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	Bentson-Bunker Fieldhouse (Fieldhouse), North Dakota Agricultural College Title Bentson-Bunker Fieldhouse (Fieldhouse), North Dakota Agricultural College Date of Original 1931-08-11 Description Front view (looking north) of the new gymnasium (Bentson-Bunker Fieldhouse, Fieldhouse) without landscaping completed. Three workers are to the right of the main stairs. Ordering Information Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services General Subject Colleges & Universities Subject (LCTGM) Gymnasiums Organization Name North Dakota State University Bentson-Bunker Fieldhouse (Fargo, N.D.) Location Fargo (N.D.) Cass County (N.D.) North Dakota United States Decade 1930-1939 Negative Number GPNB1295 Format of Original Glass negatives Dimensions of Original 13 x 18 cm. Publisher of Original North Dakota Agricultural College (Fargo, N.D.) Place of Publication Fargo (N.D.) Transcription "Gymnasium - front view" Notes Photographer unknown. Title supplied by staff. Biography/History "Art Moderne; four stories; yellow brick in American bond; south facing projecting front entry is gabled with three-part arcade faced with stylized Art Moderne brick patterns and recessed entry. Brick piers flank front entry and terminate in in marble bases. Over the front entry is a large stone plaque inset with a carved stone bison in profile (the mascot from team sports at North Dakota State University). Decorative stone and brick bands run along the top of the second story windows. A decorative zig-zag brick pattern follows below the gable line at at the roof. The east and west sides of the building are divided into six bays by brick buttresses dividing each bay into two story-tall arched windows in pairs. Braseth and Houkom, architects." (National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form - Summer 1982, p. 5) External Resource See also NDSU Archives Building History web site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndsu-university-archives/collections/72157624385769264/ Repository Institution North Dakota State University Libraries, University Archives Repository Collection NDSU University Archives Glass Negative Collection Credit Line University Archives, NDSU, Fargo (GPN B1295) Rights Management Copyright held by the University Archives. Language eng Digital ID ua000188 Original Source glass negative
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