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Found 12 events matching "hillsborough"

3/5/1959
Hillsborough Street caught fire

Fire damaged a half-block of buildings across from the NC State campus along Hillsborough and Horne Streets.

Included in Student Life
1963
Hillsborough Street began integration

Baxley's on Hillsborough Street was the first restaurant near NC State's campus to serve African Americans.

2011
The Point completed

The new chancellor's residence replaced the one on Hillsborough Street, which then became the Gregg Museum.

3/23/1974
NC State beat UCLA

Before defeating Marquette for NC State's first NCAA men's basketball championship, State beat UCLA and sparked a huge riot on Hillsborough Street.

10/19/1948
President Truman visited

President Truman reviewed techniques of State College ROTC cadets during a parade. Crowds gathered on Hillsborough Street to see the president pass by.

01/01/1976
State Capitol Life Insurance building purchased

NC State purchased the State Capitol Life Insurance building, which was on the corner of Hillsborough and Fairmount streets. The building housed the Computing Center and offices for the Department of Economics.

9/21/2000
Students led football victory celebration

After an overtime football victory over Georgia Tech at Carter-Finley Stadium, NC State students tore down a goalpost and carried it down Hillsborough Street towards campus. The goalpost cost $5,000 to replace.

Included in: Football; Student Life
04/1972
Students organized Vietnam War rally

Over 1,000 students marched down Hillsborough Street from campus to the State Capitol to protest the Vietnam War. The students staged a rally on the capitol steps in response to the U.S. bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong in North Vietnam.

1905
Land designated for athletic field

The Board of Trustees approved converting an area on campus called "Crawford's Farm" into an athletic field. Games were previously played at Red Diamond Field (now part of Pullen Park) or the Old State Fairgrounds on the other side of Hillsborough Street.

2007
Centennial Biomedical Campus groundbreaking

Anchored by the College of Veterinary Medicine, the CBC was located on the corner of Hillsborough Street and Blue Ridge Road. It was home to the Randall B. Terry, Jr. Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Center, more than 60 corporate and government partners, and 73 academic units.

1938
A new building for textiles funded

Additional funds were appropriated to supplement a Public Works Administration grant from the government to construct a new textiles building. Textiles faculty objected to a proposed site on Hillsborough Street near the railroad tracks because smoke, noise, and vibration would damage lab equipment. Instead, a site proposed on a pecan grove at the far west end of campus was chosen for a four-story, fireproof building of concrete and steel.

04/06/1968
Students reacted to MLK Jr. assassination

On the weekend of King's death, approximately 200 white students and faculty from UNC Chapel Hill, Duke, and NC State gathered in the Brickyard. The protestors intended to march on the State Capitol Building and present a petition to Governor Dan Moore. The march did not go forward as planned after the Raleigh Police Department stopped the group at Winston Hall, and Chancellor Caldwell pleaded with protesters to disperse peacefully. With threats of arrest looming and National Guard troops waiting farther down Hillsborough St. to intercept the march, the protesters dispersed as requested. The following Monday, a smaller group went to the Capitol and presented the petition to a gubernatorial aide who promised that the governor would read it.