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'''Building Name:''' Residence Administration Building [[File:Residence Administration.jpg|thumb|right|320x415px|The back of the Residence Administration building, (197-?). PR; Series 1; Sub-series 7; Item 7844.]] '''Other Names:''' Unknown
'''Building Name:''' Residence Administration Building
[[File:Residence|thumb|320x415px|right|The back of the Residence Administration building, (197-?). PR; Series 1; Sub-series 7; Item 7844.]]
'''Other Names:''' Unknown


'''Civic Address:''' 20 Bailey Dr.
'''Civic Address:''' 20 Bailey Dr.
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'''Notes:''' According to legend, the Residence Administration Building's clock tower was built accidentally; at the design stage, someone allegedly went into the architect's room to use the telephone, and while there sketched a clock onto the plans for the building and thus the clock tower was built.
'''Notes:''' According to legend, the Residence Administration Building's clock tower was built accidentally; at the design stage, someone allegedly went into the architect's room to use the telephone, and while there sketched a clock onto the plans for the building and thus the clock tower was built.


The plans for the Residence Administration Building required that the[[Neville Homestead| Neville Homestead]], a nineteenth century farmhouse which had existed beside the UNB campus since 1876, be moved from its original spot and re-situated further east on the campus.
The plans for the Residence Administration Building required that the[[Neville Homestead|Neville Homestead]], a nineteenth century farmhouse which had existed beside the UNB campus since 1876, be moved from its original spot and re-situated further east on the campus.


'''Source(s):'''
'''Source(s):'''
* UA Case 123; Section 1.
 
* <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Montague, Susan. ''A Pictorial History of the University of New Brunswick''. University of New Brunswick, 1992, p. 166.</span>
*UA Case 123; Section 1.
* <span style="color: #000000;">Leroux, John.</span> ''Building A University: The Architecture of UNB''.<span style="color: #000000;"> Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2010, p. 83.</span>
*<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Montague, Susan. ''A Pictorial History of the University of New Brunswick''. University of New Brunswick, 1992, p. 166.</span>
* The Brunswickan, 1965, vol. 98, no. 2, p. 5.
*<span style="color: #000000;">Leroux, John.</span> ''Building A University: The Architecture of UNB''.<span style="color: #000000;">Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2010, p. 83.</span>
*The Brunswickan, 1965, vol. 98, no. 2, p. 5.


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Revision as of 11:33, 30 May 2014

Building Name: Residence Administration Building

The back of the Residence Administration building, (197-?). PR; Series 1; Sub-series 7; Item 7844.

Other Names: Unknown

Civic Address: 20 Bailey Dr.

Sod Turning: Unknown

Cornerstone Laying: Unknown

Opened for Use: 1965

Official Opening: Unknown

Architect: Unknown

Named for: It's function as the offices of Residence Administration

Renovations/changes/additions: Unknown

Notes: According to legend, the Residence Administration Building's clock tower was built accidentally; at the design stage, someone allegedly went into the architect's room to use the telephone, and while there sketched a clock onto the plans for the building and thus the clock tower was built.

The plans for the Residence Administration Building required that theNeville Homestead, a nineteenth century farmhouse which had existed beside the UNB campus since 1876, be moved from its original spot and re-situated further east on the campus.

Source(s):

  • UA Case 123; Section 1.
  • Montague, Susan. A Pictorial History of the University of New Brunswick. University of New Brunswick, 1992, p. 166.
  • Leroux, John. Building A University: The Architecture of UNB.Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2010, p. 83.
  • The Brunswickan, 1965, vol. 98, no. 2, p. 5.

© UNB Archives & Special Collections, 2012