Originally used for basketball and wellness, this gym was remodelled in 1996 to be used as studio space for the Art Department. Currently it is used for design, drawing, printmaking.
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Publishers of Aberdeen Daily American and Aberdeen Weekly American, the American Publishing Company was one of the two daily newspapers in Aberdeen. The current building in that location is a new construction, despite the similar size.
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Built in 1902, this was the first building on campus. Two wings were added to the building as well as portico columns to the main entrance. The Central Building burned down in the winter of 1961. The Mewaldt-Jensen building was built in its spot in 1963, and the Technology Center addition was finished in 2007.
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Built in 1889 as the Union Bank Building, it housed Dakota Central Telephone Company during the time the original photo was taken. In 1940, it was combined with the adjacent buildings.
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Taken while still constructing the third floor of Lincoln Hall. Originally a dormitory housing 150 students, today Lincoln Hall is used for classrooms, offices, an art gallery and sculpture studio.
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On the corner of 4th Ave and Main Street, this building was used until 1937 when it was destroyed after a new post office was built a block to the east. In the early 1950’s, the building that still stands today was erected in its place.
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Homefield to the Aberdeen Pheasants, the grandstands in the picture were built in 1920. The ballpark was bought by the state in 1968 to expand Northern’s campus. In 1987, the Barnett Center was completed on the plot where the ballpark had stood.
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The original photo shows a large amount of snow piled up next to the sleds on Main Street. Today, the snow doesn’t pile nearly as high, the power lines are gone, and more trees are planted.
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This photo shows a near completed Johnson Fine Art Center, with materials on the ground outside. Completed in the same year, Baumgart Plaza has not been started in the picture.
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Funded by Andrew Carnegie and named after the president of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, the library was built in 1902 and served until 1950.
Currently, an addition to the First United Methodist Church stands in its location.
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