The Ball Family Legacy
This hall takes its name from Ball State’s very first athletic director and football coach.
What is Williams Hall?
Brayton, Clevenger, Knotts, Edwards, Shively, Woody, Shales, Mysch, and Hurst made up this massive complex.
What is LaFollette?
This hall, also known as Acme Hall, holds the title of the first residence hall on campus.
What is Forest Hall?
This iconic statue, nicknamed "Benny," was the last commissioned work of Daniel Chester French, who also sculpted the Lincoln Memorial.
What is Beneficence?
This 1969 graduate and late-night TV legend often joked about his "C" average and has a campus communications building named after him.
Who is David Letterman?
The five Corinthian columns standing behind Beneficence represent these specific individuals.
Who are the five Ball Brothers?
To the frustration of many students, the elevators in LaFollette only stopped on these two floors.
What are 1 and 6?
Burkart and Jeep Halls have transitioned from general housing to being used by this specific group.
Who is the Indiana Academy?
This hall, the oldest originally all men's dormitory on campus, is widely considered the most haunted building at Ball State.
What is Elliott Hall?
Before it was Ball State University, the school operated under this "State" name from 1929 to 1961.
What is Ball State Teachers College?
Brady, Wood, Crosley, Rogers, and Woodworth were the maiden names of these influential women.
Who were the Ball brothers’ wives?
Before moving to the North Dining Hall, the housing office was tucked away in this part of LaFollette.
What is the basement?
Both Botsford and Swinford were named after professors who taught this subject.
What is Business?
Though she sits peacefully today, "Benny" spent several years hidden in this campus building's basement to protect her from the elements before her 1937 dedication.
What is the Administration Building?
During WWII, the "Leaf Rake" replaced this typical fall celebration because there were no football games being played.
What is Homecoming?
These two modern residence halls are named after people who are still living and residing in Muncie.
What are Park and Kinghorn?
Before it was in the basement of LaFollette, the housing office was located in this building.
What is Lucina Hall?
If you wanted to play a match on these before Park Hall was built, you were in luck.
What are tennis courts?
In 1993, Frog Baby was moved from the Museum of Art to a fountain dedicated to this influential University President and Ball family son-in-law.
Who is Alexander M. Bracken?
This building, finished in 1899, is the oldest on campus and features distinct yellow bricks compared to the rest of the red-brick campus.
What is the Frank A. Bracken Administration Building?
These seven halls—Brady, Wood, Crosley, Rogers, Maria Bingham, Woodworth, and Elliott—share this common naming convention.
What are halls named after Ball family members?
Before it was demolished, students reported hearing phantom knocking and seeing moving objects on the 4th floor of this LaFollette hall.
What is Clevenger Hall?
Before the Brown Amphitheatre offered outdoor seating, the site was occupied by this functional structure.
What is a parking garage?
Legend says this WWII veteran, who was disfigured in the war, haunts the 4th floor of Elliott Hall.
Who is William Shambaugh?
In 1964, this jazz legend performed "Hello Dolly" twice at Emens Auditorium during Homecoming.
Who is Louis Armstrong?