- CROSS HALL CONSTRUCTION IN 1936.
- Workmen on the Cross hall for boys at Magnolia A &M College had
laid the forms for the pouring of the second floor when this picture was
taken on May 23, 1936. The view is to the southeast, showing in the distance
farmland now occupied by such industries as Koppers and Alumax. Just across
the highway, which still curves through the campus, can be seen several
small structures. The tiny building partly visible at far left was Curtis
Wright's barbershop. The billboards stood near the present Wesley Center.
A cafe and bus stop named the "Blue and Gold" then occupied the
middle of the present traffic island, and the faculty house at right, which
was home for nearly 40 years to the W.C. Munn's, was on the site of the
present Wharton Nursing Building. East University street was then only
a farm road, and North Washington was more of a sandy land than a street---at
least as far south as Columbia Street. The picture is from the SAU archives,
with information by Dr. Robert Walz, professor of history.
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