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[[Image:UAB Education Building.jpg|right|thumb|275px|View from 13th Street South in December 2009.]] | |||
The '''UAB Education Building''' (originally '''University College Building No. 1''', officially '''UAB School of Education Building''') at 901 [[13th Street South]] was the first major building project undertaken in [[1970]] for the development of a [[UAB College of General Studies|College of General Studies]] at [[UAB]]. Ground was broken at the site of the $2,081,000 building in January 1970 and it was completed by [[Goodner Construction]] in [[1971]]. When it opened the building housed 22 classrooms, five large lecture halls, 64 faculty offices, 17 clerical offices, seven seminar rooms, a psychology laboratory, a business machine laboratory, a closed-circuit television studio and the [[Mervyn H. Sterne Library|University College Library]]. | The '''UAB Education Building''' (originally '''University College Building No. 1''', officially '''UAB School of Education Building''') at 901 [[13th Street South]] was the first major building project undertaken in [[1970]] for the development of a [[UAB College of General Studies|College of General Studies]] at [[UAB]]. Ground was broken at the site of the $2,081,000 building in January 1970 and it was completed by [[Goodner Construction]] in [[1971]]. When it opened the building housed 22 classrooms, five large lecture halls, 64 faculty offices, 17 clerical offices, seven seminar rooms, a psychology laboratory, a business machine laboratory, a closed-circuit television studio and the [[Mervyn H. Sterne Library|University College Library]]. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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* "[http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/UAB(1-70).jpg Groundbreaking next week for first new UAB building]" (January 1970) ''Birmingham News'' - via [[Birmingham Rewound]] | * "[http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/UAB(1-70).jpg Groundbreaking next week for first new UAB building]" (January 1970) ''Birmingham News'' - via [[Birmingham Rewound]] | ||
Revision as of 15:39, 17 April 2011
The UAB Education Building (originally University College Building No. 1, officially UAB School of Education Building) at 901 13th Street South was the first major building project undertaken in 1970 for the development of a College of General Studies at UAB. Ground was broken at the site of the $2,081,000 building in January 1970 and it was completed by Goodner Construction in 1971. When it opened the building housed 22 classrooms, five large lecture halls, 64 faculty offices, 17 clerical offices, seven seminar rooms, a psychology laboratory, a business machine laboratory, a closed-circuit television studio and the University College Library.
The building was renamed the "School of Education Building" in 1983.
References
- "Groundbreaking next week for first new UAB building" (January 1970) Birmingham News - via Birmingham Rewound