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1. Georgia Tech - Back in Time Tour

   Come along for the journey of the Georgia Institute of Technology post-Civil War up to the modern time!

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   1. Civil War Ends, Reconstruction Begins

      1860-1864: The end of the Civil War in and around Atlanta.  Marietta Street and the southwest borders of Tech's campus in particular have much historical significance with regard to various sites of the Civil War.
      
      Photo 1:  Courtesy of Sandra Rimskaya, showing Confederate fortifications around Atlanta in 1864 at the approximate site of Fort Hood.  The wagon and portable darkroom of photographer George N. Barnard is visible in the photograph.
      Campus Historic Preservation Plan Update, 2009; via Georgia Tech Archives
      
      Photo 2: The marker located at 793 Marietta Street, the current-day EHS building, memorializing Fort Hood's use during the Civil War from July 23 - September 2, 1864.
      Campus Historic Preservation Plan Update, 2009; via Georgia Tech Archives 
      
      Photo 3: Archaeological map showing approximate surrender of the city of Atlanta on September 2, 1864.  Image from New South Associates. Campus Historic Preservation Plan Update, 2009; via Georgia Tech Archives
      
      Photo 4: Archaeological map showing physical locations of significance during the Civil War. 
      Image from New South Associates. Campus Historic Preservation Plan Update, 2009; via Georgia Tech Archives
      
      Photo 5: Marietta Street, ~1864. 

      "Marietta-Street-Atlanta" by Unknown - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marietta-Street-Atlanta.jpg#/media/File:Marietta-Street-Atlanta.jpg 

   2. Atlanta Chosen as Site for the Georgia School of Technology

      Atlanta successfully bids as the location for the school on October 20, 1886.  $70,000 of funding comes from the city along with a citizen's committee providing $2,500 of annual support.  Atlanta was promoted to investors by Henry W. Grady (editor of the Atlanta Constitution, at that time) as the city of the "New South" - with a diverging economy away from agriculture and "Old South" attitudes on slavery and rebellion.
      
      The other 4 candidate locations: Athens, Miledgeville, Macon, and Penfield (Greene County.)
      
      Photo 1: a wood engraving drawn by Horace Bradley and published in Harper's Weekly on February 12, 1887.
      

      "Atlanta, Georgia -- the Commercial Centre" by Horace Bradley - Harper's Weekly. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atlanta,_Georgia_--_the_Commercial_Centre.jpg#/media/File:Atlanta,_Georgia_--_the_Commercial_Centre.jpg

   3. Peters Park

      Trustees’ minutes from January 27, 1887 indicate hearing presentations from citizens groups on potential site locations within Atlanta.  These included Peters Park, Grant Park and a location on Boulevard.  On January 29, 1887, Peters Park was selected as the site.  At the time, this site was just outside the Atlanta city limits.
      
      

      The Georgia School of Technology was donated 4 acres of land by Richard Peters and the Peters Park Company.  Porter, Heard and Inman reported back to the full Board on March 15th that this was inadequate; consequently, the Peters Park company donated an additional 4 ¾ acres “making the property 500 feet on North Avenue by 700 feet on Cherry Street.”
      
      

      The deed for the land was put in the name of the Trustees of the University of Georgia.
      
      

      The land that GST now occupies was once owned by Richard C. Peters – a railroad man who served as chief engineer for the Georgia Railroad from Augusta to Marthasville.  Prior to the Civil War, Peters purchased 405 acres northwest of the Atlanta city limits – land that would eventually be all of Midtown, between North Avenue and 8th Street.
      Photo 1: 1884 Plan for Peters Park

      "PetersParkPlan" by Unknown (1884) http://atlhistory.com/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=26&func=view&catid=4&id=351. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PetersParkPlan.jpg#/media/File:PetersParkPlan.jpg

      
      

      Photo 2: Artist's rendering of the Georgia Tech campus, circa 1892; questionably, some "artistic license" was likely taken in this depiction of the area.  However, the original rugedness of the site is evident. 
      Georgia Tech Archives, uac 375 VA-0502
      
      The Peters Park property was quite rugged and undeveloped. The 1916 issue of the Blueprint described it in this manner:

       

      “At that time we were on the outer edge of the city. Hogs and cows made themselves at home around the buildings. The surrounding streets were almost devoid of paving, and the nearest car line was on Marietta street. In winter, North Avenue, Cherry and Luckie streets were deep with mud, and roundabout trips were often necessary to secure passage. The main entrance to the grounds was then as now, at the corner of North Avenue and Fowler street, although the latter was not then cut through. A foot path led from here down into a ravine and up a wooded slope on the other side, to the Academic Building. Later a foot bridge, about one hundred feet long, was thrown across this ravine, and later still, during the administration of President Hall [1895-1906], the ravine was filled, and the slope was leveled into the present upper campus. Grant Field was almost an impassable, swampy wilderness, thick with briars and underbrush. One of the main sewers of the city discharged at the upper end and flowed through it. The woods crowded up to the buildings on the north.”

      
      
      

   4. Tech Tower/Academic Building/Lettie Pate Whitehead-Evans Building

      Tech Tower
      
      Photo 1: Final Architectural drawing - 1887 - Bruce and Morgan, the Atlanta-based firm, won the contract to design (at a cost "not to exceed $7,000") what was known at the time as "the Academic Building."  Angus McGilvray wins the contract for the construction of the Academic Building at cost of $43,250 (~1,081,250 in 2014 dollars.)
      "Architects’ sketch, ca. 1887; from 1888-1889 Annual Catalogue and Announcements. Georgia Tech Archives, GT ID number gtanno 1888-2."
      
      Photo 2: Academic Building, original floor plans.
      

      Floor Plan, Academic Building, G. G. Crawford, Jr. delineator; from the Annual Catalogue of the Georgia School of Technology, Announcements for 1888-1889. Georgia Tech Archives.

      
      Photo 3: Tech Tower, 1890, just five years after Georgia Tech's founding in 1885.
      Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BLgYSMEBOkJ/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=bbug79t5iozw
      
      Photo 4: Library inside the Academic Building.
      "Academic Building,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed July 16, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/5818.
      
      Photo 5: The President's office, originally housed in the Academic Building.
      

      “Academic Building,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed July 16, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/5819.

      
      Photo 6: The chemical laboratory, circa 1894.
      

      “In the Chemical Laboratory,” Annual Catalogue of the Georgia School of Technology, Announcements for 1895-1896. Georgia Tech Archives, GT ID number gtanno 189596-9.

      
      Photo 7: A section of mathematics being taught in a classroom inside the academic building, circa 1894-1895.
      

      “A Section in Mathematics,” Annual Catalogue of the Georgia School of Technology, Announcements for 1895-1896. Georgia Tech Archives.

