[Guilford Dormitory, McIver House, and Teague House]
Date
1900
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Topics
Teachers;UNCG;Campus Views
Description
This photograph, looking down College Avenue, shows Guilford Dormitory, McIver House and the Teague House. This twenty-two room dormitory was built in 1892 and was originally called Wooden Dormitory. It was then nicknamed “Midway” after the Chicago Exposition of 1893 and later called Guilford Dormitory. The dormitory was razed in 1935 to make room for the Alumni House. This two-story, ten-room house was built on the southwest corner of College Avenue and Spring Garden Street for President McIver and his family. Mrs. McIver lived there until her death in December 1944. It was torn down in 1952 and since then has been commemorated on two occasions.
The Class of 1923, on the occasion of its 30th reunion, commissioned a small brick foundation from which the original 1892 School bell, or “University Bell,” which was used to summon the students, would hang. In 1967, on the occasion of the University’s 75th anniversary, the student body voted to build a more elaborate brick setting on the site named Student Anniversary Plaza. Student Anniversary Plaza was renovated in 2005 to incorporate the Vacc Bell Tower, named after Nicholas A. Vacc, Chair of the University Counseling Program, from 1986 to 1996. The Teague House was located on Spring Garden Street, where Curry Building now stands. It was rented by the College in 1899 for use as a dormitory. In 1922, the house was moved south to a site near the railroad to make way for the Alumnae Building.
Type
Image
Original format
Photographs
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
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Object ID
ua103.3.020
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304
