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Home Economics Building housed "classrooms, home nursing rooms, laboratories, a model dining room and a cafeteria for instruction in Commercial Dietetics" (Catalog of Philander Smith College, 1940).

Images of the exterior of the Old Gymnasium and Physical Education Building in the early 1960's. The gym was originally built in 1948 and included classrooms for Drama and Speech, office space for Physical Education and Health instructors and also a…

Images of the interior of the Old Gynasium in the early 1960's. The gym was originally built in 1948 but was later restored and dedicated as the Sherman E. Tate Student Recreation Center in 2005.

Adeline Smith Home, formerly located at 1101 Izard Street. The construction of the original building was funded by Mrs. Adeline Smith (widow of Philander Smith) and dedicated in 1884 under the auspices of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the…

Article dated to February 28, 1935 that highlights Sunday School classes at Wesley Chapel Church. The article includes photos of the Pastor, Dr. J. N. Wallace, the Church School Superintendent Mr. J. S. Cullins and group photos of the Matrons' Class…

View of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church from State Street. Gothic style windows line the walls of the sanctuary.

Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church in 1994.

Image of Wesley Chapel Church that was published in the 1956 Panther Yearbook.

Construction work on the basement of the M. L. Harris Library and Fine Arts Building. Wesley Chapel Church is visible in the background.

Wesley Chapel's origins date back to 1853 (http://wesleychapelumclr.org/about-us/history). The church was originally established on land near 8th and Broadway. Wesley Chapel was the home of Walden Seminary, the precursor to Philander Smith College…