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<p><b>Building Names:</b> Memorial Hall Annex, Arts Building Annex, Work Shop<img _fck_mw_filename="Huts2.jpg" _fck_mw_location="right" _fck_mw_origimgheight="892" _fck_mw_origimgwidth="1114" _fck_mw_type="thumb" alt="Toole Hall with huts in the foreground. UA PC 9 no. 40 (15)." class="fck_mw_frame fck_mw_right" height="320" src="/images/e/ea/Huts2.jpg" style="vertical-align: middle;" title="Toole Hall with huts in the foreground. UA PC 9 no. 40 (15)." width="400" /></p>


<p><b>Other Names:</b> Army Huts, H-Huts, Huts, the &ldquo;Blot&rdquo;</p>
'''Building Names:''' Memorial Hall Annex, Arts Building Annex, Work Shop[[File:Huts2.jpg|thumb|right|400x320px|Toole Hall with huts in the foreground. UA PC 9 no. 40 (15).]]


<p><b>Civic Address:</b> various locations across Fredericton campus</p>
'''Other Names:''' Army Huts, H-Huts, Huts, the “Blot”


<p><b>Cornerstone Laying:</b> N/A</p>
'''Civic Address:''' various locations across Fredericton campus


<p><b>Opened for Use:</b> September 1946 (original batch)</p>
'''Cornerstone Laying:''' N/A


<p><b>Official Opening:</b> 1946</p>
'''Opened for Use:''' September 1946 (original batch)


<p><b>Architect:</b> Unknown</p>
'''Official Opening:''' 1946


<p><b>Named for:</b> The Army habitation huts which were surplus held by the Canadian Forces and used by UNB to deal with increased enrollment during the post-war period; prefab huts brought onto campus during the 1960s are often attributed to the initial post-war purchase of huts.</p>
'''Architect:''' Unknown


<p><b>Renovations/changes/additions:</b> The Arts Building Annex was moved from the lawn between the <a href="Old%20Arts%20Building">Arts Building</a> and <a href="Lady%20Beaverbrook%20Residence">Lady Beaverbrook Residence</a> to a position behind the Arts Building (Summer 1951). The huts were destroyed over the years to make room for permanent buildings. The last of the prefab huts, dating from the 1960s, were demolished 22 December 1993. <img _fck_mw_filename="Huts.jpg" _fck_mw_location="right" _fck_mw_origimgheight="504" _fck_mw_origimgwidth="800" _fck_mw_type="thumb" alt="The demolition of 1960s era huts, 1993. PR; Series 2; Sub-series 1; File 135; Item 8. Photo credit: Joy Cummings-Dickenson." class="fck_mw_frame fck_mw_right" height="225" src="/images/d/d7/Huts.jpg" style="vertical-align: middle;" title="The demolition of 1960s era huts, 1993. PR; Series 2; Sub-series 1; File 135; Item 8. Photo credit: Joy Cummings-Dickenson." width="360" /> <b>Notes:</b> These huts were purchased in order to create working and class space for the booming student body after the Second World War, and then again during the 1960s. The first batch were moved onto campus on 1 August 1946.</p>
'''Named for:''' The Army habitation huts which were surplus held by the Canadian Forces and used by UNB to deal with increased enrollment during the post-war period; prefab huts brought onto campus during the 1960s are often attributed to the initial post-war purchase of huts.


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'''Renovations/changes/additions:''' The Arts Building Annex was moved from the lawn between the [[Old_Arts_Building|Arts Building]] and [[Lady_Beaverbrook_Residence|Lady Beaverbrook Residence]] to a position behind the Arts Building (Summer 1951). The huts were destroyed over the years to make room for permanent buildings. The last of the prefab huts, dating from the 1960s, were demolished 22 December 1993. [[File:Huts.jpg|thumb|right|360x225px|The demolition of 1960s era huts, 1993. PR; Series 2; Sub-series 1; File 135; Item 8. Photo credit: Joy Cummings-Dickenson.]]
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'''Notes:''' These huts were purchased in order to create working and class space for the booming student body after the Second World War, and then again during the 1960s. The first batch were moved onto campus on 1 August 1946.
<li>UA Case 123; Section 3, Box 1; Huts.</li>
<li>UNB Scrapbooks (UA RG 100), January - November 1946.</li>
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*UA Case 123; Section 3, Box 1; Huts.
*UNB Scrapbooks (UA RG 100), January - November 1946.
 
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Latest revision as of 14:44, 17 August 2017

Building Names: Memorial Hall Annex, Arts Building Annex, Work Shop

Toole Hall with huts in the foreground. UA PC 9 no. 40 (15).

Other Names: Army Huts, H-Huts, Huts, the “Blot”

Civic Address: various locations across Fredericton campus

Cornerstone Laying: N/A

Opened for Use: September 1946 (original batch)

Official Opening: 1946

Architect: Unknown

Named for: The Army habitation huts which were surplus held by the Canadian Forces and used by UNB to deal with increased enrollment during the post-war period; prefab huts brought onto campus during the 1960s are often attributed to the initial post-war purchase of huts.

Renovations/changes/additions: The Arts Building Annex was moved from the lawn between the Arts Building and Lady Beaverbrook Residence to a position behind the Arts Building (Summer 1951). The huts were destroyed over the years to make room for permanent buildings. The last of the prefab huts, dating from the 1960s, were demolished 22 December 1993.

The demolition of 1960s era huts, 1993. PR; Series 2; Sub-series 1; File 135; Item 8. Photo credit: Joy Cummings-Dickenson.

Notes: These huts were purchased in order to create working and class space for the booming student body after the Second World War, and then again during the 1960s. The first batch were moved onto campus on 1 August 1946.


Source(s):

  • UA Case 123; Section 3, Box 1; Huts.
  • UNB Scrapbooks (UA RG 100), January - November 1946.


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