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Title	Spring Garden Street
Date	1894
Circa?	yes
Subject-LCSH	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Subject-Local	Spring Garden Street
Coordinates	36.066352,-79.808779
Place	Greensboro (N.C.)
Description	Photograph of the buildings on campus. The building are left to right: Dr. Charles Duncan McIver'; s residence, Midway dormitory later called Guilford, Administration Building, and the Brick dormitory. The McIver House, a 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. Anniversary Plaza is located on the southwest corner of College Avenue at Spring Garden Street. To commemorate the University’s 75th Anniversary, the student body of 1967 appropriated $15,000 to build Anniversary Plaza on the former site of the Charles Duncan McIver house. The Guilford Residence Hall was a twenty-two room dormitory that 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. Brick Dormitory, designed by Epps &; Hackett of Greensboro, North Carolina, opened in 1892 and was one of the original buildings and primary dormitory. It was expanded in 1895 and included a kitchen, an infirmary room, and a dining hall. The dormitory was destroyed by fire on January 20, 1904, with all of the residents escaping unharmed. This photo is part of the Campus Views online exhibit.
Type	Image
Original format	Photographs
Original dimensions	5.5" x 4.5"
Repository	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries - http://library.uncg.edu/info/depts/scua/
Collection	UA104 Photographic Prints Collection
Series	3 Buildings, Grounds, and Views
Folder	307 Spring Garden Street
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	ua104.3.307.002
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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