Brodbeck Music Hall remains the oldest building on the Hood College campus. Built in the shape of a German cross in 1868, it was a social gathering place for the early German settlers, and later served as a florist shop, a farmer’s home, and a warehouse before it was purchased by the Woman’s College of Frederick for educational use in 1897. In its early years, it was a residence for faculty, staff and even students.
Brodbeck’s role in the history of the College has been varied and amazing, evoking different memories for different generations of the Hood students. It has been the scene of every sort of gathering for college students, including lectures, plays, concerts, faculty skits, funerals and weddings.
Appropriately, the building bears the name of one of Hood’s earliest and strongest supporters, The Honorable Andrew R. Brodbeck.
