North Carolina State University Main Campus Walking Tour

Entries on This Tour

Home of the College of Natural Resources, Bostian Hall could also be known as, "Biology Hall," since the three-story building houses classrooms for botany, entomology, microbiology, and zoology.

2. Brickyard

The Brickyard, officially named "University Plaza", is one of North Carolina State University's nine Hallowed Spaces. The plaza was designed by NCSU's alumn, Richard C. Bell, and construction began in 1966. On March 7, 1968, on the 81st Founder's Day of the school, the space was formally dedicated. The Brickyard is a space for students and staff to congregate for a variety of purposes.

3. DH Hill Library

One of two main libraries on the NC State Campus, DH Hill Library houses over 1 million volumes of the Libraries' collection and offers a variety of popular spaces and technologies for both individual and group work and study. These spaces include Learning Commons, Special Collections Reading Room, Quiet Reading Room, Makerspace, Digital Media Lab, and Virtual Reality Studio. You can also stop by The Creamery or the Hill of Beans coffee bar for a snack or drink.

4. Cox Hall

A general laboratory building on NC State Campus, built in 1960 with six floors of labs, computer rooms and classrooms. Honors Gertrude Mary Cox, a statistician and the first woman to be Full Professor and Department Head at NC State University.

5. Daniels Halls

Daniels Hall is located on North Campus at North Carolina State University. Previously home to Career Planning, Placement Center and International Travel, this building is now used for research in plasma physics, wave transmissions, aeronomy and laser studies. Daniels Hall was built in 1926. This building was once named the Civil Engineering Building and then Mann Hall before coming to be known as Daniels Hall.

6. Withers Hall

This building created in 19139 in a Beaux-arts style was originally built for chemistry classes. The building honors William Alphonso Withers the very first chemist that was appointed to NC State University at its founding in 1889. Mr. Withers eventually served as vice president of the university and was also chairman of the local board of education.

7. 1911 Building

The 1911 Building at NC State University is the home the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, where sociologists like Sarah Bowen, Martha Crowley and Toby Parcel serve as faculty. Previously, the building served as home to the Office of Global Engagement, the "umbrella organization" for initiatives that connected NC State's students, faculty and staff with programs and universities around the world. The building itself has a storied history. According to NCSU's website, it was named after the Class of 1911, because of their dramatic efforts to stop hazing, or what was known in more genteel times as "rough discipline". The freshmen led a massive schoolyard brawl in response to ongoing hazing, and as a result, the hazing stopped for a number of years. Today, the building is perhaps more famous among students for being the only building at NC State that carries Pepsi products, although this may be changing.

8. Court of North Carolina

The Court of North Carolina, informally known as Court of Carolinas to the NC State students, is a large quad located on North Campus of NC State University. It is west of the historic Belltower and directly east of the iconic 1911 building. The quad is surrounded by the 1911 Building Hall, Tompkins Hall, Caldwell Hall, Winston Hall, Poe Hall, Page Hall, and Leazar Hall. The Court of North Carolina quad was dedicated on September 3, 1986 and was previously used as a cow pasture and later as the site of the Quonset Huts. The Quonset Huts were built in 1946 to help accommodate the influx of students entering after World War II on the GI Bill. Legend has it that planted within the Court were trees to represent each of North Carolina's 100 counties, but there is no evidence that was ever the case. In present day, it is often used as a green area for students to sit and study, picnic, and take formal pictures on the grand brick staircase that leads up to the 1911 building.

9. Page Hall

Page Hall is a university building completed in 1922 that sits on the Court of North Carolina. It originally housed the Mechanical Engineering Department of the College of Engineering which has since moved to the newer Centennial Campus. The building still houses Engineering administration and development offices.

10. Poe Hall NCSU

This 1971 concrete and stone-paneled building located on NC State's north campus was named in honor of Clarence Hamilton Poe (1881-1964) who was a leader in education, forestry, medical care, health, and social welfare. The building currently houses the School of Education (floors 1-6) and the Department of Psychology (floor 7). It is known as an example of "brutalist" architecture that clashes with neighboring brick buildings. Poe Hall is located at 2310 Katharine Stinson Dr adjoining one of the open green spaces on the NCSU campus.

11. Park Shops

Named for Charles B. Park and built in 1914, the Park Shops is where classes such as Woodworking, Machinery, and Welding were taught from 1914-1949. The building has been extensively renovated and currently holds several light-filled atriums and exposed-brick lecture halls along with a video studio for the campus Distance Education office and a popular coffee shop.

12. SAS Hall

A relatively new building on NC State University’s campus, SAS was built in 2009. Constructed on the site of the former Riddick Football Stadium, the SAS was designed for the faculty and students within the mathematics and statistics departments. Complete with technologically advanced computer labs, classrooms, meeting spaces, and offices, the building is a true treasure for NC State University.

