Boyle Exhibit

The full name of Boyle Hall is Francis H. Boyle hall.  The building began being built in 1915 and was fully built and dedicated in 1917.  The building was a gift of Mr. Henry Boyle and was named after his son, Francis, who was a student at St. Norbert College.  As stated in the book entitled St. Norbert College Centennial Edition, "The building included 13 classes, a recreation area on the first floor, a bookstore, cloak room, six dormitories, living quarters for supervisors, a large two-story study hall, a convocation center on the third floor, and on the fourth floor was an entire floor space."

The building had many renovations from 1928 to 1985 in many different areas.  The recreation space became the College Library in 1928.  In 1968 the language laboratory was installed on the second floor of Boyle for $30,000.  Also in 1968 a seminary and reading center was opened on the second floor.  In 1978 the education department was moved  from the St. Joseph Hall to the Boyle Hall third floor.  In 1983 because of the Krege Foundation of Tory, Michigan, the college was awarded a grant of $200,000 and the college was remodeled and rededicated.  The building was retained to its original form but classrooms were modernized, more office faculty space was given, air conditioning was updated, and ventilation systems were installed.  In 1985 three classrooms were added and improved, a three tiered studio was added, and a language laboratory with 27 classrooms was added.

The total cost of the Boyle Hall building renovations was $1.9 million.  Francis H. Boyle Hall still continues to be one of the principal classroom buildings on campus.  At this time the classes taught in the building are mainly General Education courses and Communications/Media Studies courses.

Work Cited
Pieters, Donald L. St. Norbert College Buildings. Centennial Edition ed. De Pere, WI: St. Norbert College, 1998. Print.