First Building And Land

In 1889, Thomas F. Hargis, a native of Morehead and chief judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, gave Morehead Normal School four acres of land and $500 in cash for its first classroom building. Hargis Hall, a wooden structure, was later razed 36 years afterward to make way for Allie Young Hall. The Hargis land is believed to have extended from just east of Allie Young Hall to west of Camden-Carroll Library and south to University Street. A native stone monument was placed in the foundation of Hargis Hall to honor Judge Hargis for his gift to the struggling young school that would become Morehead State University.

Morehead, Kentucky · United States