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1890
Normal School Building cornerstone laid June 13 (1890-1972).  After 1906, building known as Administration Building (Pierce p.165).  Renamed Cranford Hall in 1931.  Razed in 1972.
1891
Normal School Building east wing completed April 13 (Pierce p.165)
1895
Normal School Building center  completed (Pierce p.165)
1897
Training School library established ( Crucible v.4 #10 [June 9, 1896] 29-30 )
1901
First heating plant completed.  Razed in 1933 (RG SC27 photo. Pierce p.165)
1902
Pillars at 9th Avenue and 17th Street class gift of 1902 (Carter p.387)
1903
Normal School Building west wing completed November 11 (Pierce p.165, Larson p.61)
1903
Gymnasium in basement of west wing of Normal School Building (Larson, p.61)
1904
First presidential home completed.  Became Music Conservatory in 1924. Razed in 1954.
1907
First library completed. Renamed Carter Hall in 194 4.
1908
Greenhouse built.  Razed in 1936.
1909
Stables built south of Library
1910
Training School cornerstone laid August 22
1910
Guggenheim Hall cornerstone laid September 24
1910
Gateway at 10th Avenue and 18th Street gift of class of 1910 (Carter p.387)
1910
Cranford and the Library had telephones installed (Larson p.63)
1911
Cranford updated with first indoor toilet (Larson p.63)
1911
Formal reflecting pool north of Library gift of the class of 1911 (Carter p.387)
1912
Training School center section of building completed (Pierce p.165)
1912
Gateway at 8th Avenue and 17th Street gift of class of 1912 (Carter p.387)
1912
Guggenheim Hall completed (Carter p.81)
1913
Women's Club House construction began
1914
Pioneer Statue north of the Library reflecting pool gift of class of 1914 (Carter p.387)
1914
Totem Teddy arrived on campus. Andrew Thompson, a 1897 graduate of the Normal School and U.S. Commissioner of Education for Alaska, gave the totem pole to UNC in 1914. Repatriated in October 2003.
1914
Home Economics Building cornerstone laid (Pierce p.165)
1915
Home Economics practice cottage constructed (Carter p.84). Later renamed Roudebush Cottage.
1916
Women's Club House dedicated March 22. Remodeled and renamed the Student Union in 1939. Renamed Gray Hall in 1965.
1918
SATC Gymnasium (also known as "Temporary Gym," "Cow Barn," "Green Barn"). Razed in 1927.
1919
Home Economics Building completed in October. Renamed Crabbe Hall in 1931 (Pierce p.165).
1921
Belford Residence Hall completed.
1921
Gordon Residence Hall completed.
1921
Decker Residence Hall completed.
1922
Training School west wing erected (RG2 S1 F8 Bk. 8)
1923
Training School east wing erected (RG2 S1 F8 Bk. 8)
1924
First presidential home became Music Conservatory
1925
KFKA (100 W. station) established to broadcast on the 3rd floor of Cranford.  Broadcast supervised by Physics Department (Hartman p.124).
1926
Gunter construction began with cornerstone, September 28, 1926 (Pierce p.165)
1926
KFKA moved to Music Conservatory.  Music Department responsible for many broadcasts.  (Hartman p.121)
1927
Jackson Field dedicated (5,200 capacity)
1928
Gunter completed--balcony seated 1,100 people. Dedicated January 35
1928
Second presidential home at 1862 10th Avenue
1930?-1939   
Two radio towers E of Gunter ( Cache la Poudre 1936 p.61) removed by 1939 when Gray remodeled
1930
Faculty Apartment #1: "The Faculty Club" completed (W)
1931
Administration Building renamed Cranford Hall on October 22 (BOT)
1931
Home Economics Building renamed Crabbe Hall, October 22 (Pierce p.165)
1931
Training School renamed Kepner Hall (BOT 10/22/1931)
1931
Hadden Residence Hall completed
1931
#2 men's residence hall on east campus completed. Named Hays Residence Hall on October 22
1933
Men's residence hall on east campus was named Hadden Hall on February 7 by the Board of Trustees
1933
Second Heating Plant completed (N of Faculty Apts. & SE of Gunter)
1933
Driveway north of Gunter running from 8th to 10th Avenue closed on June 9 (BOT)
1936
Sabin Residence Hall dedicated June 13 (RG15 S15 F1)
1936
Snyder Residence Hall dedicated June 13 (RG15 S15 F1)
1936
Tobey-Kendel Residence Hall dedicated June 13 (RG15 S15 F1)
1936
Faculty Apartment (Unit #2) (mid-W)
1936
Greenhouse dismantled and sold (BOT 4/9/1936)
1937
Gunter has Celotex sound conditioned ceiling installed (Building Survey, RG15 S17)
1938
Women's Club House remodeling started. Renamed Student Union in 1939.
1939
Student Union remodeling completed .  Renamed Gray Hall in 1965.
1939
Library remodel and renovation (Pierce p.165)
1940
Faculty Apartment (Unit #3) completed (mid-E)
1940
Garden Theater dedicated June 14 (RG15 S15 F1)
1940
Remodeled library dedicated June 28
1940
Leo Florio flagpole erected
1940
Tops of deciduous trees around Carter and Cranford severely trimmed. See photos Cranford--Aerial & Carter--Remodel
1940
Bridge NW of Gray erected as class gift ("Hi Bridge")
1941
Gunter additional locker rooms installed in basement
1942
Drinking fountain, Outdoor (Gunter, Garden Theater) class gift
