door.
Note: The additions ramble across the site in a much different character from the original office-type building.
Setting: Some foundation planting and grass, building and its additions face several streets, entrance facade is to the south.
Architecture: Salve Regina Hall was originally built in a vernacular, early- 20th-century style to serve as an office building. It resembles a commercial structure rather than an academic building and has no characteristics in common with Caldwell Hall, its nearest neighbor. The entrance facade has a central doorway with brick ornamental pilasters and pediment flanked by domestic scaled double-hung sash. The second story sash match, but three third-story front windows are wider and have arched heads. The additions are simple mid-20th-century, modern, shed-roofed structures obviously built to house an art school with studio space.
History: Salve Regina Hall was built in 1917 to house the offices builders of the National Shrine. It was renovated for art department academic use in the mid-20th century.
Significance: Although the original 1917 building has some merit as a part of the history of the construction of the National Shrine and has a vernacular integrity, it is not consistent with the academic scale and architectural quality of the main campus buildings. The additions could be viewed as noncontributing to the campus ambiance.
Condition: The structure needs a new heating system and additional insulation. The mid-section was burned in a fire and rebuilt in 1967. The interior and exterior surfaces, including windows, walls, ceilings and floors, require considerable renovation. The facility is very limited in size and adaptability for long-term use. The original facility and companion structure are modest structures in fair to poor condition spread out on one of the nicest campus parcels.
Floor Plans
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