After World War the University of Evansville experienced a large influx of students due to the veterans using their GI Bill benefits. The federal government sponsored and required by the Mead-Lanham amendments to public law 849.76, the housing of veterans. This is when the university erected the temporary housing project Tin City to create more room for veterans.

The university acquired thirteen, two-family, surplus barracks from the military in 1946 to house these veterans and their families. From interviews as well as pictures from LINC, it is known that the apartments faced each other and had a sidewalk separating two rows of apartments. These structures were placed in the area where Neu Chapel, Moore Hall, and Wheeler Concert Hall now reside.

            These new residences were officially called the Campus Court Apartments. These “apartments” were made from concrete foundations with aluminum siding, hence the name Tin City. President Hale was determined to admit every qualified veteran into the university’s ranks; instead of creating an admission limit other colleges were putting into effect. In 1945 the university had a student population of only a few hundred. By 1947 the university’s enrollment was 1722. 

             By 1961 the university realized the need to have more facilities. This is when plans for Moore Hall, Krannert Hall, and Neu Chapel were laid out and the university removed the Campus Court Apartments. With the demolition of Tin City came the purchase of four apartment buildings located on Walnut St. and Weinbach Ave.