The Fall of Olin Hall

Implosion of Olin Hall at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

Olin Hall, a landmark on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Monroe for years, was imploded on Saturday, September 25, 2004 at 10 a.m. The hall was built in the late 1960's. A champagne brunch was held the morning of the implosion in the University Conference Center on the 7th floor of the ULM Library. Guests had a bird's eye view of the building.

The date of the implosion coincided with the ULM Indian Football game against Arkansas State University at Malone Stadium.

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[Pimpala03]

They built a new one in it's place.

[jairodrigue]

@Farbar1955 Was there '88-'91. As an R.A. had to switch rooms each semester. Don't recall the #'s but could have pointed them out. My first room was 733. The elevator key got a lot of use those years as we always had to rescue trapped students.

[Farbar1955]

Olin Hall had to come down. The expansion joints were extended as far as they could go due to the west end of the dorm slowly sinking into the ground by the bayou. Plus the dorm had become impractical...the elevators were often on the fritz and any renovation work would have been too costly. I lived there 1973-1977 and stayed in rooms 902, 512, and my last two years in 317. I should have popped the room number off my door the last time I was there as a souvenir. I do have five bricks!

[KurtBoyd]

I lived in Olin Hall 1993-96, and was an RA from 94-96. Oh my gosh, the wild times we had in that building EVEN when we were supposed to be the ones keeping order lol.

At least no RA's on weekend duty will ever have to clean out that nasty garbage chute again. When we opened that thing on Saturdays and Sundays anything and everything would fall out of there.

[Dre3K1]

I never got to go into Olin Hall,but i heard of some the crazy parties they had in there.

[grethomory]

Oh my gosh, I used to live in Olin Hall from 81 to 86. Room 512. Oh my gosh, I didn't know it was gone. My memories

[craftgenius]

WOW!! I went to "NLU" from 1988 - 1992...so amazed and shocked to see Olin Hall gone!!

[ronmanley]

When I lived in Olin Hall in 1973-74 (Room 312), it was a great place to stay. Sorry to hear that NLU (now ULM) allowed it to deteriorate to the point that it had to be demolished.

[rickykpatel]

I lived in room 222 my first semester (1997.) It made no sense to tear it down. Should have been renovated instead. The building wasn't that old.  Waste of tax dollars.

[ringokidc]

Oh Yes! ...LOL

[badgyrl310]

They were renovating the campus during my last semester @ ULM. They had torn down Slater and Monroe and were building apartments on campus. I haven't seen the renovations since I graduated in 05.