Red Cross Publicity in University of Michigan's Couzens Hall

"In 1923 The Honorable James Couzens of Detroit, a United States Senator from Michigan gave a sum of $600,000 for a building to house student and graduate nurses. The Residence was felt to be an indispensable part of the new Hospital and was to be ready by the time the Hospital opened. Designed by Albert Kahn and completed in August of 1925, the dark red brick, white trimmed building consisted of a center section and two wings in the form of an “H”. The 250 rooms were mostly singles accommodating about 260 women. The basement contained facilities for instruction-an amphitheater, faculty offices, laboratories, classrooms, and assembly hall, and also a game room. The first floor housed a lobby, a reception room, living room and a library, paneled in walnut. The rear of the building, overlooked a beautiful garden and the women’s athletic field. Sun porches on each floor overlooked the garden." - University of Michigan