Name/Title
Lyndon State College Aerial Real Photo Color Postcard - Circa 1970 - from the David & Beth Kanell CollectionEntry/Object ID
2021.010.1Description
This was how the Lyndon State College campus looked during the very late 1960s into 1970. LSC was completing the largest capital expansion in its history.Context
Things of particular interest in this aerial: The lower road into Wheelock and Stonehenge dorms had not yet been built. The contractor and student-built gym was still in use (large, barn-like building at center with the green roof - it would be dismantled during the next year). Stannard Gymnasium, Alexander Twilight Theatre and the Fairbanks Science wing are under construction and nearly done. Stevens Dining Hall still has its original footprint. It was about to undergo an expansion of the dining area that would double its seating capacity. Vail Mansion with its two signature towers was still the centerpiece of the LSC campus. Vail would be deemed structurally deficient in 1973. It was demolished in the fall of 1974, despite efforts to preserve it. A new, brick building called the T.N. Vail Center would be constructed during 1975 and 1976, a portion of it built roughly on the same footprint as Vail Mansion. The T.N. Vail Center would open in the fall of 1976.Cataloged By
Michael ThurstonProvenance
Provenance Detail
David & Beth Kanell