Manly Hall
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Building # 1099 | Abbreviation: MA
College of Arts and Sciences
- Gender and Race Studies
- Religious Studies
Manly Hall, built in 1885 and named after the University’s 2nd president Reverend Basil Manly, contains the Department of Religious Studies and the Department of Women's Studies. The building has a break room with a small library located on the second floor.
Manly Hall was built at the same time as Clark Hall and originally housed dorm rooms, the University president’s office, and lecture rooms for law, engineering, mathematics, and Greek. The president’s office was located on the ground floor and remained there until 1940.
>Information collected from The University of Alabama : a guide to the campus by Robert Oliver Mellown (Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1988), and The University of Alabama, a pictorial history by Suzanne Rau Wolfe (University : University of Alabama Press, c1983).