Constitution Hall, Student center at University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States.
Constitution Hall is a student center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks housed in a two-story reinforced concrete structure. Inside are a bookstore, barbershop, alumni association offices, and the campus mail room.
Constitution Hall was completed in 1955, the same year delegates met in the building to draft the Alaska State Constitution, a milestone in the territory's drive for statehood. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
The building displays mid-century modern design features that still shape the campus appearance today. Its architecture reflects how universities were built in Alaska during that era.
Constitution Hall stands on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus at 64.85780, -147.82100. The bookstore, barbershop, alumni association offices and campus mail room share the two-story building, so several errands can be done in one stop. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
The 1955 constitutional convention met here, but Alaska was still a territory, not an independent state; it became the 49th US state on 3 January 1959. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
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