Bird Administration Building and Stillwell Building postcard

Bird Administration Building and Stillwell Building postcard

College buildings

College campuses

Universities and colleges -- Administration

Western Carolina College -- Buildings

Western Carolina University

Constructed in 1960, the Bird Building (pictured in the foreground) was originally built to serve as the college administration building. In 1979, it was replaced as the administration building by the construction of the Robinson Building and was then used as the college infirmary. The Bird Building was named for William Ernest Bird (1890-1975). The Stillwell Building (pictured in the background) was opened in 1953 during a transitional year, when Western Carolina Teachers College became Western Carolina College. The building was named for Edgar H. Stillwell, an 1899 graduate of Cullowhee High School who went on to teach history at the Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School (1905-1925). The copy on the back of the postcard reads, "Western Carolina College, Cullowhee, N.C. View north to Stillwell Classroom Building in background; Bird Administration Building in right foreground. W.C.C. is a four-year state college, co-educational, supported by the State of North Carolina; liberal arts, teacher education, master of arts degrees."

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Hunter Library Special Collections

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Kobart, W. H.

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Cullowhee (N.C.)

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Western Carolina University: Making Memories