Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is undertaking the restoration and rejuvenation of its oldest original building -- Murdock Hall. This landmark building has the most historic significance of any structure on campus. Its construction began in 1894 as the North Adams Normal School, it has been home to thousands of faculty, administrators and students over the years. Murdock holds a myriad of treasured memories for many of our alumni. Since it was originally the only building on campus, it has served virtually every college function, and included a large number of classrooms and offices. It eventually came to be used primarily as an office building with only a few classrooms. Today it is also home to the College TV and radio station, as well as the Beacon student newspaper. This rejuvenation project will restore the building to its original purpose -- that of an academic building housing state-of-the-art classrooms, reading rooms and meeting spaces -- while preserving the treasured historic nature of the structure.