Administration Building, second, fire aftermath, photo 9

This image shows President William Howard Plemmons (1955-1969) observing the remains of the second Administration Building on December 30, 1966, the morning after it was gutted by a fire. Salvaged chairs can be seen out on the grass in front of the building. The building had been built in 1924, and was located on the Promenade, approximately where the first Belk Library, built 1968, is located.

Buildings

Fires

Administrators

Presidents

Plemmons, W. H. (William Howard), 1904-1984

Appalachian State University

General Picture File, 2004.040, Box 1, Administration (Fire, 1966), C14.1.6.1.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1966-12-30

News Bureau

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Photographs

English

Image

1960s

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.)

Plemmons, William Howard, 1904-1984

Administration Building (1924)

Series 1 -- Campus and Buildings

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