Development of the western side of campus, between Jackson-Shaver Hall and Pritchett Field, began in the late 1950s.
The 1950s and 1960s brought an increase in students and student housing. Adams Hall was built northwest of the heart of campus, shown in a photo from around 1970.
The mural, Time Warp, painted on the building’s northern side.
There is little sign of Adams Hall or the mural twelve years later except the usual marking - a patch of grass in the middle of a parking lot.
 
 
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Adams Hall
 
Adams Hall was a three-story, all-male dormitory that stood on Seventeenth Street on the west side of campus.

The dormitory was closed after university officials discovered cracks in the foundation, corrosion of steel-framing around windows and doors, and other structural damages. However, while the majority of the building would be demolished, there would be an effort to save the mural, entitled "Timewarp," painted on the building's northern side.

The abstract mural was a popular sight for drivers along Seventeenth Street and was going to be left standing or even possibly relocated to a different site; unfortunately when the building came down, so did the mural - a disappointment to numerous people including its creator, former SHSU professor and Huntsville artist Stanley Lea.

The name Adams was transferred to Adams House following the demolition.
 
 
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Namesake
Roy Adams
 
 
1958 - Constructed
1980 - Timewarp mural painted
January 4, 1993 - Demolished
 
 
Houstonian, January 14, 1993
Houstonian, February 2, 1993