A Brief History of Boliou Hall

Credits: MOLLY SANDWEISS

Boliou Hall was first constructed in 1949 and was named in honor of George H. Boliou, who donated $150,000 to the college to construct a new educational building. 

Boliou was constructed in the style of a “horizontal skyscraper,” and is made of Mankato stone and Virginia greenstone. The building also features large thermo-pane windows that look out onto Lyman lakes. In the early 1990s, a new addition was made to the building which expanded the art studios and connected Boliou to the CMC.

As of 2020, Boliou is 30, 547 square feet and contains classrooms, a small auditorium, offices, drawing and painting studios, photography and photo development studios, a metalsmithing workshop, a sculpture workshop, a printmaking studio, a ceramics studio and kiln, and a woodshop.