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Norwood Hall was completed in 1903. The exterior is made of concrete spread footings and foundation, and brick and limestone. All of the stone details such as the windowsills are limestone. The supporting walls are of backing brick and interior walls are latticework and plaster. Originally, the floor system was constructed mainly of wood, with all wood floors and some wooden supporting columns, but due to fire hazards, the floor systems were later converted to steel-concrete construction. As for the roof, it is wooden truss construction and originally has slate tile roof. The roof was converted to asphalt shingling in 19--. The windows were originally single-pane wooden windows, but were all updated to more thermal efficient aluminum windows in 1989.