Group unveiling the cornerstone Alumni Memorial Building

Winslow Hall, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Title:
Group unveiling the cornerstone Alumni Memorial Building
Description:
Alumni Memorial Building, cornerstone unveiling; On back of the photograph: "L. to R.: F. B. Turner, C. H. Bostian, R. A. Bradshaw-Eller (Chr. Of Board), L. T. Weeks (V.P. Alumni), R. D. Beam" Built in 1897 and served as infirmary until its renovation in 1959 when it was named Alumni Memorial Building to honor more than 300 alumni who died in World War II and the Korean War. In 2006, the building was renamed Winslow Hall after the Dorothy and Roy Park Alumni Center on Centennial Campus opened. Arthur Winslow was one of the original members of the Watauga Club who successfully petitioned the North Carolina legislature in 1885 to charter the school that would become North Carolina State University.
Topics:
Campus and Town
People
Subjects:
Alumni and alumnae
Buildings
Religious services
Universities and colleges
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
0001582
Photographer:
Mills, Ralph more info on Mills, Ralph 
Created Date:
Genre:
Publicity photographs
Names:
North Carolina State University -- Buildings more info on North Carolina State University -- Buildings 
Bostian, C. H. (Carey Hoyt), 1907-2000 more info on Bostian, C. H. (Carey Hoyt), 1907-2000 
Beam, Robert D. more info on Beam, Robert D. 
North Carolina State College more info on North Carolina State College 
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs

Building: North Carolina State University, Arthur Winslow Hall -- Alumni Memorial Building -- State College Hospital (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)

Architect:
more info on Bonitz, Henry E., 1872-1921 
Built:
Community:
NC State University
State:
NC
Historical note:
Winslow Hall was built in 1897 and served as the infirmary until its renovation in 1959 when it was renamed Alumni Memorial Building to honor more than 300 alumni who died in World War II and the Korean War. In 2006, the building was renamed Winslow Hall after the Dorothy and Roy Park Alumni Center on Centennial Campus opened. Arthur Winslow was one of the original members of the Watauga Club who successfully petitioned the North Carolina legislature in 1885 to charter the school that would become North Carolina State University.
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
Subjects:
College buildings
Historic buildings
Latitude, Longitude:
35.784901, -78.664101