UNC Buildings and Grounds

Chronology

• Years: 1890-1910

  1890
  Normal School Building cornerstone laid June 13 (1890-1972).  After 1906, the building was known as Administration Building.  Renamed Cranford Hall in 1931. Razed in 1972.

  1891
  Normal School Building east wing completed April 13.

  1895
  Normal School Building center completed.

  1897
  Training School library established.

  1901
  First heating plant completed.  Razed in 1933.

  1902
  Pillars at 9th Avenue and 17th Street class gift of 1902.

  1903
  Normal School Building west wing completed November 11.

  1903
  Gymnasium in basement of west wing of Normal School Building.

  1904
  First presidential home completed.  Became Music Conservatory in 1924. Razed in 1954.

  1907
  First library completed. Renamed Carter Hall in 1944.

  1908
  Greenhouse built. Razed in 1936.

  1909
  Stables built south of Library.

  1910
  Training School cornerstone laid August 22.

  1910
  Guggenheim Hall cornerstone laid September 24.

  1910
  Gateway at 10th Avenue and 18th Street gift of class of 1910.

  1910
  Cranford and the Library had telephones installed.

• Years: 1911-1930

   1911
  Cranford updated with first indoor toilet.

  1911
  Formal reflecting pool north of Library gift of the class of 1911.

  1912
  Training School center section of building completed.

  1912
  Gateway at 8th Avenue and 17th Street gift of class of 1912.

  1912
  Guggenheim Hall completed.

  1913
  Women's Club House construction began.

  1914
  Pioneer Statue north of the Library reflecting pool gift of class of 1914.

  1914
  Totem Teddy arrived on campus. Andrew Thompson, a 1897 graduate of the Normal School and U.S. Commissioner of Education for Alaska, gave the totem pole to UNC in 1914. Repatriated in October 2003.

  1914
  Home Economics Building cornerstone laid.

  1915
  Home Economics practice cottage constructed. Later renamed Roudebush Cottage.

  1916
  Women's Club House dedicated March 22. Remodeled and renamed the Student Union in 1939. Renamed Gray Hall in 1965.

  1918
  SATC Gymnasium (also known as "Temporary Gym," "Cow Barn," "Green Barn"). Razed in 1927.

  1919
  Home Economics Building completed in October. Renamed Crabbe Hall in 1931.

  1921
  Belford Residence Hall completed.

  1921
  Gordon Residence Hall completed.

  1921
  Decker Residence Hall completed.

  1922
  Training School west wing erected.

  1923
  Training School east wing erected.

  1924
  First presidential home became Music Conservatory.

  1925
  KFKA established to broadcast on the 3rd floor of Cranford. Broadcast supervised by Physics Department.

  1926
  Gunter construction began with cornerstone, September 28, 1926.

  1926
  KFKA moved to Music Conservatory.  Music Department responsible for many broadcasts.

  1927
  Jackson Field dedicated (5,200 capacity).

  1928
  Gunter completed--balcony seated 1,100 people. Dedicated January 35.

  1928
  Second presidential home at 1862 10th Avenue.

  1930
  Faculty Apartment #1: "The Faculty Club" completed.

  1930?-1939   
  Two radio towers east of Gunter removed by 1939.

• Years: 1931-1950

  1931
  Administration Building renamed Cranford Hall on October 22.

  1931
  Home Economics Building renamed Crabbe Hall, October 22.

  1931
  Training School renamed Kepner Hall.

  1931
  Hadden Residence Hall completed. Hadden Hall was named for Samuel M. Hadden, who held a number of positions at the University of Northern Colorado from 1900-1934, including Sub. Professor of Manual Training and Drawing, Teacher of Sloyd, Pattern Maker, Dean of Practical Arts; Professor of Industrial Arts, Head of Division; and Professor of Industrial Arts, Head of Department. Samuel M. Hadden graduated from UNC in 1897.

  1931
  Second men's residence hall on east campus completed. Named Hays Residence Hall on October 22. Hays Hall was named for James H. Hays who served as interim president in 1891 after the term of Thomas Gray and before the term of Zachariah Xenophon Snyder. After the death of Dr. Snyder, Hays was appointed interim president once again, serving from November 11, 1915 through the 1916 summer session.

