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GATES HALL (GENERAL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING)
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The construction of the Engineering Building, subsequently called Gates
Hall, began in 1910, but only the west wing was finished by 1912. Initially,
it was designed to be U-shaped but later this plan was abandoned. Due
to the Balkan Wars, World War I and the establishment of the new Turkish
Republic, the building, as it stands today, was completed in 1931. It
is four storeys high and planned to follow the slope of the hill so that
each floor has its own separate entrance. Built with money provided by
the will of the late John Stuart Kennedy, the plan was designed by John.
R. Allen of the University of Michigan. It was the Engineering building.
It is now administration building. The Administration Building (Gates
Hall), houses the Registrar's Office, Communications Office, Financial
Office and Post Office.
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