North Carolina State University: Alexander Residence Hall – Raleigh NC

City:
Raleigh, NC

Site Type:
Education and Health, Colleges and Universities

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Completed:
1940

Designer:
Ross Shumaker (architect)

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Public Works Administration built the “A” Dormitory at North Carolina State College in Raleigh, North Carolina. Today the dormitory is still in service under the name Alexander Residence Hall. Construction of new dormitory building for 400 students: brick load-bearing exterior walls, steel column with bar joist and concrete slab floor construction, and steel roof trusses with Nailcrete slab and slate shingle roof. The interior finish was plaster with wood trim and Bruce random length flooring.

 

Source notes

North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering of the University of North Carolina, Major College Projects of the Public Works Administration [photo album], in University Archives Photograph Collection - Campus Facilities and Views Photographs: Box 70, Folder 34; North Carolina State University, University Archives Reference Collection, University Buildings, Sites, Landmarks Files: Box 1. All sources held by NC State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center.

Site originally submitted by Todd Kosmerick on May 10, 2019.

Location Info


2700 Cates Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27695
Wake County

Location notes: On the campus of North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695.

Coordinates: 35.7844169, -78.6719319

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