      
      Photo 8: The Chapel, used as a drawing room – circa 1900.  Note the numerous bare-bulb lights suspended from the ceiling.
      “The Chapel, Used as a Drawing Room,” Annual Announcements of Georgia School of Technology, 1900-1901
      
      Photo 9: The class of 1900 on the front steps of the Academic building; 1900.
      “Class of 1900,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed June 12, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/12535
      
      Photo 10: On October 20th, 1905, President Teddy Roosevelt makes brief remarks (transcript: http://www.theodoreroosevelt.com/images/research/txtspeeches/539.txt) on the steps of the main entrance to the Academic Building, with all 500 enrolled students present. President Roosevelt shakes hands with each student after his speech concludes.
      

      http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TheodoreRooseveltGeorgiaTech.jpg#/media/File:TheodoreRooseveltGeorgiaTech.jpg

      
      Photo 11: The American flag that was present on the podium during this speech.  Currently in the possession of the Georgia Tech Library.
      

      http://www.news.gatech.edu/features/presidential-visit
      
      Photo 12: President-elect William Howard Taft visits the school on January 16, 1909 to speak to the importance of integrity and character in the field of engineering.  His photo was taken with an assemblage of students in honor of the President-elect's visit. He spoke to a group of approximately 600 students.  Taft can be seen in the middle of the photo, about 4 or 5 people from the back near the center column of the two archways.
      “William H. Taft visits as V. P. Elect,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed June 25, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/1257
      Photo 13 and 14: Before and after of the Academic Building when, in 1918, a wooden "TECH" sign was added only to the south façade of the tower.  It is illuminated from ground-based spotlights below.  The letters are painted in the School colors, old gold and white.
      “Georgia Institute of Technology. Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Administration Building.,”Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed July 21, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/670.
      
      Photo 15 and 16: There are conflicting accounts of when the other sides of the tower were donned with "TECH" signs.  Some say later in 1918, the would-be class of 1922 accomplished this with the purpose to "light the spirt of Tech to all four points of the compass."  It is certain that it was added to the other sides by 1932 at the latest.  The black and white photo was taken in 1934 and the color photo was taken sometime in the 1940s.

      http://space.gatech.edu/digital_archive/bldg/035/index.php?i=1
      
      Photo 17: mid-late 1940s, the original wood "TECH" signs are replaced with bulb-lit signs.  Note the original slate, decorative roof on the tower is still present.

      “Tech Tower,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed July 17, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/2372.

      
      Photo 18 and 19: the bulb-lit signs are replaced with neon-lit metal-framed signs in 1950 or 1951.
      1951 Blueprint. Georgia Tech Archives.
      “Tech Tower,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed July 21, 2015,
      http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/667.
      
      Photo 20: Tech Tower in 1955 after the original slate roof was replaced with a black asphalt roof.
      1955 Blueprint. Georgia Tech Archives
      
      Photo 21: Graffiti on the roof of Tech Tower, sometime in the early 1960s.  Anti-hazing laws in the 1960s ended many of the RAT traditions that had been ongoing at Tech since the early 20th century...and some upper-classmen were apparently not very happy about it.
      “Tech Tower roof "Bring Back Rat Rules FFF",”Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed June 12, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/13175.

       

      Photo 22: The empty lot on the west side of the Academic Building, shortly after the Old Shop's razing in 1968.  This is where the present day lawn and Harrison Square area reside.

       

      Photo 23: a 1997 photo, after one of the "T's" was stolen off of Tech Tower.
      http://technique.library.gatech.edu/issues/fall1997/nov14/news3.html

   5. Original and Old Shop site

      Photo 1: The original Shop building (left), along with the Academic Building (now known commonly as Tech Tower), were the two original campus buildings.  The shop building was designed in the same style as the Academic Building, with a corresponding tower, reflecting the equal balance between academic studies and practical apprenticeship.
      Academic Building,. 1888. Georgia Tech Archives, GT ID number VA969
      
      Photo 2: This is an engraving of the campus as it appeared between 1888 and 1892.  The original shop also contained a foundry.  On April 21, 1892, a fire broke out in the shop during the early morning hours, believed to have originated in the foundry.  The only thing reportedly saved from the building was 3 boxes of tools, rescued by students.
      

      "GeorgiaTechCampus1888-89" by Original uploader was MaxVeers at en.wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia; Transfer was stated to be made by User:Disavian.. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GeorgiaTechCampus1888-89.jpg#/media/File:GeorgiaTechCampus1888-89.jpg

      
      Photo 3: rebuilt shop building (left) as it appeared shortly after construction.  The shop was ready for the opening of the fall semester, 1892.  In the interests of economy, the shop is built in the same spirit as the original but a bit more modestly with less ornamentation and no tower.  The main foundry is relegated to a separate building, completed in late 1898 or early 1899; metal shops, wood shops, and machine shops all have their own respective floors.
      Georgia Tech Archives, GT ID number gtanno 1896-97-000a
      
      Photo 4 and 5: floor plans of shop building.
      “Shop Building,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed April 10, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/5840
      “Shop Building,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed April 10, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/5842
      
      Photo 6: an addition to the shop building is completed in 1898-1899.  This addition specifically houses the equipment that caused the fire that burned down the Original Shop building.  In April of 1899, a 100-HP Cahall vertical tube water boiler was installed in the addition.  The addition building was later used as the campus post office until the time it is razed, along with the rest of the Old Shop, in 1968.
      

      “Shop Building,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed April 10, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/5849.

      
      Photo 7: stack/chimney addition to the Cahall vertical tube boiler, April 1899.
      

      “Shop Building,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed July 13, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/5850.

      
      Photo 8: The wood shop, 1895
      “Shop Building,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed April 10, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/5856
      
      Photo 9: Two of the forges, 1896.
      “Shop Building,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed April 10, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/5854
      
      Photo 10: The Foundry, 1899.
      “Shop Building,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed April 10, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/5853
      
      Photo 11: The new-smith shop, 1899.
      “Shop Building,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed April 10, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/5853
      
      Photo 12 and 13: the shop from the NE looking SW and the building's main facade, from the S looking N, respectively. These photos were taken shortly before the building was razed in 1968.
      

      http://space.gatech.edu/digital_archive/bldg/033O/index.php?i=10
      http://space.gatech.edu/digital_archive/bldg/033O/index.php?i=4

   6. The Shacks First On-Campus Housing

      First on-campus housing called “The Shacks” (formally Building E and Building F) are built in 1896, designed to house roughly 30 people and a dining hall.  Located at the NW corner of present-day Grant Field, approximately where the Emerson Building sits, the buildings do not have electricity, running water or kitchen facilities.  As 2-story wood-sided buildings, they are little more than sleeping barracks and can be rented for $10/month.  Room inspections are conducted every evening at 10:30, on Saturdays by President Hall himself.
      
      Photo 1: Knowles Dormitory, from the southwest.  The Shacks (Dormitories E &F) are in the background.
      “Knowles Dormitory,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed July 8, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/5830
      
      Photo 2: A view of "The Shacks" and Knowles Dormitory, as seen over the west stands of Grant Field.
      

      http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/1746

   7. Knowles Dormitory

      Hall petitions State Legislature to have more permanent dormitories built, as only 25 of the then 127 school-enrollees are Atlantans.  Representative Clarence Knowles of Fulton County is a staunch supporter and in 1897, the legislature approved funding for the Knowles Dormitory (where Bill Moore Student Success Center now sits.)  It is built at a cost of $13,014 and opens in September 1897.  It contains 36 rooms, a dining facility and a gym; like “The Shacks,” Knowles has no electricity or steam heat but does have running water.
      The Knowles Building served as on-campus housing for a large portion of its existence. A $10,000 appropriation for the two year period of 1896-1897 is added to support dormitory construction for both Knowles and “The Shacks.” 
      
