Becton Residence Hall, light fixture
Becton Residence Hall, NC State University (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Becton Residence Hall, light fixture
- Description:
- Becton Residence Hall was built in 1939 and named for John Leland Becton, 1882-1938. Becton graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering in 1908. He served on the college's Board of Trustees and served as president of the Alumni Association for three terms, 1927-1930.
- Topics:
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Campus and Town
- Subjects:
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Universities and colleges
- Original Format:
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Digital photograph
- Item identifier:
- funk_light0007
- Photographer:
- Funkhouser, Edward T. more info on Funkhouser, Edward T. (Edward Truman), 1946-
- Created Date:
- circa
- Genre:
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Close-up views
- Names:
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North Carolina State University
more info on North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University -- Buildings more info on North Carolina State University -- Buildings
- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Funkhouser Photographs
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- Edward T. Funkhouser Photographs, 2001-2016 (MC00336) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).
- RightsStatements.org:
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In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
For more information:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0
Building: North Carolina State University, John Leland Becton Residence Hall -- 9th Dormitory (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)
- Architect:
- Upjohn, Hobart Brown, 1876-1949 more info on Upjohn, Hobart Brown, 1876-1949
- Architect:
- Shumaker, Ross Edward, 1889-1960 more info on Shumaker, Ross Edward, 1889-1960
- Draftsman:
- Page, Jess M. more info on Page, Jess M.
- Built:
- Street:
- Jenson Drive
- Community:
- NC State University
- State:
- NC
- Zip:
- 27606
- General note:
- Becton Residence Hall, located behind Thompson Theater, is named after John Leland Becton (1882-1938). A civil engineering graduate who later established a successful Wilmington business, Becton was president of the Alumni Association for three terms. His private practice involved reclamation and drainage, roads and streets, water supplies and sewage, and suburban development. He specialized in the design and construction of reinforced concrete Liberty ships during World War I, and helped design a Dow Chemical Company plant for extracting bromine from sea water. Dormitory is part of University Honors Village.
- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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College buildings
Dormitories
Student housing
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.7825841, 78.6666369
