Buildings: 1885-1923
The Ladies' Annex opened in 1889 as a self-contained
boarding and classroom facility. It contained, in addition to sleeping
quarters, an art studio, a gymnasium, meeting rooms for the the three sororities,
and the Alethean and Clio Literary Societies. This photograph
was taken prior to 1905 when a wing was added on the east, giving the building
an "H" design.
Floor plans of the Ladies' Annex Building after the addition of the East Wing in 1905. These plans were drawn by Kittie Cain, class of 1916.
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Photograph of the women's dining room in the Annex taken from the album kept by Laura Fowler - 1906. |
Delta Delta Delta Chapter meeting room in the Ladies' Annex |
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| From a photograph album kept by Laura Fowler - 1906. | Annex Bedroom, also from the Laura Fowler album. |
Southwestern's original chapel building, located on the soutwest corner of the first campus, was converted to a reading room and library in 1895. By 1897 the library contained approximately 2800 volumes. The First Methodist Church building, in the background, was completed in 1902.
The cornerstone for the Southwestern University Administration Building (now known as the Roy and Lillie Cullen Building) was laid September 8, 1898. By the end of the 1898-1899 school year, a lack of funds brought construction to a halt after the first floor was finished. Construction was resumed in April 1900 and the building was opened for use at the beginning of the 1900-1901 school year. The cornerstone ceremony photograph, above, was found in the M. B. Lockett Autobiography.
The cornerstone for the medical and pharmaceutical building was laid in April 1905 in a ceremony attended by over 300 students from the University and Preparatory Departments.
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Mood Hall - Circa Summer 1908 Mood Hall was named for F. A. Mood, Southwestern's first President. It was built by the Belford Lumber Company of Georgetown with an open atrium in the center to aid air circulation. The atrium was enclosed during renovations in the 1940s. |
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Mood Atrium - Circa 1913 |
Student Room in Mood Hall - Circa 1920 This photograph is part of the George Steinman photograph collection. |
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YMCA Meeting Room in Mood Hall - Circa 1920
Campus master plan drawn by C. F. Ward of Houston and
used on university
letterhead during the 1915 building campaign begun during Dr. Bishop's tenure
as
president . First, second and fifth buildings are: Administration Building (Cullen
Building), Mood Hall (Mood-Bridwell), and Ladies' Annex.
Williamson County Science Building, which existed between 1917 - 1950.
Giddings Hall, (shown above) was the first men's dormitory and also the first building built entirely from the donated funds of patron Mrs. Giddings. After it was demolished, Dr. Godbey salvaged its materials to build the Godbey Gymnasium (below) in 1918.The wooden gym burned in 1921 and was replaced by a building made of corrugated iron. The new building was used as the university gym until West Gym was built in 1941.
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