      Photo 1: Campus from approximately the east stands of Bobby Dodd Stadium (today); circa Fall/Winter 1897.
      

      “Knowles Dormitory,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed June 9, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/5832

      
      Photo 2: A view of Knowles from the porch of the Academic Building; circa 1910.
      

      http://www.library.gatech.edu/gtbuildings/GTVA-400.htm
      
      Photo 3: Conceptual drawing of Knowles Dormitory, as depicted in the 1896-1897 Annual Catalogue.
      http://www.library.gatech.edu/gtbuildings/gtanno189697-2a.htm
      
      Photo 4: A 100-yard dash in front of Knowles, with "The Shacks" in the background.
      “Track and Field Meet,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed July 9, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/7737
      
      Photo 5: Business-as-usual in the gymnasium, constructed as part of the Knowles complex.
      “Knowles Dormitory,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed July 9, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/5827

   8. A. French Textile School Building

      In the Fall of 1897, John T. Boifeuillet (Bibb county representative) petitioned the GA legislature to obtain a textile program and the bill was passed later that year.  Aaron Samuel French provides a good portion of the financial support and for his benefaction, the building is named after him.  The building finished construction in 1898 at a cost of $179,000 and is designed by architectural firm, Lockwood Green.
      
      Photo 1: South façade of A. French, just after completion in 1898.
      

      “A.French Textile Building,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed April 22, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/5782.

      
      Photo 2: South façade of A. French, sometime after the turn of the 20th century.  According to Warren Drury's architectural thesis on Georgia Tech in 1984, mills were considered a symbol of civic piety.  Described as a "good textile mill using heavy construction and brick load-bearing walls.  The large segmental arch windos admit immense quantities of light and the major mullions divide the window into the form of a cross.  Considering the heritage of textile design, these windows suggest a conscious effort to reinforce the Christian symbol of the cross and the Protestant work ethic."
      http://www.library.gatech.edu/gtbuildings/french
      
      Photo 3: Original floor plans and equipment layout, circa 1898.
      

      http://www.library.gatech.edu/gtbuildings/french/history_frame.htm

      
      Photo 4: Corliss steam engine, powering some of the looms in the textile mill.
      

      http://www.library.gatech.edu/gtbuildings/french/history_frame.htm

      
      Photo 5: Plain loom-weaving section of the mill, circa 1904.
      

      Georgia Tech Catalogue, 1904

      
      Photo 6: The dyeing laboratory, circa 1899.
      

      “A.French Textile Building,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed April 22, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/5791

      
      Photo 7: This plaque, part of the original building design, is still present today in a 2nd floor mechanical room.  It is a dedication to Mr. Boifeuillet for his contributions to the textile program even coming to Tech.  Photo taken in 2014.
      
      Photo 8: Aaron S. French (1823-1902), the building's primary benefactor.
      

      http://philanthropy.gatech.edu/philanthropist/aaron-s-french

      
      
      
      
      
      

   9. Tech Tower Lawn

      Photo 1: The date of this photo is listed as 1897; this date is possible, given that some records indicate the occasional football game was played on the site that would become “The Flats” in 1905 and Grant Field in 1913.  Up until 1905, most games were played at Piedmont or Brisbane Park.
      
      Photo: 

      Library Digital Archive description: “Individuals walking toward the ‘Tech Flats’ for a football game, 1897.”  It is possible, given that Knowles (visible here) was completed in 1897.

       
      Individual walking towards the "Tech Flats" for a football game, 1897,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed June 12, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/13168

   10. The Flats

       Heisman recognizes the need to have a home field for football.  Up to this point, football games had been played at either Piedmont or Brisbane Park.  He leases land from Edward Peters, approximately the southern two-thirds of present day Grant Field (not officially named as such until 1913), with option to buy.  In late 1905 and into early 1906, the land is purchased under the Matheson administration for $16,000.  In late 1905, the first game was played at the future Grant Field site with a 54-0 win over Dahlonega (now University of North Georgia.)

       Grant Field is the longest, continuous on-campus site for college football in the southern United States – and all of Division 1A (FBS) football having hosted football at the site since 1905.
       
       Photo 1:  

       Convicts working on the formation of Grant Field, circa 1904-1905.  Convict labor was used to grade the site and build the drainage system for it. Grant Field earned the nickname “The Flats” after being flattened (graded) by this convict labor.  The Academic Building (Tech Tower), Knowles Dormitory and Lyman Hall are all visible in the background.

       “Convicts working on Grant Field, 1905,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed April 8, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/13173.

       
       Photo 2

       Football played at site that would later become Grant Field, circa 1912-1913; at this time, it was simply called “The Flats.”  Picture has faded hand writing on it.

       Unknown, “Grant Field, 1912/13,”Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed July 8, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/12691.

   11. Swann Dormitory

       Around the turn into the 20th century, physical growth of the campus and amount of attending students attracts more attention to prominent and wealth businessmen to become financial benefactors.  
       
       James Swann donates $20,000 towards a new, fifty-room dormitory that promises to be a huge step up from the housing that exists at the time on campus, "the Shacks" and the Knowles Dormitory.  The new dormitory is named after his late wife, Janie Austell Swann.
       
       Photo 1: a picture from the east facing west, approximately 1903.  The trademark columns on it's eastern side are seen here near the main entrance.  A piece of the Savant Electrical Building (as it's known at the time) is visible as well.
       Georgia Tech Digital Archives
       
       Photo 2: Swann (left) and Savant (right) as seen from the south side of Tech Tower, near its main entrance is.  Circa 1912.
       “Swann Dormitory and Electric Building,”Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed June 12, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/13169
       
       Photo 3: Swann as seen from the northeast corner, circa 1920.
       

       http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/13098

   12. Lyman Hall Laboratory of Chemistry

       Lyman Hall, professor of mathematics, becomes Tech’s 2nd president in 1896, at age 36.  He will embark on a most ambitious fundraising campaign for campus and School expansion.
       
       Photo 1: Lyman Hall circa 1896 http://www.library.gatech.edu/archives/years/images/1896.jpg

       
       Hall realizes the school’s commercial shop system is a failure and the system as it was could not sustain growth.  Not only is the school not making enough money to operate the school from the products made or breaking-even, but it is losing money.  The commercial aspect of the shop is ultimately dropped in 1896 mostly due to it’s lack of profitability.  The teaching side of the shop remains as a critical part of Tech’s curriculum, but this event of de-commercialization marks the start of the shift from trade school to university.

       
       Hall expands Tech’s curriculum to include B.S. degrees in Civil and Electrical Engineering.

       
       Lyman Hall knew that in order for their chemistry program to compete with other top programs, the school would need a dedicated chemistry facility.  Hall embarked on an arduous fundraising campaign for a dedicated chemistry building.  It is said that this campaign was so stressful it is what acutely caused Lyman Hall’s death on August 16, 1905 at a New York health resort where he was being treated to recover from illness and exhaustion.  His campaign was, however, successful and the Lyman Hall Laboratory of Chemistry began construction in 1905 and completed in 1906.
       
