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History: Name comes from Sheldon Toomer, longtime operator of Toomer's Drug Store, known for its limeades and lemonades.
Current Use: Auburn athletic victories are celebrated here by rolling the trees with toilet paper.
Interesting Fact: Pep Rallies are held at Toomer's Corner. |
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History: Orginally housed the school of architecture and was named after its first dean, Fredric Biggin.
Current Use: Houses the Art Department.
Interestin Fact: The lights in Biggin Hall stay on 24 hours. |
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History: Orginally built to house the Chemistry department and also been home to the architecture department and music department.
Current Uses: Graduate school, international programs, and study abroad programs
Interesting Fact: Hargis is registered in the National Register of Historic places. |
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History: Orginally built as a chapel for the Auburn Masonic Female Collge for $2500
Current Use: Some ROTC commisioning services.
Interesting Facts: Used to be on North Gay St. and was rolled to its current location on logs |
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History: Named after William James Samford, an Auburn graduate and the 31st governor of Alabama.
Current Use: Office for Administration and the President of the University.
Intersting Fact: The clocktower lights were originally donated by a secret honorary society in 1942 but were not turned on until 1945 due to saftey concerns in WW2 |
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History: Donated to Auburn. Built near Selma during the Civil War. It was used to bore gun barrels for the Confederate Army.
Current Use: Legend has that if a man wants to know if his girlfriend is honest he can take her to the Lathe and kiss her at the stroke of midnight. If the Lathe doesn't turn, he has made a good decision.
Interesting Fact: It was buried while in route to Columbus during the Civil War. |
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History: The fountain marks the center of the first home football game that was played at Auburn in 1896. Auburn beat GA. Tech 45-0.
Current Use: Named to commemorate the first 100 years.
Intersting Fact: Once a baseball field and a drill field. |
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History: Named for James E. Foy who served as the Auburn Dean of student from 1950-1978.
Current Use: Student Orginizations, Help Desk, Food Court, Aubie Costume, CWE Activities. |
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History: Named after William Leroy Broun, Auburn's 4th Pres.
Current Use: Electrical Engineering Department (advising during CWE). Popular for public speakers because of good acoustics.
Intersting Fact: Broun was the first man to admit Woman to the University and introduced Football. |
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| History: Named for John M Harbert. A Civil Engineering Grad from Birmingham |
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History: Named after Erksine Ramsay
Current Use: Houses the Samuel Ginn college of engineering , deans office, pre-engineering programs, engineering extension services, and the statewide asphalt research headquarters.
Interesting Facts: Erksine Ramsay held patents for over 40 patents in coal mining. |
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History: Named for the late Professor Bennett Ross, who died during its contrsuction
Current Uses: Houses Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Interesting Fact: It is rumored that one of the Professors in Ross would pass anyone on the first day of class who had memorized the engraved quote on the first day of class. |
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History: Named for John Jenkins Wilmore, former Dean of engineering who built a steam engine to generate the needed electricity to power Langdon Hall and Old Main
Current Use: Houses the academic offices for several Engineering disciplines. It's a state of the art lab that houses materials, mechancal, chemical labs and workspaces. |
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History: named for Arther St. Charles Dunsta who was a head professor of Electrical engineering and physics in the early 1900s
Current Use: Department of Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, and the Department of Comp. Science. |
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History: named for Arther St. Charles Dunsta who was a head professor of Electrical engineering and physics in the early 1900s
Current Use: Department of Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, and the Department of Comp. Science. |
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History: constructed from the Greater Auburn Fund. AU's first major fundraising effort.
Current Use: Textile engineering classes |
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History: Constructed in 1992
Current Use: Houses the department of Aerospace Engineering and many general classrooms. |
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History: Constructed in 1941
Current Uses: COMP 1000 and UNIV 1000 classes as well as computer labs. Many engineering departments use the shop for overflow.
Interesting Facts: Though there are drink machines in the building, there are no restrooms. |
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