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Home My WebLink AboutResearch on Texas A&M Campus Housing; CD-ROMs & Notes; paper THE HISTORY OF THE TEXAS AS�M COLLEGE OF TEXAS AND CAMPUS HOUSING RESEARCH CD-ROMs and Notes Much of this material was collected from the Cushing Memorial Library Arid Archives by Justin Curtsiriger as an uriderg red uate in classes taught by Professor David G_ Woodcock in Fall 2005 acid continued as persorial research in the Cushing Library duri rig the time Curtsir�ger was a graduate student in Architecture (M Arches 2010) also under the directio ri of Professor Woodcock_ Cu rtsiriger's perso real re searcl-� paper was lost ire 2010 acid tl-ie rioter below are based ors re sea rcF-�files developed over a five year period_ The 1938 Map is in the collectio r-� in the Gushing Memorial Library and Archives, as are the origi—al photographs sca ri rigid onto these CD-ROMs_ The 1985 study of The Old Campus Houses of Texas ABM was ur�derta ken by Dr_ Paul van Riper in 1985 as part of the Texas Bicerite r�riial Celebratio r-�_ His use of t Fie Cushirig Archive s perso real irate rviews of people who had lived in the area, and cross-refe re r.ce to the highly-a rinotated 1938 Map mentioned above, re pre ser-�ts the most thorough aria lysis of campus housir-�g and its gradual migratio r-� i—to the community from the late 1930s through the early 1950s_ This collections comprises sever. (7)CO-ROM files,whose this fragile acid ofte" i rsa ccessible material available to the wider public_ Copies may be found i"the City of College Statio ri P roJect HOLD (History Ors Lime Database),the Cushing Memorial Library ar.d Archives, acid the Center for Heritage Corse rvatio r-s in the College of Architecture_ H�STOR�C MAPS OF TEXAS A8cM J ustir Curtsirger 2011 Fi/e Oote Co//ectio� Notes 1 ? Cushing before co rstru ctior of Sbisa 1-3i"i—g Hall (1913) 2 11/1/13 Cushing Note 1 3 1/4/14 Cushirig 4 Apr 1919 Cushirig S Aug 1919 Cushing July and August 6 S/1/25 Cushing 7 Jul 1925 Woodcock Note Z 8 C>ac 1934 Sanders Corps Center Note 3 9 2/10/35 Cushing 10 12/28/35 Cushing 11 1936 Cushing 12 38 van Riper Map drawn it 1938 with Paul van Riper motes 13 Jul 1938 Woodcock 14 2/23/40 Cuss-�ir-�g X Feb 1912 Cushing Note 4 Note 1: November 1, 1913 corrected on January 1, 1914 By: Department of Engineering Map: on "blue print" paper Cushing Memorial Library and Archives • This map has both temporary mess hall built after the old Mess Hall fire and shows Sbisa Dining Hall • The Academic Quadrangle now includes: Academic Building, Ross and Foster Halls,and the Civil and Electrical Engineering Buildings • The YMCA is shown with a new road in front • The Interurban to Bryan extends to the front of the YMCA • The Drill Field Neighborhood has developed with four streets: Lubbock, Clark, Runnels and Murrah • Two railroad depots: International and Great Northern and Houston and Texas Central • A note in the top of right indicates that"not all buildings are owned by the college" • Northside Neighborhood has spread along the west curve of the main entrance • The map has housing numbers, street names, and building names • The campus is growing east Note 2: Date: July 1925 Map: Sanborn Insurance Map: digital copy only • This map has names for streets and buildings, including identification of houses • The Bryan and College Interurban Railroad has changed location • Major additions to campus include: Bizzell Hospital, Guion Hall, Francis Hall, Gymnasium, Physics Building,Agriculture Building(now Glasscock Building),the Pavilion,and A&M Consolidated High School • The Military Science Building and Guion Hall replace part of Quality Row(the brick homes) • Murrah Street is replaced by the Drill Field Neighborhood • There is a developed 'workers' living area • Hollywood (the small wooden barrack buildings that replaced the tents)exists west of the YMCA • There is even more eastward development • The north point is not accurate Map Notes: Population is 3,000, including 1,500 students; water facilities include four deep wells;the Fire Department is manned by the cadets Location and number of houses: Quality Row,Throckmorton Street 13 Northside 40 Drill Field 24 Note 3: Date: December 1934 Source:Compiled from various sources for the ROTC Map: paper Location: Evans and Cushing Collection in the Sanders Corps Center • The best and most complete map for the period. It has a missing portion in lower left corner • The map shows the dramatic shift in entrance experience from the railroad to the automobile with the construction of Highway 6 and the New Main entrance road • College Park is developing south of campus • Kyle Field is built,with the first horse shoe stand • Hart Hall replaces the Old Chapel/Armory Building, Law, Puryear and Walton Hall are built • There is no Interurban railroad • The map shows the development of land around the campus to south and east. This will become College Station in 1938 Note 4: MISSING DIGITAL FILE Date: 1912 map traced from 1904 map Drawn: J. L. Ellis Map: on linen Located:Cushing Memorial Library and Archives • Shows location of un-numbered faculty houses and the location of the first faculty neighborhood nicknamed "Quality Row" and the beginning of the second and third neighborhoods • Traced from a 1904 map and updated to show 1912 campus • Date appears to ne two months before Old Main burned, and shows the outline of Old Main • The Sul Ross House(President's House) is shown by itself on the north side of the campus. This house burned in the 1960s and Lechner Hall erected on its site • The map shows two railroad depots at the Old Main entrance to campus • The Bryan and College Interurban stops at Gathright Hall (an 1876 building contemporaneous with Old Main • The map shows the extent of college buildings Location and number of houses: Quality Row 13 Northside 6 Drill Field 4 HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF TEXAS A&M Justin Curtsinger, 2011 Eleven (11) photographs from 1900 to 1920's: originals in Cushing Archives File Date Notes Aerial 11/16/25 Brick House ? Commandant's House 1920's Drill Field 1920'S Houston Street ? Other houses on Houston 1920's Panorama 1910-1915 PIC 1 ? PIC 2 ? PIC 3 / Quality Row 1900 estimated date of photograph CENTER FOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION RESEARCH FILES Three-ring binder with multiple folders, including the 1985 National Register Nomination listing original houses and current locations as of 1985: Paul van Riper. Other files and images on campus buildings. CDs from CHC files: TAMC Map: 1938 Houses and other buildings with multiple annotations on numbers,owners, removals and relocations The Old Texas A&M Campus Houses Paul van Riper, 1985 Text of report only Campus Housing: 3-CD set of PowerPoint and Photographs:Justin Curtsinger, 2005 1 11-slide PowerPont for class presentation ARCH 446 2 Disc 1 Faculty Houses 3 Disc 2 Faculty Houses CONTACT: Center for Heritage Conservation,Texas A&M University Professor Robert Warden, Director r-warden@tamu.edu 979-845-7061 Professor Emeritus David G. Woodcock, Director Emeritus d-woodcock@tamu.edu 979-218-5950