Campus fire - Tillinghast Hall after roof has collapsed, December 10, 1924

Title:: Campus fire - Tillinghast Hall after roof has collapsed, December 10, 1924
Description:: Crowds watch the fire engulfing the dormitory building Tillinghast Hall from the south side of Grove Street.
Date:: 1924
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Photographic prints
Location:: Bridgewater State University, Maxwell Library
Archives & Special Collections
Collection (local):: Bridgewater State University Historical Photographs
Subjects:: Teachers colleges
Educational facilities
Fires
State Normal School (Bridgewater, Mass.)
Places:: Massachusetts > Plymouth (county) > Bridgewater
Extent:: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm.
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Notes:: The intense heat from the burning of the main brick Normal School Building eventually broke the windows of Tillinghast Hall, allowing the interior to ignite. Arthur C. Boyden later wrote, "One of the striking features of the fire was the manner in which the students in the dormitories marched calmly to safety, and, when it was seen that there was time, returned for their valuables under the direction of the dean of women, Miss Elizabeth S. Pope [sic], assisted by others of the faculty and student body. There was not the slightest trace of excitement; every one attended to her own business as though it were a daily occurrence."
Notes (exhibitions):: Digital item is part of “$1,000,000 Blaze at Bridgewater”: A Campus Transformed
Identifier:: VMC003-222