Neihardt Residence Hall
In 1939 the second and third wings of the building were built, named after Amanda Henrietta Heppner and Julia Larrabee Love. This added 200 rooms to the residence center, where room and board cost $152 a semester. The Ground floor of Heppner was unique in that it contained student rooms. these rooms still contained windows, but they were much smaller than those of the upper floors.
Heppner Hall
Facts and Figures
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Architect: Davis & Wilson
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Style: Modified Colonial
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Cost: $225,000 (Love and Heppner)
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$101,000 ​from PWA grant
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$55,000 from Don L. Love
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Capacity: 108
The Ground floor of Heppner was unique in that it contained student rooms. these rooms still contained windows, but they were much smaller than those of the upper floors. On the first floor “Furniture in the main reception or lounge rooms is done in bleached walnut; the colors of the upholstery blending with the rust colored rugs. Lighting fixtures are of light statuary bronze.” in addition, “Lighting fixtures, except those in the main reception rooms are eighteenth century Georgian colonial style." The two wings were constructed to form a courtyard where effective sunlight would be available to those on the first floors facing the courtyard. The first floor also featured the isolation unit and infirmary (which may be the cause of the unfounded rumour that Neihardt used to be a tuberculosis hospital prior to being a residence hall.)
Amanda Henrietta Heppner
Although the hall built along with Love came to be named Heppner Hall, originally it was simply called Northeast Hall. Heppner comes from right here in Lincoln, graduating from Lincoln high School and subsequently UNL in 1894.
At UNL. Heppner served as the Dean of Women from 1918-1938. In 1927 she was in charge of the nearly 2500 women enrolled at UNL, this number continued to rise throughout her time at UNL. She was a champion for the success of women on campus including creating co-ops post crash of 1929 in order to allow more women to remain in school. She also started the Women's Self-Government Board which aimed to aid in the adjustment and comfort of freshman girls. In addition to her role as Dean of Women she had a prolific career as a German professor in UNL’s Language Department, including founding the German Dramatic Club.