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Cunningham Hall
Cunningham Hall houses the Women's Center, which offers classes, as well as services for women. The center also operates a gallery featuring the work of local women artist. It was saved from the wrecking ball in 1979 when the university's Architectural Landmarks Commission recommended that it be preserved and renovated. Subsequently, in 1983, the hall was renamed and dedicated to the memory of Imogen Cunningham, a 1907 graduate of the university and internationally known photographer.
When it was built in 1909 for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Cunningham Hall was called the Women's Building and was used as a meeting place for women, a display site for women artists, and a nursery. After serving these purposes for years, it became known as Johnson Annex B, an adjunct to Johnson Hall behind it, which houses science departments. Comparatively recently, as noted above, it was returned to its original purpose of serving women.
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