| Tauy Jones Hall | |
| Coordinates: | 38.6039°N -95.2631°W |
| Builder: | Emerson & Plank |
| Added: | June 14, 1982 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 82002659 |
Tauy Jones Hall is the oldest surviving building on the Ottawa University campus at 10th and Cedar Streets in Ottawa, Kansas and has a copper roofed cupola at its peak. The building was named after John Tecumseh “Tauy” Jones, who was of half Chippewa heritage and served as an interpreter for the Pottawatomie.[1]
Emerson & Plank began construction of the building in 1866 under President Isaac Smith Kalloch.[2] Construction was completed in 1869.The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 14, 1982.[3] Tauy Jones Hall is currently home to "the Chancellor's Office, Human Resources Department, Finance Department, Marketing Department, and the Office of University Advancement."[4]