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] Emerson & Plank began construction of the building in 1866 under President Isaac Smith Kalloch.

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.