Before The Fire

Take a look into what the Administration Building looked before January 18, 1923. There is a photograph of the outside of the building and the auditorium and two of the society halls inside the building. The building also housed the library, the chapel, classrooms, an observatory, and administrative offices. The architect for the building was George W. Adkins of Wilsons Mills. The building opened in 1890.

Panorama view of the old campus before the fire in 1923, destroyed the Administration Building.

These pictures capture dorm life from before and around the time of the fire. Neither East nor West dormitories burned during the 1923 fire. West Dorm served as the residence for women and is still standing. East Dorm, which served as the residence hall for men. It burned during the summer of 1966 while it was being used for short-term storage