View of campus, Girls' Industrial School, Geneva, Nebraska
Description
Lawns, trees, flower beds and walkways front two large brick buildings in this 6-1/2" x 4" black and white plate. To the left, the Administration Building has a large, rounded two-story front porch with columns and cupolas. To the right is the new four-story auditorium.
Contributors
Nebraska. Board of Commissioners of State Institutions
Excerpted from: "Thirteenth Biennial Reports of the Superintendent of the Girls' Industrial School" In Second Biennial Report of the Board of Commissioners of State Institutions to the Governor and Legislature of the State of Nebraska for the Biennium Ending November 30, 1916 (Lincoln: Nebraska Board of Commissioners of State Institutions, 1914), plate between pp. 146-148.
Historical Notes
Built in 1914 at a cost of $45,000, the Auditorium was opened to the public June 30, 1915. The first floor contained a kitchen, two dining rooms, dry storage and teachers' rooms; the second floor contained reception parlors, the superintendent's apartment and an auditorium, the third floor housed the hospital, dormitory, and staff apartments.
