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Lagging Behind: Fayetteville’S Historic Architecture, Jennifer Taylor, Jennifer Webb
Lagging Behind: Fayetteville’S Historic Architecture, Jennifer Taylor, Jennifer Webb
Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
Architecture is a reflection of what is happening in the larger cultural, economic, and artistic scene. Therefore, understanding regional variations in trend adoption is significant to understanding the relationship of Fayetteville, Ark., to the larger national context. Local architecture is a reflection of the citizens of Fayetteville as consumers of popular culture. Simultaneous adoption theory was used as the framework of this study. The project objectives were to 1) document significant architectural styles within designated historical districts and nearby areas, and 2) compare local stylistic trends with national trends to determine fit. Findings indicate that Fayetteville lagged behind the national …
“The Bricks” At Colby (Waterville) College: The Origins Of A Lost Campus, Bryant F. Tolles Jr.
“The Bricks” At Colby (Waterville) College: The Origins Of A Lost Campus, Bryant F. Tolles Jr.
Maine History
Popularly known as “The Bricks,” the former three-building row at Colby (Waterville) College was one of New England's most notable nineteenth-century higher educational building groups. Located at the center of Colby's first campus (abandoned in the 1950s), “The Bricks” consisted of a central main building, Recitation (Champlin) Hall (1836-1837), and two nearly identical, multi-purpose flanking structures, South (1821) and North (1822) colleges. The Colby row incorporated and integrated all components, formal as well as informal, of the college educational experience, thereby reflecting the predominant American higher educational philosophy of the pre-Civil War era. Bryant F. Tolles, Jr. is Professor of …