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Infirmary / Academic Advising Center

Built on the site of the Robertson House, the Academic Advising Building closely matches the Georgian Style of the 1926 campus. It initially served as a replacement infirmary, supplanting the Bishop's House, but sometime after 1972, became the Academic Advising Building, which it remains.
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Gilbert-Addoms Dormitory

Built on the former site of the President's House, Gilbert-Addoms ("GA") was built as a dormitory to house 200 women - it also featured sun decks and a cafeteria to seat 350. It was named for Katherine Gilbert, a philosophy professor at Duke from 1930-1952, and Ruth Addoms, a botany professor from 1930-1951.
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Baldwin Auditorium

Built as the focal point of the Women's College, the Auditorium was designed to sit 1400 people and was used primarily as a chapel for the college when it opened in 1927. The building is named for Alice Baldwin, who was a professor of history at Trinity, the first female faculty member at Duke, and first dean of the Women's college.
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Bassett Dormitory

A dormitory named for Professor John Spencer Bassett, most well-known for the 'Bassett Affair"
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Pegram Dormitory

A dormitory, the building was named for Professor William Pegram
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Brown Dormitory

One of the original numbered dormitories, the building was re-named for trustee Joseph Brown, class of 1875, sometime between 1927 and the mid 1960s.
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Alspaugh Dormitory (1926- )

One of the original numbered dormitories, the dormitory was renamed for Colonel Alspaugh (class of 1855,) as the North Dormitory on Trinity's campus had been earlier.
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East Campus Union

The original Union / dining hall for the Women's College, the the building contained multiple meeting areas and lounges, as well as faculty dining areas. As a small note that seems lost to the annals of time, when I was an undergrad in the late 1980s, there was a fine dining restaurant that accepted 'points' (on the Duke card) in the Union called the "Magnolia Room." The building is now called 'The Marketplace' since an major interior renovation in 1995.
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East Campus Library / Lilly Library

Replacing the Trinity College Library, the East Campus Library also served as Duke's first Art Museum until the Science Building was renovated in 1969 for that purpose. It was renamed the Lilly Library in 1990 for donor Ruth Lilly, and underwent extensive interior renovation in 1993.
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Faculty Apartments / Wilson Dormitory

The original faculty apartments on the Women's College campus, the building later became a student dormitory, and was renamed for Dean Mary Wilson in 1970
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