Building Materials

Core Sample, 1976

A gray marbled limestone cylinder taken from the west wall of the foundation of Bosler Hall.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00289

Location: Shelf 21

Subject: Bosler Hall

Format: Building Materials

Denny Hall fireplace brick

Clay brick removed from Denny Hall fireplace during renovations in the 1980s.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00705

Location: Shelf 28 (housed with AC 00704)

Subject: Denny Hall

Format: Building Materials

Old East door knob

Brass door knob from the west entrance to East College.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00592

Location: Shelf 27 (housed with AC 00517)

Subject: East College, Campus Buildings

Format: Building Materials

West College fireplace brick

Clay brick removed from third floor fireplace in West College during 1980's renovations.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00704

Location: Shelf 28 (housed with AC 00705)

Subject: West College (Old West)

Format: Building Materials

West College Nail

Nail removed from lover level of West College during renovations in spring 2006. Possibly dating from early nineteenth century, when building was originally constructed.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00540

Location: Shelf 25 (housed with AC 00203)

Subject: West College (Old West)

Format: Building Materials

Wooden Fencepost

Single wooden picket with spade-shaped top.  The whitewash paint is weathered and slightly pealing.  The fencepost was supposedly used in the 1888 Halloween riot. 

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00244

Location: Shelf 8

Subject: Riot

Format: Building Materials

Wooden Railings

Dark wooden railings carved with names and symbols, believed to be from either West College or East College.

Artifact/Collection Number: AC 00242

Location: RR 01 (housed with AC 00238, AC 0000239)

Subject: Railings, West College (Old West), East College

Format: Building Materials

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