  1933
  Men's residence hall on east campus was named Hadden Hall on February 7 by the Board of Trustees.

  1933
  Second Heating Plant completed (North of Faculty Apartments and Southeast of Gunter Hall.)

  1933
  Driveway north of Gunter running from 8th to 10th Avenue closed on June 9.

  1936
  Sabin Residence Hall dedicated June 13.

  1936
  Snyder Residence Hall dedicated June 13.

  1936
  Tobey-Kendel Residence Hall dedicated June 13.

  1936
  Faculty Apartment (Unit #2) completed.

  1936
  Greenhouse dismantled and sold.

  1937
  Gunter has Celotex sound conditioned ceiling installed.

  1938
  Women's Club House remodeling started. Renamed Student Union in 1939.

  1939
  Student Union remodeling completed. Renamed Gray Hall in 1965.

  1939
  Library remodel and renovation.

  1940
  Faculty Apartment (Unit #3) completed.

  1940
  Garden Theater dedicated June 14.

  1940
  Remodeled library dedicated June 28.

  1940
  Leo Florio flagpole erected.

  1940
  Tops of deciduous trees around Carter and Cranford severely trimmed.

  1940
  Bridge NW of Gray erected as class gift ("Hi Bridge").

  1941
  Gunter additional locker rooms installed in basement.

  1942
  Drinking fountain, Outdoor (Gunter, Garden Theater) class gift.

  1944
  Library renamed Carter Hall.

  1947
  Cross Residence Hall completed. Cross Hall was named for Ethan Allen Cross, Professor of English Emeritus, who held several positions at the University of Northern from 1904 until his retirement in 1957, including Head of Department of Literature and Language, Professor of Literature and English, Acting Dean of the College, Dean of the College, Head of Division of Literature and Language and Chair of the Division of Literature and Language. He was Professor of English Emeritus.

  1947
  Faculty Apartment (Unit #4) completed.

  1948
  Jackson Field renovated reducing seating capacity to 4,000.

  1948
  Gunter original chimes replaced with second set.

  1949
  Cranford fire.

• Years: 1951-1970

  1951
  Frasier Hall groundbreaking on November 19.

  1953
  Frasier Hall completed in December.

  1954
  Frasier Hall dedicated on January 1.

  1954
  Frasier theater dedicated January 14, 15, & 16 with performance of "Point of No Return".

  1954
  Benches between Frasier and Cranford gift of the class of 1954.

  1954
  Conservatory of Music razed.

  1955
  Lily pond in front of Snyder vandalized. It was subsequently removed.

  1957
  Gunter Hall balcony in men's gym removed. Folding bleachers installed.

  1957
  Wiebking Residence Hall dedicated June 1957.

  1957
  Wilson Residence Hall completed.

  1957
  Tobey Kendel addition.

  1958
  Parsons Hall completed.

  1960
  Troxel Residence Hall dedicated in October. Troxel Hall was named for Dr. O. Leonard. Troxel, who held a number of positions at the University of Northern Colorado from 1930 until his retirement in 1958: Professor of Education, Chairman of the Division of Health and Physical Education, Director of Public Relations, and Professor of Education Emeritus.

