Hauck Hall

Fred Hauck in front of Hauck Hall

Architect's sketch of Hauck Hall

The history of the Hauck Hall was linked to the original Collins House located on 157 Holt Avenue. Valued at $25,000, Collins House was donated to Rollins by Frederick Hauck (’83H) in 1968. Five years later, Collins was demolished to make room for an annex to Casa Iberia, which was later named Hauck to honor the initial donor. The groundbreaking ceremony for the $250,000-structure took place on November 21, 1973, and on May 17, 1974, the dedication was held with attendance of President Jack B. Critchfield (’78H), Mr. Frederick Hauck, Hugh McKean (’30 ’72H), A. J. Hanna (’17 ’45H), Frank Sedwick, and A. Arnold Wettstein (’06H). Following the same Spanish-Mediterranean style of that dominates the rest of campus, architect George A. Tuttle, Jr. designed the building with Allen Trovillion as the general contractor. Hauck Hall currently houses the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures with classrooms on the first floor and offices for the French, German and Russian programs on the second floor.