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Patton School Postcard
No full textPostcard depicting children from Patton Elementary School, the first school in the Florence, Alabama public school system.https://roar.una.edu/mcdonald_images/1172/thumbnail.jp
State Normal School Football Team
No full textState Normal School (Florence, Alabama) Football Team 1920. Reverse side shows player\u27s names and faintly states FSTC Football Team, although the school would not change its name to this for eight more years. The initials H.G.R. appear in the top left corner.https://roar.una.edu/una_athletics_images/1004/thumbnail.jp
State Normal College Football Team
No full textState Normal College (Florence, Alabama) Football Team 1907-08. Reverse side shows S.N.C. Football Squad 1907-08 team member names and game record, including opponents and scores. Noted in bottom left corner: J.E. Morris-Spt Mgr. (Noted that this photograph is property of J. Morris)https://roar.una.edu/una_athletics_images/1006/thumbnail.jp
Planetarium and Observatory, Florence State College
No full textConstruction of this building began in 1964. Architects for the project were Northington, Smith, and Kranert of Florence. Contractor for the project was J.W. Massey Construction Company, also of Florence.https://roar.una.edu/una_arch_images/1018/thumbnail.jp
Floyd Hall, Florence State College
No full textFloyd Hall was constructed in 1962. The 4-story building was home to the science department and the home economics department, housing classrooms, laboratories, and office space for instruction in all the sciences. It permitted the university to add a physics major to the evolving curriculum at Florence State College. With this, the math curriculum was revised to keep up with the industry\u27s demands. Vocational home economics was tremendously expanded, placing the university in the top three home economic departments in the state, alongside Auburn University and Alabama College (now Alabama A&M).https://roar.una.edu/una_arch_images/1012/thumbnail.jp
Courtview (also known as Rogers Hall)
No full textCourtview was built between 1854 and 1855 by George Washington Foster. The site of the Greek Revival and Romantic Victorian style mansion was chosen by Foster because it was the highest spot of ground in Florence. To build on this particular site, Foster had to ask the Alabama Legislature for a special act, which was eventually given to him, and portions of North Court Street were permanently closed for the construction of the home. It was built of dark red bricks handmade by enslaved people and is three stories tall, with an above ground basement as the first story. The property originally consisted of 4 or more acres of land.
The home was passed down to George\u27s daughter, Sallie Independence Foster, who married Sterling Paine McDonald. Upon their deaths, the house was purchased at public auction in 1897 by Emmet O\u27Neal, who would go on to serve as the 34th governor of Alabama from 1911-1915. In 1913, Courtview was rented out by State Normal School to serve as the president\u27s home under the leadership of Dr. Henry J. Willingham. Thomas M. Rogers, Sr., a city merchant, and his family purchased the home in 1922, and the first set of renovations occurred to the home. The home was placed on the Historic American Building Survey in 1935 and became a part of the campus of Florence State Teachers College in 1948.https://roar.una.edu/una_arch_images/1007/thumbnail.jp
Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Company in East Florence
No full textBlack and white photo of the Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Company in East Florence.https://roar.una.edu/mcdonald_images/1166/thumbnail.jp
Concrete Mixing Area for Wilson Dam
No full textView of the concrete mixing area for TVA Dam No. 2, Wilson Dam located on Jackson Island, which is now under Lake Wilson.https://roar.una.edu/mcdonald_images/1146/thumbnail.jp
Towers Complex, University of North Alabama
No full textAn aerial view of Tower Complex. River Hall, named was former university president Richard Henderson Rivers (1854-1861), was renovated in 2011 and became a freshman dorm. Part of Rice Hall, named for former university president Septimus P. Rice (1865-1868), was also renovated in 2011. Both residence halls became co-ed by floor.https://roar.una.edu/una_arch_images/1025/thumbnail.jp
Bibb Graves Hall, Florence State University, Florence, Alabama
No full textBibb Graves Hall, the Administration Building, Florence State University (1968 - 1974), Florence (Alabama). Text on verso reads: Florence State University, Florence (Alabama), Bibb Graves Hall -- Administration Building, Erected in 1929.https://roar.una.edu/postcards/1004/thumbnail.jp