Reynolds Coliseum and surrounding area, aerial view

Reynolds Coliseum, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
Carmichael Gymnasium, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
NC State University Student Supply Store (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Title:
Reynolds Coliseum and surrounding area, aerial view
Description:
William Neal Reynolds (1863-1951) Coliseum is named after a top executive and major shareholder in the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem, N.C., who donated money to the University to supplement professors' salaries. Reynolds niece, Mary donated $100,000 for the completion of the coliseum. William Reynolds was one of R.J. Reynolds’s younger brothers. The idea for the coliseum, which replaced Thompson Theatre as the home of the NC State men’s basketball team, supposedly came from David Clark. The coliseum was built in 1949. The coliseum was home to the basketball team for nearly 50 years, including two NCAA champion teams. Reynolds Coliseum also provided a venue for large university and city events. Today it houses several NC State athletic teams, as well as NC State’s ROTC units. The men’s basketball team moved to the RBC Center in 2000. Also visible in the photo are the Carmichael Building and the campus bookstore.
Topics:
Campus and Town
Subjects:
Universities and colleges
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
0002904
Created Date:
circa
Genre:
Aerial photographs
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, William Neal Reynolds Coliseum (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)

General note:
Completed in 1949, the building with seating for 14,000 people is named after William Neal Reynolds, president of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company founded by his brother. Construction of Reynolds Coliseum was originally proposed by David Clark after 5,000 people from all over North Carolina were rained out of a Farmers' Week meeting in 1940. The coliseum was home to the basketball team for nearly 50 years, including two NCAA champion teams. Reynolds Coliseum also provides a venue for large university and city events. Today it houses several NC State athletic teams, as well as NC State's ROTC units. The men’s basketball team moved to the RBC Center in 2000.
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
Subjects:
Sports facilities
Latitude, Longitude:
35.783501, -78.669899

Building: North Carolina State University, William Donald Carmichael Gymnasium (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)

Built:
Street:
2611 Cates Avenue
Community:
NC State University
State:
NC
Zip:
27607
General note:
Carmichael Gymnasium offers an outdoor and indoor track, swimming pools, basketball courts, racquetball courts, and areas for wrestling, boxing, weight lifting and gymnastics. In 1940, William Donald Carmichael (1900-1961) became Vice President and Financial Officer for the three-college, Consolidated University system of the time. After serving in the Air Corps during World War I, Carmichael earned his degree in business administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There, he was active in athletics and had been captain of the basketball team. He became an advertising executive and stock broker in New York before returning to North Carolina. During his administration, Carmichael supported funding for the completion of the gymnasium, Reynolds Coliseum, a state educational TV system, Burlington Laboratories' nuclear reactor, and the William Neal Reynolds Professorships. One of his characteristic words was "imagineering."
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
Subjects:
College buildings
Gymnasiums
Latitude, Longitude:
35.783298, -78.672401

Building: North Carolina State University, Student Supply Store -- Bookstore (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)

Architect:
more info on Small, G. Milton (George Milton), Jr., 1916-1992 
Built:
Demolished:
Community:
NC State University
State:
NC
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
Subjects:
College buildings
Stores, Retail
Latitude, Longitude:
35.784599, -78.671402