Tauy Jones Hall

Tauy Jones Hall is the oldest surviving building on the Ottawa University campus at 10th and Cedar Streets in Ottawa, Kansas and has a copper roofed cupola at its peak. The building was named after John Tecumseh “Tauy” Jones, who was of half Chippewa heritage and served as an interpreter for the Pottawatomie.^[2]

LocationOttawa University campus, 10th and Cedar Sts., Ottawa, Kansas

Coordinates38°36′14″N 95°15′47″W

Arealess than one acre

Built1866 (1866)

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Tauy Jones Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Ottawa University campus, 10th and Cedar Sts., Ottawa, Kansas
Coordinates	38°36′14″N 95°15′47″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1866 (1866)
Built by	Emerson & Plank
NRHP reference No.	82002659[1]
Added to NRHP	June 14, 1982

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Emerson & Plank began construction of the building in 1866 under President Isaac Smith Kalloch.^[3] Construction was completed in 1869. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 14, 1982. ^[4] Tauy Jones Hall is currently home to "the Chancellor's Office, Human Resources Department, Finance Department, Marketing Department, and the Office of University Advancement."^[5]