WEBER COLLEGE 19 Historical Sketch On January 7, 1889, Weber College was founded. It was then known as the Weber Stake Academy. In 1916, a one year normal curriculum was added to the secondary curricula. In 1918, the name of the school was changed to the Weber Normal College. In 1922 all secondary education was discontinued and Weber College was founded as a Junior College. The Utah State Legislature of 1931 passed House Bill, number 101, creating Weber College a state Junior College. However, the school is not to be transferred to the State until July 1, 1933. Campus and Buildings Grounds Weber College Campus comprises nearly all of Block 27, Plat A, which is located between Adams and Jefferson Avenues and Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets, Ogden, Utah. It uses as a part of its campus the Tabernacle Park, comprising ten acres, which is located on Washington Avenue between Twenty-first and Twenty-second streets. A cement tennis court is located in the rear of the college building. Buildings The College building, which is valued at $250,000.00, is located on Jefferson Avenue between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets, opposite Lester Park. It has sixteen lecture rooms, ten laboratory rooms, a beautiful auditorium with a seating capacity of approximately eight hundred, and a modern library with stack rooms and reading rooms sufficient to accommodate seven hundred students. The Weber College Book Store is located on Twenty-fifth street between Adams and Jefferson avenues.