In 2012, the area previously known as Fountain Plaza, was renamed in honor William E. Moran who served as the chancellor of UNCG from 1979 until 1994. Built in 1991, the plaza is located between the Dining Halls and the Quadrangle, and consists of landscaped terraces and a fountain. It… Continue reading…
The Moore-Strong Residence Hall, designed by J. N. Pease of Raleigh, North Carolina, was opened in 1960. The three-story, 86,000 square foot building was named for Mary Taylor Moore (Class of 1903) who served as Registrar from 1909 to1948, and Cornelia Strong, a member of the mathematics faculty from 1905… Continue reading…
The Moore Humanities & Research Administration Building (MHRA), designed by Calloway Johnson Moore & West of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was opened in 2006 and named for Beverly Cooper Moore and Irene Mitchell Moore. Beverly Moore was the first chair of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Board of Trustees… Continue reading…
This building, originally called Nursing Education Building, was designed by McMinn & Norfleet of Greensboro, North Carolina, and opened in 1969. On September 9, 1976, the building was named in honor of Margaret Catherine Moore (Class of 1935), member of the original faculty of the School of Nursing and chair… Continue reading…
The Ragsdale/Mendenhall Residence Hall, designed by Northrup & O’Brien of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, opened in 1950. The building was named in honor of Gertrude Whittier Mendenhall, Head of Department of Mathematics from 1892 to 1926, and Virginia Ragsdale, a professor in the Department of Mathematics from 1911 to 1928. Ragsdale became… Continue reading…
This building, designed by H. R. McLawhorn, Jr. of Greensboro, North Carolina, was built in 1970 and was initially called the Center for Instructional Media. On June 5, 1971, the building was dedicated and named the McNutt Center for Instructional Media, in honor of Franklin Holbrook McNutt, head of the… Continue reading…
The statue of Charles Duncan McIver, sculpted by French-born artist Frederick W. Ruckstuhl, was dedicated on Founders Day, October 5, 1912. A duplicate statue stands on the capitol grounds in Raleigh, North Carolina. The statue previously stood south of the McIver Building, but was moved to the front lawn of… Continue reading…
The McIver Building, designed by J. N. Pease and Company of Raleigh, North Carolina, opened in 1960 and was named in honor of Charles Duncan McIver, founder and first president of the University. It was built to replace the previous McIver Memorial Building that stood from 1908 to 1958 in… Continue reading…
The McIver Memorial Building, opened in 1908, was named in honor of Charles Duncan McIver, founder and first president of the University. An east wing was added in 1920 and a west wing in 1922. It was declared unsafe in 1956 and razed in 1958.
This two-story, ten-room house was built in 1892 on the southwest corner of College Avenue and Spring Garden Street for President Charles Duncan McIver and his family. Mrs. McIver lived there until her death in December 1944. The house was torn down in 1952 and since then has been commemorated on… Continue reading…