       Photo 2: The conceptual drawing of Lyman Hall, before construction, circa 1904-1905.
       

       Lyman Hall Laboratory of Chemistry,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed June 8, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/5834

       
       Photo 3: Lyman Hall Laboratory of Chemistry, circa 1910.
       Description from the 1903-1906 announcements: "The Lyman Hall Laboratory of Chemistry, which is in the shape of a T, is of brick with limestone trimmings, and is two stories in height, with a full basement.  Each floor has an approximate area of 5,600 square feet.  The lecture rooms, stock rooms, library, offices, gas analysis laboratory, photographic and spectroscopic rooms occupy the front, and the laboratories in the rear wing.  Especial care has been given to lighting and ventilation, the laboratories being lighted on the three sides.  For removal of noxious gases, they are amply provided with hoods, each of which has a separate flue leadding to a tight wooden-box located just under the roof..."
       

       Photo courtesy of the Georgia Tech Library Digital Archives

       
       Photo 4: Lyman Hall and A. French, circa 1907-1913.
       

       “Lyman Hall Laboratory of Chemistry,”Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed July 7, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/5833.

       
       Photo 5: William Alexander, former Tech football coach (1920-1944) and basketball coach (1919-1924) in front of Lyman Hall as a student, circa 1911-1912.  Alexander graduated from Tech in 1912.
       

       Courtesy of the Georgia Tech Archives

       
       Photo 6: Laboratory scene from inside Lyman Hall, circa 1950s or 1960s.
       https://history.library.gatech.edu/exhibits/show/bldg/lymanhallchemistrylaboratory

   13. Carnegie Building

       Now housing the President and the rest of the Georgia Tech executive leadership team, Carnegie Library dates from 1907.
       
       

       GT President Matheson recognized the need to build a library to be a serious academic institution of merit.  During his time as the English Chair, he had a library first housed in his office and then on the second floor of the Academic Building (Tech Tower).

       Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie donated $20,000 to Georgia Tech for the construction of the library. He gave the money with the stipulation that the Board of Trustees would allocate $2,000 annually to the library’s operating budget.

       The Carnegie Library’s groundbreaking was in November of 1906, and it opened in 1907 with a donation of 700 books from Columbia University. The building remained a library until 1953, when the Price Gilbert Library opened.

       
       Photo 1: Carnegie Library, circa 1910
       “Carnegie Library Building,”Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed July 16, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/5820.
       
       Photo 2: Carnegie Library interior, circa 1930
       

       http://www.news.gatech.edu/features/carnegie-renovation
       
       Photo 3: A snow-covered landscape in front of the Carnegie Library.  The photo is undated.
       Carnegie Building,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed July 7, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/1427
       
       Photo 4: The circulation desk on the main floor; likely sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s.
       “Carnegie Library Building,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed April 10, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/5821.

   14. Joseph Brown Whitehead Memorial Hospital (Lloyd W. Chapin Building)

       The need for an on-campus infirmary was recognized at least as early as 1897 by then-president, Lyman Hall.  The present-day Chapin Building served as the campus Infirmary from it's completion in 1911 until the 1960's when the second Joseph Brown Whitehead Memorial Hospital was constructed. 
       
       Lettie Pate Whitehead's husband, Joseph, who the building is named after, dedicates the first $5000 towards the construction project.  Her late husband passed away in 1906 at the age of 42.
       
       From that time until 1987, it was known as the Dean of Students building and was later renamed the Lloyd W. Chapin building in honor of the Chapin's career, which spanned 35 years at Georgia Tech, as a Professor of English, Registrar, and Dean of Faculties over that time span.
       
       Photo 1: in 1902, a windowless, clapboard structure was erected at the cost of $500 and knows as the "Isolation House," intended to do little more than quarantine Tech students with infectious diseases.  This was located behind the Old Shop building, very close to the present day location of the Chapin Building.
       

       Ray and Ellis Consulting Georgia Tech Historic Structure Report, April 2013.

       
       Photo 2: "The Old Infirmary," as it was commonly referred to, begins construction in 1910 and is formally dedicated on November 17, 1911 as the Joseph Brown Whitehead Memorial Hospital.   This picture was taken sometime before the front porch and stairs were added.
       Ray and Ellis Consulting Georgia Tech Historic Structure Report, April 2013.
       
       Photo 3: original floor plans for the infirmary layout, circa 1910.
       Ray and Ellis Consulting Georgia Tech Historic Structure Report, April 2013.
       
       Photo 4: The Chapin building, 2014, just after the latest renovation occurred.  At the time of construction in 1910, Francis Palmer Smith, head of the School's Architecture department since 1906, is the designer.  This is the first of three buildings which he is credited with designing (the others: Tech Power Plant and the J.S. Coon Mechanical Engineering Building.)

   15. Georgia Tech YMCA/Alumni House

       Founded by about 1890, the Georgia Tech YMCA served as the social and religious center of activity for the students at Tech for several decades. The YMCA provided the first recreational and indoor space for the student body.
       
       Students at the Georgia School of Technology were holding YMCA meetings in the school chapel by about 1890. Later in the decade, difficulties arose regarding a room to hold meetings, but in early 1902 the organization began meeting in the reception room of Swann dormitory. The need for larger facilities and the growth of social and religious organizations on campus led to the construction of a YMCA building. The new facility, located on the south side of North Avenue across from the main campus, was dedicated on June 7, 1912, during commencement activities. The building contained numerous facilities, including two bowling alleys, pool and billiard rooms, a barbershop and a 300-seat auditorium as well as offices and meeting places for most student organizations. John D. Rockefeller donated $50,000 for the new building; the remaining $25,000 cost of construction was raised by supporters of the Georgia School of Technology.
       
       During the 1930s and 1940s, the YMCA remained the hub of social and religious activities on campus. During this period the organization consisted of student officers, a Cabinet Committee, and Freshman Council officers, overseen by a Board of Directors with faculty, alumni, and at-large representation. Among the many activities that the "Y" sponsored was a Freshman Camp, held each year during orientation at a campsite near Roswell.
       
       By 1970, the Y ceased to receive funding from student activity funds, and in the same year the Fred B. Wenn Student Center opened. Three years later the YMCA moved off campus to All Saints Episcopal Church, at the corner of North Avenue and West Peachtree. The YMCA building was refurbished in the late 1970s, and the building was rededicated as the L. W. "Chip" Robert, Jr. Alumni/Faculty House in November 1979.
       
       Photo 1: The Alumni House, when it was still the campus YMCA, with the "Y" sign visible outside.
       “YMCA Building,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed September 18, 2018, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/2497

       
       

       http://finding-aids.library.gatech.edu/repositories/2/resources/42

        

       http://www.livinghistory.gatech.edu/s/1481/45-lh/index.aspx?sid=1481&gid=45&pgid=9968

   16. Grant Field East Stands

       John W. Grant, Atlanta merchant and later a member of the GST Board of Trustees, donates $15,000 to build permanent stands on the East side of the field.  It is named the Hugh Inman Grant Field in honor of the donor’s late son.  Most of the labor used to build the original stands is elicited from the student body of the time.
       
       Photo 1: West looking east, as the east wooden stands are now finished.  Notice the original landscape of what is now Techwood Drive; circa 1913.

