Click on the image of Horan Hall to go to the Horan pages on UWEC's Website!
 Emmet's Portrait in the Horan Hall Lobby |
On Upper Campus sits Emmet Horan Hall, the King of the Hill and the forever
all-male dorm of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Horan Hall accommodates up to 220 men. But
not just any men; the greatest men on campus. Here,
upon entering these sacred walls every resident becomes the epitome of "cool." Constructed in 1961, Horan Hall was the first building built on Upper Campus. It opened in the fall of 1962 and was dedicated on May 14, 1966. It was named in honor of Mr. Emmet Horan. Horan was a sawmill machinery manufacturer in Eau Claire and became the first Eau Claire representative on the Board of Regents of Normal Schools in 1908 serving until 1918. He was very instrumental in establishing Eau Claire as a site for a normal school and presided over the dedication of the Eau Claire Normal School building (now Schofield Hall) on October 19, 1916. Horan was also a member of the Eau Claire City Board of Education and he was the first chairman of the County Training School. Plus, he was just an all-around cool guy! |
 An Undated photo of Emmet Horan |
| Click here for a detailed biography of Emmet Horan! (Courtesy of the Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb) | ||
 Check out the Floor Plans of Horan Hall on UWEC's website! |
 Click on the name plate to see views of and from Horan Hall. |
