The recently-renovated Frederick R. Maxwell Hall is home to the Creative Campus Initative.
Maxwell Hall was the only observatory west of the Appalachians when it was constructed in 1844. The original telescope pedestal still is intact and serves as the centerpiece of Creative Campus's reception area. Maxwell housed UA's Computer Based Honors Program before becoming home to Creative Campus. It now is used for honors classes, workspace for student interns, a gallery, and the administrative center for the initiative.
The building was forced open during the Civil War and most of its instruments wrecked, but was saved from burning by a woman who lived nearby. Mrs. Ruben Chapman convinced the Union troops that the building had not contributed in any way to the Rebel cause.
Maxwell Hall is building 73 on the campus map.
