East Residence Hall, 1959, photo 3
 

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“East Residence Hall, 1959, photo 3,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed December 24, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/9358.


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Title

East Residence Hall, 1959, photo 3

Description

This image shows the new eastern wing of East Residence Hall, built 1952, at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967). It served as a women's dormitory. It was originally designed to hold 204 women, with two students per room, but due to overcrowding was later known to hold three to a room.

Subject

Buildings
Student housing
Dormitories
Appalachian State University

Source

Pritchett Collection, 2003.080, Box 7, Buildings (ASTC) ND, C14.1.5.1.

Publisher

University Archives, Appalachian State University

Date

1959

Format

JPEG
Photographs

Language

English

Type

Image

Temporal Coverage

1950s

Corporate Names

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.). Office of Housing and Residence Life

Place Names

East Residence Hall (1952)

Series

Series 1 -- Campus and Buildings

File name

2018_2003_080_A.jpg

Sponsors

The Appalachian State University Historical Photographs Digitization Project is supported with federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources through the North Carolina ECHO, 'Exploring Cultural Heritage Online' Digitization Grant Program.