       Grant Field" by The original uploader was Disavian at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grant_Field.gif#/media/File:Grant_Field.gif

   17. Archibald D. Holland Heating and Cooling Plant

       1914: Tech recognized the need for an expanded capacity facility to provide steam for heating and power to the campus in order to accommodate the growing number of people and buildings.  Construction for the new Tech Power Plant (original name) commenced in 1914 and would not completely finish until 1916; steam production beginning in 1917.  The Tech Power Plant was later renamed the Archibald Dinsmore Holland Plant in honor of the so-named Tech ME graduate (Class of 1930).  Holland became the School's Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds in the 1940s and was later a professor of ME in the 1950s.
       
       Photo 1-4: Power Plant grounds under excavation and construction; note the Chapin building in the background (as a point of reference) in all photos (looking east to west.)
       
       Photo 5: Finished building, circa 1919.
       
       Photo 6: The original B&W boilers, using coal as the fuel to produce steam used for both heating and electric power generation.  1944 marked the end of coal usage as fuel for steam generation when a 60.000 lb/hour gas/oil boiler was installed that same year.
       
       Photo 7: Switchboard and turbine room prior to 1955 renovation.  This floor now houses the chillers for cooling.
       
       Photo 8: First photo following 1955 renovation (first major renovation with both significant mechanical and cosmetic building changes.
       
       Photo 9: Final inspection post-1955 renovation.  Blake R. Van Leer, then-President of Georgia Tech, is the third man from the right side of the photograph.  During this renovation, all four original coal-burning boilers (inactive since 1944) were removed; two B&W 50,000 lb/hour gas/oil boilers were installed (still there present day); and an additional 16,000 lb/hour gas-only boiler was installed.
       
       Photo 10: Thanksgiving 1921 football game vs. Auburn (chimney from Holland visible in background) and the chimney (present day) from the northeast looking southwest, retrospectively.  The chimney has been a mainstay and identifiable part of GT's skyline since it's completion in 1916.
       

       https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGeorgia_Tech_Auburn_football_game_Thanksgiving_1921.jpg

       
       Photo 11: The chimney during the winter of 2014.
       
       Photo 12 and 13: the whistle at the Holland Plant from 1922-1995 and the whistle in place since 2004, respectively.  The whistle has been a part of GT since it first blew at the Old Shop in 1892.  Originally used to signify the end of a shop shift, it now blows for class change times; for touchdowns during football games; after a football game when GT has won; and for other special occasions.
       Photo 12 citation: 

       “whistle,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed July 7, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/6043
       
       Note: all other photos not cited are internal archived photos located at the Holland Plant or captured by Ryan Lisk.

   18. Grant Field West Stands

       Photo 1: The west grand stands, made of concrete and with a wooden roof, being used during the first season post-completion; 1915.  This section of grand stands seats just over 6,000 people. 
       
       

       “Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta, New Concrete Grand Stand, Seating over 6,000, ca. 1915,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed April 8, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/13140.
       
       

       
       
       Photo 2: The west stands in use in their 6th season of existence; 1920.  The photo shows an additional 4 row wooden extension on the front and a press box up on the roof – neither of which are visible just five years earlier.
       
       

       Unknown, “Grant Field, West Stands,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed July 9, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/12539
       
       
       

       Concrete stands are erected on the west side of Grant Field at a cost of $20,000 ($470,901 in 2015 dollars.)  These concrete bleachers are still in existence under the current stands today. 

       
       
       Photo 3:  

       West stands after construction, circa 1920
       
       Photo 4:  

       Original concrete stands under current stands, October 2014.

       
       
       

   19. Notable Football Games

       In the most lopsided game in College Football history, Georgia Tech beats Cumberland College Bulldogs 222-0 on October 7, 1916.  Another record that still stands today: it is the highest amount of points ever scored in College Football.

       The game was considered “payback” for John Heisman.  Earlier in the year, the Heisman-coached baseball team lost to Cumberland 22-0.  Later, it was alleged that Cumberland brought in professional players as “ringers.”  There are varying accounts of the in-game action, but it is thought from play-by-play accounts that Cumberland’s longest play of the game was a 10 yard pass on 4th and 22 while Georgia Tech scored on every set of downs they had.
       
       Photos 1 & 2: Only known photos of in-game action of the game played against Cumberland on October 7, 1916.  In the left-hand photo, Tech is on the offense on the left side of the picture.

       https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tech_vs_Cumberland_1916.jpg#/media/File:Tech_vs_Cumberland_1916.jpg

        

       “Cumberland Game,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed July 10, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/13902.

        

       Photo 3: The game ball had the score written on it as a memento and was donated to the Helms Athletic Foundation sports museum by Bill Schroeder.  It was boxed in the 1980s when the museum moved locations and was not brought back out until Ryan Schneider, a Tech graduate, purchased the ball at auction for $40,388.  The ball was then donated back to GT.

       http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/college/tech-alum-returning-222-0-ball-to-rightful-place/ng8dq
       
       Photo 4: The scoreboard at the game’s end.

       https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GT_Cumberland_222_scoreboard.jpg#/media/File:GT_Cumberland_222_scoreboard.jpg

        

       Photo 5: Tech’s first National Championship came in 1917 under the tutelage of John Heisman.  They went 9-0 that season, 3-0 in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) Conference.  Heisman would later say this was the best team he ever coached.  It was the only National Championship Heisman won during his tenure at Georgia Tech.

       During this time, many schools had suspended football operations and many other sports due to the male involvement in WWI.  This included UGA, who stopped their football program in 1917 and 1918.  This would later fuel the rivalry between the schools, as UGA mocked Tech’s continuation of football during wartime.
       

       http://www.tiptop25.com/champ1917.html

       
       

       On New Year’s Day 1929, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defeated the Cal Golden Bears by a score of 8-7 to cap off an undefeated 10-0 season and co-claimed a national championship that year with USC.  The game was highlighted by a blunder in which a Cal player, Roy “Wrong Way” Riegels ran 65 yards in the wrong direction after picking up a fumble by Jack “Stumpy” Thomason.
       
       Photo 6: Coach Alexander at the 1929 Rose Bowl

       William Alexander (Tech Coach) at Rose Bowl,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed July 10, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/13923.

       
       Photo 7: A 1929 Rose Bowl ticket stub.
       http://georgiatechticketstubs.com/collection/1920s/1928-season/1929-01-01-georgia-tech-vs-california-rose-bowl
       
       Photo 8: Cover of the official souvenir program for the Rose Bowl in 1929

       http://www.bobsarchives.com/proddetail.asp?prod=29Rosebowl&from=11

       
       Photo 9: The 1928 National Championship Team

       Georgia Tech, 1928 College Football National Champions,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed April 6, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/13957.

       
       Photo 10: Moments before Riegel’s “Wrong Way” run at the 1929 Rose Bowl.

       Moments before Riegels' "Wrong Way" Run at Rose Bowl,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed April 8, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/13929.

