The Dining Halls complex was built over a span of thirty-five years. Spencer Dining Hall was built in 1904, West (later Spartan) Dining Hall in 1921, South Dining Hall (later State) in 1924, Kitchen in 1927, and North Dining Hall in 1939. The four dining rooms and kitchen extend like… Continue reading…
This house, built in 1958, was located at 2207 North Elm Street. It was part of a unique Woman’s College classroom experience where twenty-three art and home-economics majors designed and supervised the building of a house. The purpose of the project was to give the students a working knowledge of… Continue reading…
College Avenue was designed in the early 1900s by landscape architect Warren Henry Manning to be the central artery of the campus. It was converted to a pedestrian mall in 2004. Today, College Ave is often the site of UNCG events, including Fall Kickoff.
On February 11, 1952, Coleman Gymnasium, designed by Loewenstein, Atkins & Associates of Greensboro, North Carolina, opened and was named in honor of Mary Channing Coleman, head of the Department of Physical Education from 1920 to 1947. In 1989, parts of the 1952 structure were incorporated into the Health and… Continue reading…
Standing near the southwest end of the Dining Hall, near the Jackson Library Tower, is UNCG’s University Clocktower. The Clocktower was a gift to the University by members of the Class of 1941 as part of their 50th class reunion. The Class raised approximately $45,000 to support the construction of… Continue reading…
Located between the Alumni House and the Faculty Center, the Garden was a gift of the Class of 1960.
Thought to have been located at the southeast end of South Spencer Dormitory next to the building’s cornerstone, this garden was given to the school by the Class of 1923. The 1923 Memorial Garden was replanted in 1988, in honor of the Class’ sixty-fifth reunion.
The Class of 1919 Memorial Garden was designed by Alma Seeker Rightsell Pinnix in 1969 in honor of their fiftieth reunion. The Garden, located behind the Alumni House, west of the Alumnae Secretaries’ Garden, was a gift of the Class of 1919 and was dedicated as a memorial to their… Continue reading…
The Chancellor’s Residence on Sunset Drive, the former home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Bryan, was built in 1929. The University has leased the house since 1996.
Currently located at 117 McIver Street, the Carter Child Care Center was opened in 1972 and named for Brent Blackmer Woodson Carter (Class of 1946). Originally located on Highland Avenue, it has changed location several times. The Center functions as a lab school for the Department of Human Development and Family… Continue reading…
