Horace Trumbauer architectural drawings, 1924-1958.

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Horace Trumbauer architectural drawings, 1924-1958.

https://archives.lib.duke.edu/catalog/uatrumbauer

Included in this artificial collection are blueprints, photographs, sketches, drawings, written material, and printed material relating to the planning and construction of buildings at Duke University from 1924 to 1958. Some of the buildings designed by the firm are the Duke University Chapel, the Allen Hall Administration Building, Cameron Indoor Stadium, East Campus Baldwin Auditorium, the East Campus Union Building, the East Campus Central Heating Plant Complex, the Carr Building (formerly known as the Class Room Building), the Medical School and Hospital, the Nurses' Home, the Law School Building, School of Religion, Chemistry Building, and the Botany and Biology Building. The firm also designed the dormitories Giles House, Alspaugh Hall, Pegram Hall, Bassett Hall, and Brown House (formerly known as Dormitories 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively).

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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