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The Lilacs
On the corner of Notre Dame Avenue and Napoleon Boulevard stands an old yellow-bricked house. Located at 1136 N. Notre Dame Avenue, the house was built for Notre Dame professor of English Maurice Francis Egan. Egan was the first lay … Continue reading
Senior Bar
The first Senior Bar building has an unlikely history. The house was built in 1916 as a private residence and was known as the McNamara House. In 1951 the house was converted into a home for men in formation to … Continue reading
William J. Burke Golf Course
In the Fall of 1929, the William J. Burke Memorial Golf Course in the southwest corner of campus opened for use of Notre Dame students, faculty, clergy, and friends of the University. The course was donated by Notre Dame Trustee … Continue reading
Memorial Library Topping Out
On April 3, 1962, the last steel girder for the Memorial Library (now Hesburgh Library) was put into place. As part of the “topping out” ceremony, University President Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, CSC, inscribed the final beam, which was hoisted … Continue reading
Sorin Hall Porch
“It was not like that in the olden days, in the days beyond recall, When everybody got ducked that lived in Sorin Hall.” [1906 Dome yearbook] In the latter part of the 19th century, enrollment at Notre Dame continued to … Continue reading
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Vetville
Like many other American universities in the late 1940s, Notre Dame saw an influx of a new type of student: a World War II veteran on a G.I. Bill with a wife and possibly children. Since Notre Dame did not … Continue reading
Washington Hall
Notre Dame Film, Television, and Theater professor Mark Pilkinton’s much anticipated book on Washington Hall was released earlier this week. Look for Washington Hall at Notre Dame: Crossroads of the University, 1864-2004 at your favorite bookstore or library. A detailed … Continue reading
Rockefeller Hall
Near where Cavanaugh Hall is today, there once was a building which had the tongue-in-cheek name “Rockefeller Hall.” This building housed the University privies and possibly stables at some point, and the upper level housed transient men who came to … Continue reading
Notre Dame Post Offices
The initial success of the University of Notre Dame as an internationally renowned institution is due to the passion and dedication of her founder, the Rev. Edward Sorin, CSC. Located in the rural wilderness of Indiana, Notre Dame had many … Continue reading
Campus Statue Project
In the 1940s, during the midst of World War II, Notre Dame embarked on an ambitious campus beautification project, which would fill twenty empty niches on buildings around campus, including many that had stood vacant for decades. In 1943, classes … Continue reading
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