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Van
Meter was Davis’ first project at Western. When completed in 1911,
it was one of the largest buildings between Nashville and Louisville.
A student who first saw the campus in 1913 thought Van Meter "the
biggest building in the world," a perception accentuated by its position
atop a commanding hill. Resembling the Acropolis’ Erectheion Temple,
Van Meter contained various administrative offices and a 1,600-seat auditorium
for campus community events.
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  Davis lavished the "rotunda" of Van Meter with beautiful fluted pilasters, a stained glass skylight and French marble. |
 This 1909 watercolor of Van Meter Auditorium was displayed in a Bowling Green storefront to show townspeople how the new building would appear on the hill. |
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