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Barracks Square and Diesel Engineering Laboratory fountain

Vetville, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
Broughton Hall, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
Barracks Square and Diesel Engineering Laboratory fountain
Description:
View of "Barracks Square" showing the fountain used for cooling the Diesel Engineering Laboratory and three temporary classroom buildings. Vetville was the name for a community that sprung up on the edge of NCSU's campus following World War II to house students and their families who were coming to the university under the G.I. Bill. Vetville held residents until the late 1950s when it was demolished to make room for Bragaw Residence Hall.
Topics:
Campus and Town
Subjects:
Buildings, Temporary
College campuses
Fountains
Plazas
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
0007318
Created Date:
circa to
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, Vetville (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)

Community:
NC State University
State:
NC
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)

Building: North Carolina State University, Joseph Melville Broughton Hall -- Diesel Building (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)

Location:
Raleigh (N.C.)
Subjects:
College buildings
Latitude, Longitude:
35.7855, -78.670097