About William Jewell College

laboratory plumbing and wiring themselves on weekends. The rest of the building was completed after several
years.
Marston currently houses:
Advancement Office
Alumni/Development Office
Education Department
Office of Reprographics
History Department
Nursing Department
Political Science Department
Philosophy Department
Pillsbury Music Center
The Pillsbury Music Center was dedicated on October 26, 1974. This most functional music facility in the
Midwest serves the needs of the entire campus. It was built, like most other buildings on campus, out of the
need for expanded facilities. The building, although dedicated in 1974, did not receive its name until 1979.
Pillsbury currently houses:
Forbis Recital Hall
Lovan Community School of Music
Music Department
President’s Home
In 1904, the Board of Trustees acted on a request by Mr. A.D. Brown of St. Louis (who donated the money for
Brown Gymnasium) to provide a proper home for the college’s president, his friend Dr. Greene. He also felt it
needed to be a beautiful home to host campus guests, as well as to host members of the college community.
Mr. Brown offered to pay for the construction of the home if the trustees would spend $15,000 to furnish it.
They agreed. Four acres of land were purchased to accommodate the home and grounds. This is the property
to the west of the cemetery.
The President’s Home also has undergone several major renovations in its time. After being used as housing
for female students during World War II (Melrose Hall was used to house Naval cadets), as classroom space
during the major renovations to Jewell Hall in 1947-48, and as quarters for the Music Department before its
move to Gano Chapel, the President’s Home was refurbished in 1949 and again became the home of the
college’s president. There was also a major renovation during 1995.
Terry Barnes Memorial Fountain
Completed in the Spring of 2000, the Terry D. Barnes Memorial Fountain is located at the main campus
entrance at Mill Street and R.E. Bowles Drive. It was a generous gift from the family of Mr. Barnes, a member
of the Jewell class of 1989. The fountain is situated just behind the arc-shaped brick marquee sign at the
campus entrance. The interactive fountain plaza design allows visitors to walk through the memorial.
Water Tower
Now a William Jewell landmark, the old water tower was erected around 1896. A large wooden tank was
housed at the top, and water was pumped up to the tower from a spring on the east side of the hill. Histories
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