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GOLLER HALL, 1907
After the outbreak of the influenza on campus in 1906, GU President Herman Goller, S.J., sought to build a separate infirmary to best handle medical emergencies. Completed in 1907 at a cost of $30,000, the new infirmary was a pressed-brick veneer building with a chapel, doctor’s office, 13 private rooms and four wards for patients. The basement housed the kitchen and dining room. At full capacity it could hold 33 patients. The building was named “Goller Hall” in 1941 to recognize President Goller’s role in its construction. Over time Goller Hall outlived its usefulness, because of a campus need for more building space and less of a need for a large infirmary. In 1929, a small portion of the building housed the infirmary and the rest was used by the School of Music and Fine Arts. Later it became a faculty residence and the infirmary moved to the Administration Building. In 1970, Goller Hall burned down. Three decades later, a co-ed residence hall was built on campus and named Goller Hall.
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