1944
Library renamed Carter Hall (Pierce p.165)
1947
Cross Residence Hall completed
1947
Faculty Apartment (Unit #4) completed (E)
1948
Jackson Field renovated reducing seating capacity to 4,000 (Pierce LB1840 G747 1988 P54)
1948
Gunter original chimes replaced with second set ( Mirror 10/14/1987)
1949
Cranford fire
1951
Frasier Hall groundbreaking. November 19
1953
Frasier Hall completed in December
1954
Frasier Hall dedicated January 1
1954
Frasier theater dedicated January 14, 15 & 16 with performance of "Point of No Return"
1954
Benches between Frasier and Cranford gift of the class of 1954
1954
Conservatory of Music razed (Pierce p.165)
1955
Lily pond in front of Snyder vandalized ( Mirror May 13). It was subsequently removed.
1957
Gunter Hall balcony in men's gym removed.   Folding bleachers installed.
1957
Wiebking Residence Hall dedicated June 1957
1957
Wilson Residence Hall completed
1957
Tobey Kendel addition (Pierce p.166)
1958
Parsons Hall completed
1960
Troxel Residence Hall dedicated in October
1961
Gunter Hall hardwood floors replaced in men's and women's gyms
1962
Bishop-Lehr Hall (Laboratory School) dedicated May 13
1963
Boiler house converted to Arts Annex (Pierce p.167)
1963
McCowen Residence Hall dedicated (fall)
1964
Ross Hall of Science completed
1965
Student Union renamed Gray Hall
1965
College Center completed. Renamed University Center in 1970.
1965
Ross Hall dedicated August 1
1966
Harrison Residence Hall dedicated November 6
1967
Student Family Apartments completed
1968
McKee Hall of Education completed
1968
Turner Residence Hall completed
1969
McKee Hall dedicated March 27 (RG15 S15 F1)
1970  
College name changed to UNC
1970
College Center renamed University Center
1970
University Library (Michener) fire
1971
University Library completed
1972
University Library dedicated on October 27. Renamed Michener Library in 1973.
1972
Cranford demolished June 12-15 (1890-1972)
1973
Candelaria construction began
1973
Candelaria Hall completed
1973
University Library renamed the James A. Michener Library
1973
Lawrenson Residence Hall dedicated May 10 (RG15 S15 F1)
1973
Mariani Gallery in Guggenheim dedicated  October 14
1973
Butler-Hancock construction began
1974
Butler-Hancock Hall completed
1974
Lindou Auditorium in Michener Library dedicated August 4
1975
Butler-Hancock dedicated February 4
1976
Foundation Hall dedicated March 13
1979
Kepner--outside of building cleaned and sealed ( Campus 4/10/1981)
1981
Carter Hall undergoes major renovation (Pierce p.168)
1981
Gunter--outside of building cleaned and sealed ( Campus 4/10/1981)
1982
Butler-Hancock storage room addition(s) (Pierce p.169)
1985
Gunter's bells stopped ringing ( Mirror 10/14/1987)
1985
Cross, Hadden, Hays and Troxel no longer used as dorms (Pierce, Morris. LB1840 G747 1988 P54 p.137)
1986
Frasier Theater renamed Langworthy Theater
1986
Kepner Hall undergoes major internal renovation (Pierce p.165)
1987
Kepner Hall renovation completed
1987
Gunter received fourth set of new bells ( Mirror 10/14/1987)
1988
Laboratory wing added to Ross Hall (Pierce p.168)
1988
University Center added atrium and internal remodel of ground level
1988
Cogeneration Plant constructed
1989
Lawrenson Hall rededicated October 5
1990
Cranford Park dedicated on June 13
1990
Leo Florio Flagpole rededicated October 13
1991
Ross Laboratory wing dedicated March 26
1993
Michener Library recarpeted
1993
Frasier--Music Technology Center wing added
1994
Michener Archives, room L119, completed
1995
Frasier remodeled to connect 2nd floor wings
1995
Recreation Center added to Butler-Hancock
1995-96   
Gunter Hall--major remodeling/renovation.  Rededicated September 20, 1996.
1996
Nottingham Field completed
1996
Norton Theatre dedicated in Gray Hall February 24, 1996
1997
Music Library dedicated October 17. Named Skinner Music Library 2005.
1999
Hansen-Willis Hall dedicated October 22
1999
Scott-Wilcoxen Hall dedicated October 22
1999
Cassidy Hall completed
1999
President's Residence converted and renamed Visitors Center
2000
Ross Hall renovation started
2002
Garden Theatre E wall removed when Summer Concert Series cancelled
2002
Arlington Park Apartments completed August 2002
2003
West Campus Dining Facility construction began August 2003
2003
Totem Teddy returned to the Tlingit Indians, Angoon, Alaska. October 2003
2004
Archives remodel completed and reopened October 6.
2005
West Campus Dining Facility officially opened on January 8.
2005
Archives open house held on January 21 to celebrate the renovation of Archival Services
2005
Skinner Music Library (former Music Library) named on May 6.
2005
Presidents Row (Bond Hall, Brown Hal1, Dickeson Hall, Lujan Hall), 19th Street and 9th Avenue, dedicated October 1. Previously named Faculty Apartments.
see also: Buildings
Looking for dates:
3rd set of chimes in Gunter (mid 1960's)
E-W streets of President's home closed (1980's-90's)
Clock on Gray Hall NW corner

 

 

 

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