       
       

       Georgia Tech (11-0, ranked #2 in the nation) plays Ole Miss (8-0-2, ranked #7 in the nation) in the Sugar Bowl on January 1, 1953.  Tech wins 24-7 to cap an undefeated (12-0) season that included wins over 9th ranked Orange Bowl champions in the University of Alabama, 15th ranked Gator Bowl champions in the University of Florida, 16th ranked Duke and rival Georgia (who finished the season 7-4).  The two “wire polls,” Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP – later known as the Coaches’ poll), name Michigan State (9-0) the National Champions while the International News Service poll awards it to Tech.  The AP poll was released on December 1st, 1952 after the conclusion of regular season play.  Due to terms of entry into the Big Ten in 1950, Michigan State was not allowed to partake in postseason play until 1953.
       
       Photo 11: Plaque for the 1952 National Championship, located outside of the Edge Intercollegiate Athletic Center.

       
       Photo 12: 1952 Georgia Tech football team
       

       http://www.tiptop25.com/champ1952.html

       
       Photo 13: Ticket stub from Georgia vs. Georgia Tech; 11/29/1952.

       http://georgiatechticketstubs.com/collection/1950s/1952-season/1952-11-29-georgia-tech-at-georgia/

       
       
       
       

   20. East South Stands Completed

       Grant Field sees the east and south stands completed with an open north-end, making the stadium a 30,000 seat horseshoe shape.
       
       Photo 1: Aerial view of Grant Field from the south looking north; circa 1925.

       Unknown, “James Byington Lindsey,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed June 12, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/12604.

       
       
       Photo 2: Timeline pictures of early Grant Field landmark years, indicating the 1925 change.  Located on Bobby Dodd Stadium’s north-end patio.
       
       
       

   21. Notable Visitors at Grant Field

       On February 23rd or 24th (conflicting reports on date), 1934, Sir Winston Chruchill (later the British Prime Minister but not holding any political office at this time) addresses students and faculty at Grant Field on the importance of continued ties with England, to review Army and Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets, the importance of American military preparedness and offered a few words of inspiration.
       
       

       Churchill had arrived in Atlanta the day before and spoke the previous evening at the old Wesley Auditorium.  Atlanta was his first stop on a nineteen-city lecture tour.
       
       

       Concerned with the quality of living for students and the presence of a “slum area” adjacent to campus on the south (Techwood), a committee studied the need for housing and successfully convinced the housing division of the Public Works Administration to sponsor an extensive public housing program for the area.  Franklin D. Roosevelt, then-President of the U.S., came to Tech and formally dedicated the Techwood housing project to a crowd of ~50,000 at Grant Field on November 19, 1935.

       
       Photo 1: Brittain on a stage on Grant Field with Sir Winston Churchill, his daughter Diana, President M. L. Brittain, and officers of the military.

       “Marion L. Brittain with Winston and Diana Churchill at Grant Field,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed April 24, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/1136.
       
       

       Photo 2: Winston Churchill, daughter Diana, and President Brittain at Grant Field.
       

       http://www.georgiachurchill.com/churchill-in-atlanta-1932/churchill-and-daughter.html
       
       Photo 3: FDR speaks to the crowd at Grant Field on November 19, 1935.

       http://www.news.gatech.edu/features/presidential-visit
       
       

       Photo 4: FDR sitting with Marion Brittain at Grant Field.
       “M. L. Brittain and Franklin D. Roosevelt,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed July 10, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/1131

   22. John Saylor Coon Building

       The Georgia legislature approves $35,000 for a new Mechanical Engineering Building under the provison that the school can raise $15,000 of the total. This building will eventually become what is known today as the John Saylor Coon building, and to be constructed in 5 phases between 1911 and 1938.

       
       The Coon Building was considered the first mix-use building on campus, which housed classrooms and shops in the same facility. Dr. Coon (the first head of the Mechanical Engineering Department) encouraged a stronger connection between academics and shop. The building was designed by Francis P. Smith (GT Professor of Architecture), and with the assistance of the Architecture Firm King and Walker.
       
       

       A Historic Structure Report for the Building can be found at the following link: http://history.library.gatech.edu/files/original/d61a1751a828150bb19ebef327f89182.pdf

       
       Photo 1: J.S. Coon building from across Cherry Street from the Southeast; circa 1940s.
       

       Coon Mechanical Engineering Building. Georgia Tech History Digital Portal. Web 27 Jul 2018. http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/967

       
       Photo 2: Present day.
       

       Wikimedia Commons. Web 27 Jul 2018. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coon_Building,_Georgia_Tech,_Atlanta_20160717_1.jpg

   23. Army Armory and Headquarters Building

       This dedicated facility (2 buildings) was constructed to alleviate overcrowding in buildings that housed the ROTC program. 

       
       The Army Armory was demolished in 2011 to make way for the Holland Plant Chilled Water expansion project. The Army Headquarters Building now houses Tech’s OIT department.
       
       Photo 1: The first Military Building (background) and the Coastal Artillery Building (right side), 1918, on the site where the Armory and Headquarters Buildings would eventually be built.
       Historic Structures Report: Army Headquarters Building Military Building/Army Armory by Grashof Design Studios.
       
       Photo 2: The Army Headquarters Building from the 1952 Blueprint.
       
       Photo 3: The Army Armory (background) and Headquarters building (foreground), shortly before the demolition of the former.
       Historic Structures Report: Army Headquarters Building Military Building/Army Armory by Grashof Design Studios.

   24. Brown & Harris Residence Halls

       1925: Brown Residence Hall is constructed.  This is the first of many dormitories to be built along Techwood Drive.
       
       

       1926: Harris Residence Hall is constructed.
       

       http://data.space.gatech.edu/fac.cfm?fac=007

   25. Brittain Dining Hall

       Brittain Dining Hall was constructed in 1928 at a cost of $418,000 (disputed).  Continuing a national trend, the Architecture department continued to assist in campus designs with Bush-Brown (professor and as of 1925, Architecture School Director) & Gailey (Assistant Director) being the accredited designers.  The Ceramics Department designed the floor tiles, the Mechanical Engineering Department supplied the wrought iron for the light fixtures in the main hall and the Textile Department designed the curtains and tapestry for the President’s Dining Room to keep much of the fixtures and materials in-house.
       
       Photo 1: Brittain Dining Hall, circa 1939.
       Courtesy of the Georgia Tech Digital Archives.
       

       Photo 2: Typical scene inside Brittain Dining Hall, circa 1960.

       “Brittain Dining Hall,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed April 20, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/3853

       
       Photo 3: The west, main entrance - the only entrance for patrons - features ten Doric pillars emblazoned with stylized busts of ten famous scientific minds and the fields to which they contributed; these are fields that were present at Georgia Tech during Brittain's 1928 construction. Civil engineering, mechanical engineering, and aerospace engineering are represented by Leonardo da Vinci. Ceramics is represented by Luca della Robbia. Textlies is represented by Eli Whitney. Electrical engineering is represented by Thomas Edison. Architecture and the fine arts are represented by Michelangelo. Physics is represented by Archimedes. Chemistry is represented by Antoine Lavoisier. Mathematics and astronomy are represented by Isaac Newton. Biology is represented by Aristotle. Ecology is represented by Charles Darwin.

