Helm Library was originally constructed as the Health & Physical Education Building. Designed by Brinton Davis, it contained a gymnasium with a 5,000 person capacity as well as classrooms, offices and a shooting range for the Physical Education and ROTC / Military Science departments. It has occasionally be confused with the Red Barn which was the gymnasium it replaced in 1931.

Plans were made to convert the building for a library while Diddle Arena was under construction. In 1963, renovations began which created a 70,000 square foot library that could accommodate over a 1/2 million books on three floors with a seating capacity for 1,000 students. The building also provided space for Library Science and Industrial Arts departments. It was dedicated on October 14, 1967 and named for librarian Margie Helm.

WKU Air Force Flight A

WKU Air Force Flight A

WKU Library Club

WKU Library Club

Bowling Green & Warren County High School Class of 1912

Bowling Green & Warren County High School Class of 1912

Margie Helm & Students

Margie Helm & Students

Margie Helm & Friends

Margie Helm & Friends

Faculty

Faculty

Margie Helm Portrait

Margie Helm Portrait

Margie Helm

Margie Helm

Gymnasium in Health & Physical Education Building

Gymnasium in Health & Physical Education Building

Margie Helm 2

Margie Helm 2

Health & Physical Education Building Opens

Health & Physical Education Building Opens

Margie Helm Letter to Kelly Thompson - Page 2 2

Margie Helm Letter to Kelly Thompson - Page 2 2
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