Broome-Kirk Gymnasium Construction, circa 1954

This image shows the construction of the new campus gymnasium at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) in the early 1950s. Shacks and piles of construction equipment can be seen scattered throughout the area. The Steam Plant is visible in the background. Later named Broome-Kirk Gymnasium, built 1955, it housed the Department of Health, Physical Education and Athletics, and was also known as the Broome-Kirk Health and Physical Education Building. It was demolished in the early 2000s to make way for the new Central Dining Hall, completed in 2008.

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General Picture File, 2004.040, Box 2, Broome-Kirk Gymnasium, C14.1.6.2.

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Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.). Athletic Department. Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Department of Health, Leisure, and Exercise Science

Broome-Kirk Health and Physical Education Building (1955)

1950-1959

Series 1 -- Campus and Buildings

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