  1961
  Gunter Hall hardwood floors replaced in men's and women's gyms.

  1962
  Bishop-Lehr Hall (Laboratory School) dedicated May 13.

  1963
  Boiler house converted to Arts Annex.

  1963
  McCowen Residence Hall dedicated.

  1964
  Ross Hall of Science completed.

  1965
  Student Union renamed Gray Hall.

  1965
  College Center completed. Renamed University Center in 1970.

  1965
  Ross Hall dedicated August 1.

  1966
  Harrison Residence Hall dedicated November 6.

  1967
  Student Family Apartments completed.

  1968
  McKee Hall of Education completed.

  1968
  Turner Residence Hall completed.

  1969
  McKee Hall dedicated March 27.

  1970  
  College name changed to UNC.

  1970
  College Center renamed University Center.

  1970
  University Library (Michener Library) fire.

• Years: 1971-1990

   1971
  University Library completed.

  1972
  University Library dedicated on October 27. Renamed Michener Library in 1973.

  1972
  Cranford demolished June 12-15 (1890-1972).

  1973
  Candelaria construction began.

  1973
  Candelaria Hall completed.

  1973
  University Library renamed the James A. Michener Library.

  1973
  Lawrenson Residence Hall dedicated May 10.

  1973
  Mariani Gallery in Guggenheim dedicated October 14.

  1973
  Butler-Hancock construction began.

  1974
  Butler-Hancock Hall completed.

  1974
  Lindou Auditorium in Michener Library dedicated August 4.

  1975
  Butler-Hancock dedicated February 4.

  1976
  Foundation Hall dedicated March 13.

  1979
  Kepner--outside of building cleaned and sealed.

  1981
  Carter Hall undergoes major renovation.

  1981
  Gunter--outside of building cleaned and sealed.

  1982
  Butler-Hancock storage room additions.

  1985
  Gunter's bells stopped ringing.

  1985
  Cross, Hadden, Hays and Troxel no longer used as dorms.

  1986
  Frasier Theater renamed Langworthy Theater.

  1986
  Kepner Hall undergoes major internal renovation.

  1987
  Kepner Hall renovation completed.

  1987
  Gunter received fourth set of new bells.

  1988
  Laboratory wing added to Ross Hall.

  1988
  University Center added atrium and internal remodel of ground level.

  1988
  Cogeneration Plant constructed.

  1989
  Lawrenson Hall rededicated October 5.

  1990
  Cranford Park dedicated on June 13.

  1990
  Leo Florio Flagpole rededicated October 13.

• Years: 1991-2010

   1991
  Ross Laboratory wing dedicated March 26.

  1993
  Michener Library recarpeted.

  1993
  Frasier--Music Technology Center wing added.

  1994
  Michener Archives, room L119, completed.

  1995
  Frasier remodeled to connect 2nd floor wings.

  1995
  Recreation Center added to Butler-Hancock.

  1995-96   
  Gunter Hall underwent major remodeling/renovation. Rededicated September 20, 1996.

  1996
  Nottingham Field completed.

  1996
  Norton Theatre dedicated in Gray Hall February 24, 1996.

  1997
  Music Library dedicated October 17. Named Skinner Music Library 2005.

  1999
  Hansen-Willis Hall dedicated October 22.

  1999
  Scott-Wilcoxen Hall dedicated October 22.

  1999
  Cassidy Hall completed.

  1999
  President's Residence converted and renamed Visitors Center.

  2000
  Ross Hall renovation started.

  2002
  Garden Theatre E wall removed when Summer Concert Series canceled.

  2002
  Arlington Park Apartments completed August 2002.

  2003
  West Campus Dining Facility construction began August 2003.

  2003
  Totem Teddy returned to the Tlingit Indians, Angoon, Alaska. October 2003.

  2004
  Archives remodel completed and reopened October 6.

  2005
  West Campus Dining Facility officially opened on January 8.

  2005
  Archives open house held on January 21 to celebrate the renovation of Archival Services.

  2005
  Skinner Music Library (former Music Library) named on May 6.

  2005
  Presidents Row (Bond Hall, Brown Hall, Dickeson Hall, Lujan Hall), 19th Street and 9th Avenue, dedicated October 1. Previously named Faculty Apartments.

  2008
  McCowen Hall demolished. McCowen Hall, dedicated in 1963, was named after Annie Margaret McCowen, Professor of Elementary Education, 1921-1958.

  2008
  New West Campus Residence Hall-South opened in Fall 2008.

  2009
  New West Campus Residence Hall-North opened in Fall 2009.

• Years: 2011-

  2011
  Hadden Hall (1931), Hays Hall (1931), Cross Hall (1947), and Troxel Hall (1960), all built in the Modified Pueblo style, were demolished. The east campus, located west of 6th Avenue and north of 20th Street, was originally the home of the men's dormitories. They were located north across the street from the baseball field at Jackson Field. The dormitories became unpopular due to the University's expansion onto the West Campus and to declining enrollment. The dormitories were closed in 1982 and leased to The Villa in 1984 and were remodeled to house 180 senior citizens (Hays, Hadden and Troxel Halls), and a home for non-violent, minimum-risk offenders (Cross Hall). They were sold to The Villa in September 1993 as they "were not adequate for the university's housing needs and did not fit in with the university's master facility plan for future developments." They were later sold to other corporations and demolished in 2011.