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Title	Guilford Dormitory
Date	1900
Circa?	yes
Subject-LCSH	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Subject-Local	Guilford Dormitory
Place	Greensboro (N.C.)
Description	This 1900 postcard shows the original Guilford Dormitory on College Avenue, circa 1900. Part of President Charles Duncan McIver'; s residence can be seen on the left. 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 girls would hang. In1967, 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.
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	145 Guilford Dormitory - Exterior
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	UA110.3.145.001
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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