13. Kamphoefner Hall

Kamphoefner Hall was built in 1978 and is located on NC State's North Campus. This building is 39,134 square feet and houses the College of Design at NC State. Kamphoefner Hall was named after Henry L. Kamphoefner who was NC State's first dean of the School of Design in 1948.

14. Leazar Hall

Leazar Hall was built in 1912 and is located in North Carolina State University. It was a campus dining hall seating 750 students until 1971 and now a part of the College of Design. Leazar Hall was named after Augustus Leazar (1843-1905) who was a member of North Carolina House of representatives to establish North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, that now called North Carolina State University, with Charles W. Dabney in 1885. The bill to establish the school was passed in 1887. Augustus was a graduate of Davidson College and fought in the Civil War. He became an educator and newspaper publisher afterward . He was also a politician supporting educational environment improvement. As a head of legislative committee of education, he fought for appropriation for the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. The building was renovated in 1983 and 2006.

15. Watauga Hall

A five-story structure currently serving as a residence hall on the campus of NC State University. It has also housed administrative departments, such as personnel, information services, and campus planning. The original building was constructed in 1893, but was destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1903. It is named for the "Watauga Club," which was comprised of Raleigh-area men who encouraged the opening of a state college to teach the practical applications of science and industrial education.

16. Winslow Hall

One of the first buildings on the NCSU campus, Winslow Hall originally served as an infirmary until 1959. It was then named Alumni Memorial Building in honor of student alumni who died while serving their country in World War II and the Korean War. In 2006, the building was renamed Winslow Hall in honor of one of the three charter members of the Watauga Club, Arthur Winslow. This club successfully petitioned the North Carolina state legislature to approve what subsequently became North Carolina State University. Arthur Winslow graduated from MIT who worked as a "surveyor in eastern North Carolina." He chaired the committee looking into the possibility of creating a North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. He took this recommendation to the legislature and also circulated a pamphlet titled "The Need of an Industrial School in North Carolina, together with the Estimates of the Cost of Establishing and Maintaining It. A Memorial to the General Assembly by the Watauga Club of Raleigh", to legislators, important community members, and local new outlets. The building was constructed from funds given by alumnus Dick Reynolds, the son of R.J. Reynolds, a prominent tobacco producer from Winston Salem.

17. Holladay Hall

Holladay Hall is the first building on North Carolina campus and was used for classes,labs, library, offices, gym, dormitories. It was named Holladay Hall after the first president of North Carolina State University. Today the building is the Chancellors office. It's located across from the Bell tower on campus.

18. Primrose Hall

Primrose Hall has had many purposes since its establishment in 1896. The building was the home of the School of Agriculture, a warehouse, student supplies store, the military department headquarters, offices for student publication, and a geology department space. The building was named after William Stuart Primrose to honor a loyal supporter of the university.

19. NC State Memorial Bell Tower

The original concept of the Bell Tower was to be a memorial for NC State Alumni killed in WW I. Vance Sykes, a 1907 alumni of NC State formed a committee to create the monument in 1920. The building began in 1921 and was completed in 1937. The clock was added in 1938 and floodlights in 1939. Other additions include the chimes, shrine room and memorial plaque. The tower was formally dedicated in a ceremony on November 11, 1949.

20. Gregg Museum of Art and Design

The Gregg Museum of Art & Design owns more than 35,000 objects including textiles, paintings, photographs, furniture, ceramics, and sculpture. The museum, a part of North Carolina State University, is comprised of a 1928 Georgian mansion, attached to a modern lobby and galleries with outdoor spaces, including a tranquil garden. The mansion was once the chancellor’s residence. Although the museum has a vast collection, the museum does not have it on permanent display. Instead, items are displayed as part of various exhibitions and are used for research and curricular purposes. Since the exhibitions change, no two visits are necessarily the same. Adding to its appeal is the fact that it is free and even offers some free parking.

This Tour is a Walking Tour.

North Carolina State University Main Campus Walking Tour

Created by Kevin Oliver on July 17th 2019, 8:37:03 am.

Get a QR Code for this tour

Description

This walking tour includes 20 sites on North Carolina State University's main/older campus along Hillsborough Street starting with the Gregg Museum of Art and Design, moving west to the Bell Tower and oldest campus buildings, stopping at the Court of Carolinas, before proceeding to the campus Brickyard, main library, and further classroom buildings. The entries in this tour were researched and curated by Triangle-area teachers participating in a summer '19 professional development program on the topic of "culture and technology" in which they learned to use different technology tools to connect with and reflect on culture. Teachers selected and researched a given building with individual entries combined into this tour that can be taken virtually online or by walking on site.

Entries on This Tour

North Carolina State University Main Campus Walking Tour

Description

Share