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Unknown publisher, but attributed to Forkner%u2019s Studio, Anderson, Indiana. Kodak photographic paper post-1950 vintage. #601.The Western Hotel was built in 1945, and was designed after the typical roadside inns of the era. With a period lobby and an art-deco check-in counter, it has two floors featuring both single and twin rooms with attached baths. The lower-level houses a large and spacious women%u2019s dormitory that allows for communal accommodations, and a smaller men%u2019s dormitory. It was the first fire-proof building in the state of Indiana.Unknown publisher, but attributed to Forkner%u2019s Studio, Anderson, Indiana. Kodak photographic paper post-1950 vintage. #5612.In later years, this 1918 cafeteria building was referred to as the %u201cOld Wooden Dining Hall%u201d even though it replaced an even older dining hall. It had brick ovens built behind the structure for baking fresh bread and pastries. For a while its full-service meals were lovingly prepared and served by Arthur Riffle, husband of the powerful Camp Secretary, Mable Riffle. A camp program for 1934 boasted that the dining hall had %u201cthe best of food%u201d and %u201chome cooking.%u201d The structure was razed in 1955 to construct the current Maxon Cafeteria.