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

City:: Boone, NC
Site Type:: Colleges and Universities, Education and Health
New Deal Agencies:: 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)

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