Appalachian State University: Faculty Row (demolished) - Boone NC

: Appalachian State Teachers College: WPA-built Faculty Homes
Appalachian State Teachers College: WPA-built Faculty Homes

Project type: Colleges and Universities, Education and Health

Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Started: 1939

Completed: 1940

Site Survival: No Longer Extant

Description

In 1939-1940 the Work Projects Administration (WPA) constructed faculty homes at what was then known as Appalachian State Teachers College (A.S.T.C.). The homes were constructed of brick or native stone. Per the university’s website, the buildings were “converted later for departmental use and gradually demolished during 1990s.”

Also known as Faculty Row, the “series of small stone and brick houses built as faculty residences” once lined “Faculty and River[s] Streets.”

Source notes

"Boondoggling Boomerangs and Blesses," The News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, June 04, 1939 (pg. 11): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/651562494/

https://collections.library.appstate.edu/collections/university-archives-records-management-services/timelines

https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/8113

https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3904bm.g3904bm_g063831947/?sp=3

https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/historic-preservation-office/survey-and-national-register/surveyreports/WataugaCountySurvey-2003.pdf (pg. 34)

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on June 22, 2022.

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