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Title	Campus views
Date	1910
Circa?	yes
Subject-LCSH	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Subject-Local	Campus Views
Place	Greensboro (N.C.)
Description	This color postcard shows a view of the campus. From left to right is the McIver Memorial Building, Administration Building and Carnegie Library. The inscription on the postcard reads, "; Normal College Buildings and Grounds, Greensboro, N.C."; The McIver Memorial Building, opened in 1908, was named in honor of Charles Duncan McIver, founder and first president of the University. An east wing was added in 1920 and a west wing in 1922. It was declared unsafe in 1956 and razed in 1958. This building, designed by Epps &; Hackett of Greensboro, North Carolina, was opened in 1892. Two flanking wings were added in 1895. From 1892 to 1908, the building was called Main Building and from 1908 to 1960 it was called Administration Building. In 1960, the building was named in honor of Julius Isaac Foust, president of College from 1906 to 1934. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The library building, a gift of steel baron Andrew Carnegie, was designed by Hook &; Sawyer of Charlotte. It opened in 1905 as the Carnegie Library. The building was partially destroyed by fire on September 15, 1932, and was enlarged during its reconstruction. The Library reopened in 1933. In 1955, the building was extensively renovated for classroom use. In 1957, the building was named for Edward Jacob Forney, School treasurer and chair of the Commercial Department from 1892 to 1940.
Type	Image
Original format	Photographs
Original dimensions	5.5" x 3.5"
Repository	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries - http://library.uncg.edu/info/depts/scua/
Collection	UA110 Postcards Collection
Series	3 Buildings, Grounds, and Views
Folder	035 Campus Views
Preferred citation	[Identification of item], [Identification of collection], Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA.
Copyright	http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/copyright.php
Object ID	UA110.3.035.002
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304
Digital collection homepage	http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/ui.php

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