The college was founded by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and was at the time one of the few religiously affiliated schools in the North.

University Hall was designed in a Tuscan-influenced Italianate style and features a four-sided cupola and a cornice with dentils and corbels.

[2] Until the college's closure in May 2022, the building housed the school's administrative offices.

University Hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 24, 1973.

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