Built in the Collegiate Gothic-style, the multi-story brick building with a taller central segment and two long wings on either side provided housing for female students starting in 1931. The stone quoins match the embellishments around all the windows and doors. Small trees and bushes have been planted along the foundation. More mature trees stand tall in the foreground. Written across the bottom of the 5.5"x3.5" black and white photograph: Frees Hall, Doane College, Crete, Nebraska, B22.
Frees Hall was built in 1931 as a dormitory for young women and was located on the opposite side of campus from Men's Hall. The women in Frees were located at the south end and Men's Hall on the north end of campus. Frees Hall, named for Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Frees, was similar in architectural style to Men's Hall and designed by Dean and Dean Architects from Chicago. Renovations were done to the building in 2010.
Sources: 1) Don Ziegler, A College on a Hill and Beyond, (Doane College, Crete, Nebraska, 2007), 129-130. 2) Janet L. Jeffries, Images of America, Crete, (South Carolina, Arcadia Publishing, 2012), 73.
