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First McBryde Hall
The McBryde Building in a hand-tinted plate from the 1926 Bugle, forty years before it came down
The Bugle, 1926, Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Public domain, via Internet Archive
The first building on campus designed in neo-Gothic architecture with native limestone (early Hokie Stone). Demolished 1966 to make way for the current McBryde Hall (1971).
Fun facts
- •Sculptures from the original facade were saved and are displayed along the walkway on the west end of the current McBryde Hall.
- •First McBryde was among the earliest campus buildings to use Hokie Stone, setting the architectural standard for VT.
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A short walk from First McBryde Hall.
