[Chestnut Street and campus buildings]

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Photograph of Chestnut Street with cars driving and parked on it and the various campus buildings close to the road. The buildings include Bruce Hall, the Biology Building, the Chemistry Building, the Library Building, the Power Plant, the Physics-Mathematics Building, the Language-Government Building, the Business Administration Building, the Speech and Drama Building, the Student Union Building, the Administration Building, the Music Hall, the Orchestra Hall, and the Music Building.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 6 x 6 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. 1969.

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Photograph of Chestnut Street with cars driving and parked on it and the various campus buildings close to the road. The buildings include Bruce Hall, the Biology Building, the Chemistry Building, the Library Building, the Power Plant, the Physics-Mathematics Building, the Language-Government Building, the Business Administration Building, the Speech and Drama Building, the Student Union Building, the Administration Building, the Music Hall, the Orchestra Hall, and the Music Building.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 6 x 6 cm.

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North Texas State University was renamed the University of North Texas on May 15, 1988. The Speech and Drama Building was built in 1968 and was renamed the Speech Building in 1982 and later the Radio, Television, Film, and Performing Arts Building in 1998. The Physics-Mathematics Building was dedicated in 1961 and in 1977 it was renamed the Physics Building. The Power Plant was built in 1915. The Library Building was built in 1937 and renamed the Information Science Building in 1971/72; it was later renamed again to Sycamore Hall in 2011. The Administration Building was built in 1956. The Business Administration Building was built in 1961 and renamed Sage Hall in 2011 after the new Business Leadership Building was completed. The Music and Orchestra Halls were built in 1936 and torn down in 1976. The Music Building was built in 1961 and connected to the pre-existing Orchestra and Music Halls; it was completely renovated in 2010 and renamed the Paul Voertman Concert Hall. The Chemistry Building, named in 1967, was originally built in 1951 and known as the Master's Building; it was torn down for the new Life Sciences Building that was built in 2009. Bruce Hall, built in 1947/48 to be a women's dorm, was remade into a co-ed dorm in 1970's. The Education Building was built in 1918/19 and renamed the Business Administration Building in 1950, the Language-Government Building in 1961, and the Psychology Building in 1970. The Biology Building was built in 1966/67. The Student Union Building was built in 1964 where the old Memorial Student Union stood.

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[Chestnut Street and campus buildings], photograph, 1969; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc797894/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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