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'''Building Name:''' Florence Murray House[[File:Murray house.jpg|thumb|right|400x319px|Murray house, 1959. UA PC 9 no. 35 (4).]] | '''Building Name:''' Florence Murray House[[File:Murray house.jpg|thumb|right|400x319px|Murray house, 1959. UA PC 9 no. 35 (4).Murray house.jpg]] | ||
'''Other Names:''' Murray House, Cowie House, Bishop Court | '''Other Names:''' Murray House, Cowie House, Bishop Court | ||
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*UA Case 122; Section 3; Murray House. | *UA Case 122; Section 3; Murray House. | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:24, 17 November 2015
Building Name: Florence Murray House
Other Names: Murray House, Cowie House, Bishop Court
Civic Address: 806 George St.
Sod Turning: N/A
Cornerstone Laying: N/A
Opened for Use: [1959?]
Official Opening: [1959?]
Architect: Unknown
Named for: Florence Murray
Renovations/changes/additions: Many additions to the original house have created a rambling building with multiple storeys.
Notes: Known as Bishop Court when Anglican Bishop John Richardson lived here, the building served UNB as an off-campus female residence. Murray House closed its doors in 1981 and was sold to finance the renovation of Maggie Jean Chestnut House.
Murray House became the first co-educational residence at UNB, housing fourteen males and ten females in the fall of 1978.
Source(s):
- "Murray House goes Co-Ed." The Brunswickan, vol. 113, no. 5, 29 September 1978, p. 3.
- Montague, Susan. A Pictorial History of the University of New Brunswick. University of New Brunswick, 1992, p. 162.
- UA Case 122; Section 3; Murray House.
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