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Front door of the Zoology Building

NC State University Zoology Building (Raleigh, N.C.)
Riddick Hall, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
Front door of the Zoology Building
Description:
On the back of the photograph: "Animal Industry Building renamed Zoology Building stood between present Riddick and Diesel Building from 1911-1956." The Zoology Building (where Mann Hall is now located) was originally named the Animal Industry Building, built in 1912. It was renamed in 1927. It housed the departments of Animal Industry, Poultry, Entomology, and Zoology before it was demolished in the mid-1950s.
Topics:
Campus and Town
Subjects:
College campuses
Universities and colleges
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
0002711
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural photographs
Names:
North Carolina State University -- Buildings more info on North Carolina State University -- Buildings 
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, Zoology Building (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)

Community:
NC State University
State:
NC
Historical note:
North Carolina State University's Zoology building once stood where Mann Hall stands today. It was demolished in the 1950s.
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
Subjects:
College buildings
Lecture halls

Building: North Carolina State University, Wallace Carl Riddick Engineering Laboratories -- Riddick Hall (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)

Architect:
more info on Northup & O'Brien (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 
Community:
NC State University
State:
NC
Zip:
27607
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
Subjects:
College buildings
Latitude, Longitude:
35.785, -78.668297