Mother Antonia McHugh Fine Arts Complex Records

Name: Mother Antonia McHugh Complex: Frey Theater, O’Shaughnessy, Music Building, Speech Building Year Opened: Formally 1970 Years of Construction: 1968-1970 Architect: Curtis Green of Hammel, Green and Abrahamson Contractor: Gunnar Johnson and Son, Inc. Original Purpose: Provide areas for theater and music performances, classrooms for Drama, Music, and Speech departments.

Cost to Build: -$107,300.00 for utilities -Budget $3,500,000.00 as of 11-5-65 and needs reduction -$5 million for entire project Square Footage: 127,526 sq. ft.?

Named For: -Mother Antonia McHugh

Interesting Facts: -First SCU Capitol Campaign used to raise funds for this project ($4,070,000 raised by gifts and pledges along with $1 million challenge grant from the Ford foundation). -Frey Theater seats about 200 - O’Shaughnessy seats about 1,800 and has a 48-ton movable ceiling, designed by Yale University theatre engineering professor George C. Izenour

The Mother Antonia McHugh Complex started construction in 1968 and was completed in 1970. Curtis Green of Hammel, Green and Abrahamson was the architect for the project, alongside contractor Gunnar Johnson and Son, Inc. The complex is made up of the music building, speech building, the O’Shaughnessy Auditorium, and the Frey Theater. The entire complex cost was about $5 million, including the unattached Art Building. Funding came from the first ever Capital Campaign held by St. Catherine’s, which brought in about $4,070,000 from gifts and pledges, as well as a $1 million challenge grant from the Ford Foundation.