       "Brittainhallinnovatorfaces" by Original uploader was Excaliburhorn at en.wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia; transfer was stated to be made by User:Disavian.. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brittainhallinnovatorfaces.jpg#/media/File:Brittainhallinnovatorfaces.jpg

       
       

       An addition is made to the northeast corner of Brittain Dining Hall, called the “T” Room Addition.

       •Intended to be a lounge area, it is a recreational area for students that houses a pool.

       
       Photo 4: Brittain “T” Room Addition, circa 2000.  This driveway and parking area is accessed off of Williams Street.

        

       August 1, 1922: Brittain becomes President of the School following Matheson’s resignation, announced the previous year.  He would serve in this position until 1944.  Matheson became President of Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry (now known as Drexel University) in April, 1922 while still serving as Tech’s President.  He would serve as Drexel’s President until his death of a heart attack on November 29, 1931.

       
       Photo 5: Dr. Marion Brittain in The 1944 Blue Print
       
       Photo 6: The Brittain House – one of two buildings named in honor of Dr. Brittain.  This was Brittain and his family’s home from 1911 until 1922 when the current Georgia Tech President’s House was constructed.  It is still standing and has been converted into a private office space at 1109 W. Peachtree in Atlanta.

       https://www.flickr.com/photos/idyllopuspress/8018668365

        

   26. Engineering Science and Mechanics Building

       The federal government financially supports the BOR through troubling financial times and the Engineering Drawing and Mechanics Building (later renamed Engineering Science and Mechanics, ESM for short) is approved in 1937.
       
       The building was constructed in 1938 at a cost of $314,000.
       
       Photo 1: ESM from the southeast looking northwest across Cherry Street; 1945.
       

       Engineering Science and Mechanics Building. Georgia Tech History Digital Portal. Web 6 Aug 2018. http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/989

       
       Photo 2: ESM from the northeast looking southwest across Cherry Street, circa 1940s.
       

       Engineering Science and Mechanics Building. Georgia Tech Digital Archive. Web 6 Aug 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20151011004633/http://www.space.gatech.edu/digital_archive/bldg/misc/index.php?i=56

        

       Photo 3: Plaque outside main entrance, indicating original name, dedication date and giving tribute to Public Works Administration (PWA) – it’s primary financial benefactor for construction.

   27. Hemphill Avenue

       
       Photo 1: Texaco Station, Hemphill and Atlantic Avenue, 1940s.
       Lane Brothers Photograph, Georgia State University Library. http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/lane/id/2714
       
       Photo 2: Bunger-Henry building, March, 1966. 
       Georgia Tech Office of Capital Planning and Space Management
       
       Photos 3: View of Bunger-Henry building during removal of Hemphill Avenue, 1972. 
       Georgia Tech Office of Capital Planning and Space Management.
       
       

   28. Techwood Dormitory & Burge Apts

       Forty-three housing units and the Techwood Dormitory are constructed and finished in 1935.   This, along with other facilities during this time period, are funded via FDR’s “New Deal” program, intended to stimulate the economy during The Great Depression.  Funds and labor from the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Public Works Administration (PWA) are also supplemented.  This project, along with what would later be the Burge Apartment Building, was designed by Tech alumnae P.D. Stevens and Flippen Burge and built in 1946.  Techwood Dormitory is demolished in 1996 and the Burge Apartments are razed in 2009.
       
       

       Photo 1: a 1935 view of the Techwood Dormitory during construction.
       Georgia Tech Archives

       
       Photo 2: Proposal for the Burge Apartment Complex, circa 1944-1945.
       history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/3861
       
       Photo 3: 1950s Burge Apartments view.
       Georgia Tech Archives

   29. Smith Dormitory

       Much of the construction on campus in the late 1940s was dedicated to student housing.  Bush-Brown, Gailey and Heffernan designed buildings to add to the already existing student housing area along Techwood by adding Smith, Glenn and Towers Residence Halls.  This created a central quadrangle adjacent to Brittain Dining Hall to provide strong pedestrian circulation routes.

       
       Photo 1: Towers Residence Hall, April 1948.
       

       “Bond Issue Project III-Final, Towers Dormitory (3C), 1948-04,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed June 12, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/10846.

       
       Photo 2: Smith Residence Hall, circa late 1940s shortly after construction.
       

       Courtesy of the Georgia Tech Archives

       
       Photo 3: 1950s aerial view showing strong axial pedestrian circulation in the quadrangle on the east side of Bobby Dodd/Grant Field along Techwood Drive.

       Courtesy of the Georgia Tech Archives

        

   30. Harrison & Howell Dormitories

       The George W. Harrison Jr. and Clark Howell Dormitories were constructed through funding from Roosevelt’s “New Deal” via the CCC and PWA.  Both were completed in 1939; Harrison at a cost of $183,000 and Howell at a cost of $163,000.  Both are designed by Bush-Brown and Gailey.
       
       Photo 1:
       
       Harrison Dormitory, circa 1950s.

   31. Cloudman Dormitory

       1930: Mr. Josiah Cloudman dedicates $80,000 of his estate to construct another dormitory.  It is an L-shaped building, constructed in the ongoing popular architectural theme of the time, Collegiate Gothic.  The cost of construction totals $128,000.
       
       Photo 1: Cloudman Residence Hall, constructed in 1930-1931. 
       http://data.space.gatech.edu/fac.cfm?fac=013
       

   32. Towers and Glenn Dorms

       Much of the construction on campus in the late 1940s was dedicated to student housing.  Bush-Brown, Gailey and Heffernan designed buildings to add to the already existing student housing area along Techwood by adding Smith, Glenn and Towers Residence Halls.  This created a central quadrangle adjacent to Brittain Dining Hall to provide strong pedestrian circulation routes.

       
       Photo 1: Towers Residence Hall, April 1948.
       

       “Bond Issue Project III-Final, Towers Dormitory (3C), 1948-04,” Georgia Tech History Digital Portal, accessed June 12, 2015, http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/10846.

       
       Photo 2: Smith Residence Hall, circa late 1940s shortly after construction.
       

       Courtesy of the Georgia Tech Archives

       
       Photo 3: 1950s aerial view showing strong axial pedestrian circulation in the quadrangle on the east side of Bobby Dodd/Grant Field along Techwood Drive.

       Courtesy of the Georgia Tech Archives

       
       

   33. Field, Matheson, Perry, Hanson, & Hopkins Dorms

       Five residence halls: Field, Matheson, Perry, Hanson, and Hopkins were all constructed in 1961 and designed by W. Elliot Dunwoody, Jr.  Dunwoody was a 1914 graduate of Tech’s Architecture Program, a member of the Board of Regents, and was a designer for many USG institutions: Tech, UGA, Mercer, and Wesleyan College.

       Tech was in dire need of residence hall expansion, due to it’s enrollment enlargement and growing academic outreach with the addition of Schools and Programs beginning in the mid 1950s and going through the late 1960s.

       All were named after significant people in Tech’s history: Floyd Field (professor; first Dean of Men), Kenneth G. Matheson (Tech’s 3rd President), William G. Perry (adjunct English professor), Major John Hanson (credited with helping to create Tech), and Isaac S. Hopkins (Tech’s 1st President).
       
