campus and buildings, 1965-2000

Affiliated Items

Acadia's Student Centre construction, circa 1969

Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: Heavy construction equipment being used to prepare a designed area along Horton Avenue. A fence, Denton Hall, and the Practice House in background.
Accession Number: APC667.3
Type: photograph

Surveying, circa 1968

Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: Two men, one of whom is using a theodolite, outside an entrance to the Student Union Building. Whitman Hall, McConnell Dining Hall, Willett House, and cars visible in background. May be a student training exercise for the construction of the Acadia's Student Centre.
Accession Number: APC667.2
Type: photograph

Acadia's Student Centre construction, circa 1970

Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: Large crane used to lift equipment for the construction of the Acadia's Student Centre. Some foundation work visible in foreground. Denton Hall, the Chapel, the Library and the Practice house visible in background.
Accession Number: APC667.4
Type: photograph

Acadia's Student Centre construction, circa 1970

Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: Large crane used to lift equipment for the construction of the Acadia's Student Centre. Some foundation work visible in foreground. Denton Hall, the Chapel, the Library and the Practice house visible in background.
Accession Number: APC667.5
Type: photograph

Construction site on Horton Avenue, cica 1969

Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: Large crane lifting pipe from a flatbed truck. Construction site fenced off, preparing for the Acadia's Student Centre. Partially visible writing on fence. Other construction materials and trucks visible. Bancroft House, Godfrey House, and the Practice House visible in background.
Accession Number: APC667
Type: photograph

Music Barn demolition, circa 1970

Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: Exterior and interior view of the south and east sides of the two-storey wooden structure, which was annexed to the south side of Seminary House. Denton Hall (which replaced the Barn) in foreground. Seminary House, Rhodes Hall, and Patterson Hall in background.
Accession Number: APC616
Type: photograph

Aerial view of campus and town, circa 1966

Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: Looking north westward towards the Grand Pre area. Most campus buildings visible. The new Student Union Building, Denton Hall, and Huggins Science Hall are not yet built. Wolfville Post Office, the train station, and Wolfville Baptist Church are very distinguishable. Boot Island, Long Island, and beyond are visible. Written on image in ink: "Between 1965 abd 1968". Many campus buildings…
Accession Number: APC420
Type: photograph

Acadia's Student Centre foundation, 30 October 1970

Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: Men working on the foundation in the construction area next to the north side of the Student Union Building. Whitman Hall, McConnell Dining Hall, Willett House, Carnegie Hall, Emmerson Hall, and Denton Hall are visible in background. Typed on reverse: "Line 'M'--Looking West".
Accession Number: APC667.8
Creator: Wood, Gerald E.
Type: photograph

Acadia's Student Centre construction site, 30 October 1970

Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: Construction site showing the concrete walls and dirt foundation for the building. Typed on reverse: "Slab Elev. 95-Looking West".
Accession Number: APC667.9
Creator: Wood, Gerald E.
Type: photograph

Acadia's Student Centre, August 1971

Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: Exterior view of the west side of the three-storey cement building under construction. An area of Highland Avenue is visible in the background. Written on reverse in ink: "SUB-August 1971 from Roof of Denton Hall".
Accession Number: APC667.11
Type: photograph

Acadia's Student Centre pedway, circa 1972

Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: Pedway connecting the Student Centre to the Student Union Building. Alley between the buildings is almost complete. Written on reverse in ink: "Alley-way and bridge connecting old building with new structure."
Accession Number: APC667.10
Type: photograph

Acadia's Student Centre construction, circa 1969

Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: Heavy construction equipment at the site, located along Horton Avenue, inside the fenced area. Denton Hall, Seminary, the tower of University Hall, and the Practice House are in the background.
Accession Number: APC667.7
Type: photograph

Acadia's Student Centre and grounds, circa 1972

Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: External view of the west side and landscaped grounds of the Student Centre and Student Union Building from Horton Avenue. A parking lot and corner of Wheelock Dining Hall visible.
Accession Number: APC667.13
Creator: Jeff Wilson photography
Type: photograph

Student Union Buiding, circa 1969

Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: Exterior view of the north fact of the two-storey brick structure with one entrance visible. Students visible inside the building and at the entrance. Whitman Hall partially visible.
Accession Number: APC667.12
Creator: Denney, Don
Type: photograph

Surveying, circa 1968

Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: Two men, one of whom is using a theodolite, outside an entrance to the Student Union Building. Whitman Hall visible in background. May be a student training exercise for the construction of the Acadia's Student Centre.
Accession Number: APC667.6
Type: photograph

Wheelock Dining Hall, 15 October 1964

Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: Architectural drawing of the exterior north face of the Acadia University Dining Hall (now known as Wheelock Dining Hall).
Accession Number: APC418
Creator: Duffus Romans Single and Kindzins Architects & Engineers
Type: photograph

Robie Roscoe Services building under construction, circa 1967

Collection: Acadia Photograph Collection. Campus and Buildings
Description: Exterior view of the physical plant building under construction (probably the north and west sides shown) located on the south east corner of University Avenue and Crowell Drive. Construction materials surround the building. The south wall is not yet built. Strips of sod line the front of the building, which is currently the space known as Crowell Drive. In 1971, the building was named Robie…
Accession Number: APC668.2
Creator: Wood, Gerald E.
Type: photograph