Academic Hall through the years

Southeast Missourian archive This picture of Academic Hall was taken in the late 1930s or the 1940s during the years of Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, 1919-1946.

Southeast Missourian archive Students at Southeast Missouri State College gather outside Academic Hall during the 1950s.

Southeast Missourian archive Academic Hall Auditorium is packed with people in this photo possibly taken in the 1950s.

Southeast Missourian archive This picture shows the original Normal School that was opened in 1874. The building was destroyed by fire in 1902. It was replaced by a new Academic Hall which opened in 1905.

The Gerber-Houck statuary collection from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair was exhibited in Academic Hall from 1905 to 1959.

Dr. Frank Nickell, director of the Center for Regional History at Southeast Missouri State University, conducted a tour for alumni of the Academic Hall dome Oct. 29, 2005. (Fred Lynch)

Academic Hall is the heart of the main campus of Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)