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Title	College Avenue
Date	1910
Circa?	yes
Subject-LCSH	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Subject-Local	College Avenue
Place	Greensboro (N.C.)
Description	A colorized image of College Avenue, filled with pedestrians. The visible buildings (left to right) are Students Building, Spencer Dormitory, the original Curry Building, and the Carnegie Library. The edge of the porch on the left side of the card belongs to the original campus Infirmary. The inscription on the postcard reads, "; Normal College Avenue and College Buildings, Greensboro, N.C."; College Avenue was designed in the early 1900s by landscape architect Warren Henry Manning to be the central artery of the campus. It was converted to a pedestrian mall in 2004. Carnegie Library, 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. The cornerstone of the Students’ Building was laid in 1902. Contributions from students, faculty, and visiting speakers allowed the completion of the three story structure in 1906. It housed the Domestic Science and Manual Training departments, the post office and book store, society halls, a banquet hall, and a 700 seat auditorium. The building was razed in 1950.
Type	Image
Original format	Photographs
Original dimensions	5.5" x 3.5"
Original publisher	New York: The Leighton & Valentine Co.
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	063 College Avenue
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	UA110.3.063.008
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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