Meany Hall for the Performing Arts

The lobby of Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater is adorned with the artwork from various artists, including Dale Chihuly, Jacob Lawrence, and Robert Rauschenberg.

On May 1, 1914, the regents relented and the hall was officially renamed at a ceremony held to mark Edmond Meany and his wife's 25th wedding anniversary.

The Daily reported that the interior of Meany, newly painted salmon pink, was "no longer staid and Victorian - it is almost futuristic with soft red-and-gray seats and ... salt-shaker lights suspended like mobiles from the roof."

Its demolition provided more opportunities for campus planners to open up space in the Central Plaza area, now known informally as Red Square.

In stark contrast to the Neo-classic façade of the old building, the new Meany Hall was built in the same contemporary style as the brick Odegaard Undergraduate Library, adjacent to the north.