Towson University buildings and structures

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Former Locations

These buildings are located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school was housed in them at separate periods before the university moved to its current suburban location in 1915.

Former Buildings

Academic and Administrative

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Stephens Hall
1915
College of Business and Economics


Van Bokkelen Hall
1924
Mass Communication and Communication Studies
Communication Sciences and Disorders


Smith Hall
1965
Biology and Sciences Building


Linthicum Hall
1968
College of Liberal Arts


Media Center
Former Library
Department of Mass Communication and Communication Studies


University Union
1972
Auxiliary Office
University Store


Enrollment Services
1972


Center for the Arts
1973
College of Fine Arts & Communication


7800 York Road
2003
Department of Computer and Information Sciences


Administration Building



Stephens Annex
Communication Offices
Army ROTC

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Liberal Arts Complex
"To be completed by Spring, 2009
"To hold the College of Liberal Arts"

Non-Academic

Residence Buildings

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Newell Hall
1915


Richmond Hall
1924



West Hall
1951


Ward Hall
1951


Prettyman Hall
1957

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Scarborough Hall
1964


Residence Tower
1972


Glen Complex
1983


Towson Run Apartments
1989


Millennium Hall
2000


Burkshire Apartments


West Village
2008

Dining Halls and Facilities

Newell Dining Hall
Newell Den



Glen Dining Hall



PAWS



TRAX



Susquehanna

Campus Landmarks

Clocks on the Psychology Building


TowsonTown Boulevard Bridge



Glen Bridge

Trivia

*Stephens Hall, Newell Hall, and the Power Plant were the first three original buildings built on the suburban campus.

*In 1936, the Works Progress Administration, part of Roosevelt's New Deal, had spent over $55,000 in its work on "The Glen". It included lodges which were used for open air classes and meetings, a council ring for ceremonies, and an amphitheater.

*The original Lida Lee Tall was renamed Van Bokkelen Hall in 1960, after the man who first headed the State School System and funded the Normal School.

*After the school was moved to Towson, Richmond became the first principal to live in the white, colonial style house near Prettyman Hall. This was the main building of one of the estates existing on the land that was secured for the school. However, in 1970 President James Fisher became the last to live in the Glen Esk house since the school moved to Towson. Because it was no longer suitable for a family, as students were occasionally found passed out on the lawn, it was turned into the Counseling Center.

*In 1971, as Earle T. Hawkins, former president of Towson State University, researched the school's history, he became especially interested in the meaning of the name of the house, "Glen Esk", now the counseling center. Hawkins published an article in The Baltimore Sun, in which he suggested he was trying to solve this mystery. In response, he received a letter from the wine and spirits importers Maynard and Child, Inc. of Scotland, who included a label from their brand of whisky called "Glen Esk."

*The Cook Library occupies space that was once a gymnasium. Prior to its opening, the Media Center served as the library.

*George LaTour Smith, whom Smith Hall is named after, died on his way home after getting hit by a locomotive. The administration felt that it was respectful to name the building in his honor.

Notable People

*J. Charles Linthicum, a graduate who served in the House of Representatives and pushed the bill to make the Star Spangled Banner the national anthem.
* Dr. M. Bates Stephens, former Maryland State Superintendent.
*Libertus Van Bokkelen, first head of Maryland State School system, funded the Normal School.
*George L. Smith, the first head of the science department at the Normal School.
*Albert S. Cook, former Maryland State Superintendent for 21 years.
*William J. Burdick, considered the "father of physical education in the state" was a former faculty member and later became the director of physical education for the State Department of Education.
*Mary Scarborough, also a former faculty member, served for a number of years as field secretary for the Alumni Association, and left in her will a large sum of money to develop the association.
*Anita S. Dowell, a former faculty member and former Dean of the college, was largely responsible for the health instruction program of the college structured in 1953.
*Dr. Donald Minnegan served over 45 years at Towson, and was the only men's physical education faculty member for many of those years. Hawkins thought it would be fitting for the future field house to be named for him.

Presidents/Principals with buildings named after them

References