The Council of Independent Colleges: Historic Campus Architecture Project

J. K. Daniels Conference Center

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J. K. Daniels Conference Center, Lane College

Institution Name: Lane College
Original/Historic Place Name: Trades and Industries Building
Location on Campus: historic district adjacent to Lane Ave.
Date(s) of Construction and Designer(s):

1923	original construction Unknown
1954	remodeled Unknown
1968	remodeled Unknown
1993	remodeled Unknown

Type of Place: Individual building
Style(s): (Glossary)
Materials:

Foundation: cement

Walls: brick

Roof: asphalt

Function:

ca. 1923	classrooms (shoemaking, woodworking, printing, auto mechanics, tailoring, agriculture, and brick masonry; later biology, physics, and chemistry classrooms and college library)
ca. 2004-present (2007)	other (conference rooms)
ca. 2004-present (2007)	administration

Significance: engineering, history
Landmark designation:

National Register

Lane College Historic District (1987); Lane College Historic District (boundary increase) (1991)

Narrative: see below
References: see below

Narrative:
The J.K. Daniels Conference Center was renovated in 1993 with the assistance of the National Park Service, Dept. of the Interior. This building has evolved from a classroom/laboratory structure, to the College library, to a modern conference center with teleconferencing capabilities. It was previously remodeled in 1954 and renamed in honor of J.K. Daniels, marking the initial accreditation of the College by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

References:

I. Bibliographic sources:

Campus Master Plan. 1991. Lane College, Jackson, TN.

Campus Plan. 1968. Lane College, Jackson, TN.

Cooke, Anna L. Lane College: Its Heritage and Outreach, 1882-1982. Jackson, TN: Lane College, 1987.

Facilities Master Plan Update. [Jackson, TN: Lane College], 2001.

Murphy, Kimberley A., and Thomason, Philip. Lane College Historic District [Boundary Increase]. National Register of Historic Places designation report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior/National Park Service, 1991.

Thomason, Philip. Lane College Historic District. National Register of Historic Places designation report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior/National Park Service, 1987.

II. Location of other data:

University: Library, Special Collections, Facilities Management Office

SHPO

Government Offices