Publication Date
8-17-1961
Abstract
Area bounded by 14th Street, State Street/Normal Boulevard, [University Drive] and L&N Railroad. Base map created in June 1960. Annotated and divided into eleven plots, August 17, 1961:
- Plot No. 1 Central campus, 15th Street to 16th Street 40.7 acres
- Plot No. 2 16th Street to Trade School driveway 14.7 acres
- Plot No. 3 Trade School driveway to 17th Street 9.7 acres
- Plot No. 4 Pavilion area, 17th Street South 40.4 acres
- Plot No. 5 Academic Athletic-Maintenance Service Buildings area 14.0 acres
- Plot No. 6 Kentucky Building grounds 12.9 acres
- Plot No. 7 15th Street & Center Street corner .4 acres
- Plot No. 8 Rock House dormitory .2 acres
- Plot No. 9 Ogden Campus 7.7 acres
- Plot No. 10 State Street & Normal Boulevard triangle .1 acre
- Plot No. 11 Lot adjoining Ivan Wilson home .2 acres
- Total acreage 141.0
WKU campus buildings:
- Agriculture Pavilion
- Bates-Runner Hall
- Cherry Hall
- Cherryton
- College High Hall
- Craig Alumni House (President's Home)
- Diddle Dorm (Men's Dormitory)
- East Hall
- Garrett Conference Center (Garrett Student Union)
- Gordon Wilson Hall (Library)
- Heating Plant
- Home Economics Building
- Industrial Arts Building
- Kentucky Building
- Log Cabin
- McLean Hall
- Music Hall
- Ogden Hall
- Parking Structure (Maintenance Building)
- Physical Education Building (Helm Library)
- Potter Hall
- Rock House
- Schneider Hall (West Hall)
- Snell Hall
- South Hall
- Van Meter Hall (Administration Building)
- Veterans Village
- West Hall (Men's Dormitory)
- Western Trade School
Features:
- Baseball field
- Football practice field
- Fort Albert Sidney Johnston
- Jonesville
- L&N Railroad
- Old Stadium
- Parking lots
- Railroad spur
- Swimming pool
- Tennis courts
- WKU Farm
Streets:
- 14th Street
- 15th Street
- 16th Street
- 17th Street
- Dogwood Drive
- Hardin Avenue
- Larmon Avenue
- Lincoln Avenue
- Old Morgantown Road
- Old Russellville Road
- State Street
- U.S. 68
Disciplines
African American Studies | Communication | Geography | Higher Education Administration | Human Geography | Journalism Studies | Mass Communication | Public Relations and Advertising | Race and Ethnicity | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Sports Studies | Urban, Community and Regional Planning | Urban Studies and Planning
Recommended Citation
WKU President's Office - Thompson; Hagan, J.R.; and Johnson, Depp & Quisenberry, "UA3/3/1 Map of Western Kentucky State College" (1961). WKU Archives Records. Paper 9439.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/9439
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