This home is named for Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Ariail who built it as their family home in 1920. The house was purchased by the College from the Ariail family in 1981.
Dr. Ariail joined the Columbia College faculty in 1912 and served as professor of English and chairman of the English department untill his retirement in 1968. Dr. Ariail wrote the Columbia College alma mater in 1917.
Renowned artist Georgia O'Keefe taught at the Columbia College in 1915-1916, and lived as a guest of the Ariail’s in this house during those years.
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