       Photo 1: Hanson, shortly after construction, 1961-1962

       http://space.gatech.edu/digital_archive/bldg/misc/index.php?i=59

       
       Photo 2: Matheson in July, 1969

       http://space.gatech.edu/digital_archive/bldg/misc/index.php?i=80

       
       Photo 3: Field, late 1980s or early 1990s, from the south and slightly west.

       http://philanthropy.gatech.edu/building/field-floyd-residence-hall
       
       

       
       
       

   34. Heffernan House

       A house was built in 1927, located at 166 Fifth Street, located among the fraternity houses between Fowler and Techwood.  It is known today as the Heffernan house, named after Paul M. Heffernan.  It is associated with the early residential architecture and development adjacent to (now part of) campus.  It was acquired by Tech in 1995.

       
       Heffernan purchased the house in 1946 and lived there during his 38-year career at Tech.  Heffernan was a professor during this time and served as head of the School of Architecture from 1956-1976.  He passed away in 1987.

       
       Heffernan is credited as the chief designer of the Bradley Building (where Highland Bakery and formerly Junior’s occupies), East (Old) Architecture, Price Gilbert Library, Hinman, Hightower, Smith Res. Hall, Glenn Res. Hall, and Towers Res. Hall. His influence contributed to a shift to the International Style in architecture for campus buildings.

       
       http://www.news.gatech.edu/features/hgt-heffernan-house 

   35. Alexander Memorial Coliseum

       Alexander Memorial Coliseum was the vision of former Head Football Coach (1920-1944) and Athletic Director (1945-1950) William Alexander.  Prior to Alexander’s sudden death in 1950, he had been spearheading an effort to have a large coliseum built for basketball, concerts and theatrical performances.  His vision was followed through in 1955 and ground was broken on the Alexander Memorial Coliseum.  It was completed in 1955, dedicated in 1956 and officially opened in 1957.
        
       Photo 1: Construction, 1955

       history.library.gatech.edu/items/show/682

        

       
       Photo 2: 1957
       http://history.library.gatech.edu/exhibits/show/bldg/alexandermemorialcoliseum

        

       Photo 3: Aerial view, 1950's
       https://www.myajc.com/sports/college/flashback-fotos-alexander-memorial-coliseum-construction

        

       Photo 4: Commencement, 1984
       http://history.library.gatech.edu/exhibits/show/bldg/alexandermemorialcoliseum
       
       Alexander Memorial was the Boxing venue for the 1996 Olympics. In 2012, after an extensive renovation, the venue reopened as the renamed McCamish Pavilion.
       
       Photo 5: McCamish Pavilion in 2010.
       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCamish_Pavilion

   36. O'Keefe

       Photo 1: Originally the O'Keefe Junior High School built in 1923, purchased by Georgia Tech in 1978. 
       
       
       This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
       
       Citation LBGPF1-141a, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.

   37. Fifth Street Bridge

       In 2006, the Georgia Department of Transportation finished renovations to the Fifth Street Bridge, tripling the width and creating a park-like setting for pedestrians on their way to Tech Square and campus. 

   38. Tech Square

       During the late 1990s, the Georgia Tech Foundation purchased approximately eight acres to the south of Fifth Street for $11.9 million. (Since then, Georgia Tech's footprint south of Fifth has grown to 13 acres.)
       
       In 2003, Georgia Tech completed development on the east side of Fifth Street Bridge, creating the Centergy One office complex and Tech Square Research Building – the names themselves an invitation to innovators and entrepreneurs.

   39. Spring & 5th

       The intersection of Spring and 5th Streets, facing south to the Georgia Tech Hotel and Scheller College of Business. 1961 vs 2018. 
       
       
       Copyright to this item is owned by Georgia State University Library. Images may be used for scholarship, educational, and personal use. Additional uses will require permission of the rights holder.
       
       Citation N16-137_01, Tracy O'Neal Photographic Collection, 1923-1975, Photographic Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.

   40. The Biltmore

       The Atlanta Biltmore Hotel and Biltmore Apartments, were developed by William Candler, son of Coca-Cola executive Asa Candler. It opened on April 19, 1924, as an 11-story hotel and 10-story apartment building. The original hotel building was converted to an office building in 1999. On June 13, 2016, The Biltmore was purchased by the Georgia Institute of Technology.
       
       Rights information: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
       
       Photo 1: Citation: N14-036_a, Tracy O'Neal Photographic Collection, 1923-1975, Photographic Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
       
       

   41. Sources and Credits

       Icon image: 1888 School Seal, showcasing the School motto: "To Know, To Do, To Be."  It's symbol is an anvil.
       
       A huge portion of the information compiled here is courtesy of a number of sources including the Georgia Tech Living History Program; GT Library documents; books published on GT history; archive photos, Historical Structure Reports; Historic Preservation Plans; Campus Master Plans; GT Capital Planning and Space Management; and Wikipedia.  All information is not for use for commercial benefit.
       
       

       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Institute_of_Technology

       
       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets

       
       http://livinghistory.gatech.edu/new/timeline/timeline.html

       
       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean,_Old-Fashioned_Hate

       
       https://www.library.gatech.edu/gtbuildings/history.htm - written by Grace Agnew

       
       www.philanthropy.gatech.edu

       
       www.space.gatech.edu

       
       www.gtalumnimag.com

       
       http://www.artery.org/GaTech.htm - Georgia Institute of Technology Historic District

       The Georgia Tech Library Archives and Records Management

       
       The Atlanta Constitution.  May 27, 1914. http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/34213284/

       
       Fisher, William L. Finest Hour: The Special Relationship - What He Saw and Heard in Georgia.  The Churchill Centre. 2011 http://www.winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest-hour-151/the-special-relationship-what-he-saw-and-heard-in-georgia

       
       Notes from the President. http://www.president.gatech.edu/publications-presentations/notes-from-president/georgia-techs-proud-history-women-leaders

       
       Georgia Institute of Technology Historic District. http://www.artery.org/GaTech.htm

       
       Georgia Institute of Technology: Historic Preservation Plan Update 2009.  Lord, Aeck and Sargent Architecture For Historic Preservation. 2009.

       Georgia Tech Archives – Digital History Portal http://history.library.gatech.edu/items/

       
       Georgia Tech Historic Structure Report. Academic Building (Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Administration Building). Grashof Design Studio. April 2012.

       
       Georgia Tech Historic Structure Report. Army Headquarters/Military Building and Army Armory. Grashof Design Studio. April 2010.

       
       Georgia Tech Historic Structure Report. John Sayler Coon Building. Ray and Associates, 3 December 1999.

       
       Georgia Tech Historic Structure Report. Joseph Whitehead Brown Memorial Hospital (Chapin Building). Ray and Ellis Consulting, April 2013.

       
       Georgia Tech Historic Structure Report. President’s Home. Ray and Associates, April 2002.

       
       James E. Brittain and Robert C. McMath, Jr., eds. A Documentary History of Georgia Tech’s Beginnings (Atlanta: Georgia Tech, 1977)

       
       Marion L. Brittain. The Story of Georgia Tech. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. 1948.

       
       Robert J. Wallace, Jr. Dress Her in White and Gold; A Biography of Georgia Tech and of the Men Who Led Her. The Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc. 1969.

       
       Warren E. Drury, III. The Architectural Development of Georgia Tech. M.A. Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, June 1984.