UNC Greensboro

This home, also known as the “Ward House,” was located on Spring Garden Street and was the residence of Dixie Lee Bryant, a charter member of the college faculty. Bryant taught science on campus from 1892 until 1905.

The Book Store was located on the first floor of Administration Building from 1925 until 1932.  From 1932 until 1949, it was situated in the Students’ Building. In 1949, the Book Store moved to the basement of South Spencer Dormitory and remained there until the completion of Elliott Hall (now… Continue reading…

The Becher-Weaver Building, located off campus at 915 Northridge Street, was constructed in 1925. Additions were made in 1946 and 1965. Portions of the building were designed by Greensboro, North Carolina architects Raleigh James Hughes and Carl F. Andrews.  In 2000, it was named for F. James Becher, Jr. and… Continue reading…

The original campus barn, or stable, was located near College Avenue and Walker Avenue. It was built to house a variety of farm animals. In 1902, it was razed and replaced with the Students’ Building. The school’s second barn was located on the College Farm near the current location of… Continue reading…

In 1922, W. B. Aydelette, Sr. opened the West End Ice Cream Company. Located at the northwest corner of Spring Garden and Forest Streets, it eventually became Yum Yum Better Ice Cream.  Commonly known as “Yum Yum,” it was very popular with the students and well known throughout Greensboro for… Continue reading…

The Well House was located between Main Building and Brick Dormitory and supplied water to the two buildings.

The Weil-Winfield Residence Hall, designed by W. C. Holleyman of Greensboro, North Carolina, opened in 1939. On June 7, 1941, the building was named in honor of Mina Rosenthal Weil, a strong supporter of the College, and Martha Elizabeth Winfield (Class of 1906), a member of the English Department faculty… Continue reading…

The Walker Avenue Parking Deck, designed by Hayes Seay Mattern & Mattern of Greensboro, North Carolina, opened in 1994. It serves as the home for UNCG’s Parking Services.

The Walker Avenue Bridge, located on College Avenue, served as a pedestrian walk-way over Walker Avenue and its traffic. The first bridge, a wooden structure built in the early 1900s, was replaced by an iron bridge.  A concrete bridge replaced the iron structure in 1928. The bridge was demolished in 1950.

The forty-seven foot tall Vacc Bell Tower, designed by the Verdin Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, is located in Student Anniversary Plaza on the corner of College Avenue and Spring Garden Street. It was given to the University by Dr. Nancy Vacc, an emeritus professor of the Curriculum and Instruction Department… Continue reading…