CONWAY—Donning hard hats and wielding sledgehammers, University of Central Arkansas officials will topple a wall to commemorate the start of renovations to the historic McCastlain Hall on the campus.
This “Wall Crashing” event is 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 9 in the McCastlain Hall Ballroom.
The event commemorates the start of renovation projects at McCastlain Hall that will be funded by grants from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council (ANCRC). The ANCRC awarded an $800,000 grant in 2014 for the restoration and renovation of McCastlain’s East Commons and Fireplace Room. The university was recently granted $400,000 from the ANCRC to create a new, more accessible, grand hallway between McCastlain’s East Commons and the Baum Gallery.
Built in 1939 as the first stand-alone cafeteria on campus, McCastlain Hall is now one of eight buildings comprising UCA’s Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, January 18, 2013.
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