Hoople Special Education Building
Contract Awarded: February 1952
Construction Began: March 1952
Opened: February 1953
Dedicated: February 27, 1953
Materials: Red brick and limestone trim
Architect: Harry A. King & F. Curtis King
Location: 800 block South Crouse Avenue, east side
Cost: $440,000
Notes:
The Special Education Building was erected from gifts of the James Foundation, Inc. of New York City, the Association for the Aid of Crippled Children, and alumni and friends of the University. The two-story building is 153 feet long and 40 feet wide, and is constructed of reinforced concrete. It includes more than two dozen rooms, including two special sound-proof rooms that are used for hearing research and testing. Some of the classrooms, therapy rooms and play rooms have one-way mirrors or windows through which a class or member of the department can observe children without being seen or heard. Included in the building is the Gordon D. Hoople Hearing and Speech Center, which was dedicated on the same day as the building.
