Thread by @JayVanderVeen

@IUSouthBend is hopping today. There are (distanced) events across campus, including the last bash for the @IUbicentennial. I'll be sharing some stories at the new Northside Hall Historical Marker. No screen outside, so here are some images of the building thru time. #IU200 /1

@IUSouthBend Classes were held from the 1910s to the 1950s at schools and the YMCA in South Bend and Elkhart. But the number of students was outgrowing the space. A plan was made to build the campus north of the St. Joe River. (1958 architectural drawing.) #IU200 /2

Groundbreaking for the 1st academic building at @IUSouthBend took place in 1959, featuring @IndianaUniv Chancellor Herman Wells. #IU200 /3

The "New IU Center" was constructed on former park and rec property next to Parkview Juvenile Detention Center. #IU200 /4

The Indiana University South Bend-Mishawaka Center was dedicated in 1962 with all the flourishes Hoosiers expect. @IUBArchives #IU200 /5

But even the 25 new classrooms, 14 offices, and 800-seat auditorium were not enough to meet the demand for an @IndianaUniv education. The addition to Northside Hall started in 1971. #IU200 /6

The first Northside was clad in Indiana limestone. The addition (Northside West) was made of precast concrete. There is a beautiful courtyard where they meet. #IU200 /7

Northside (and the rest of @IUSouthBend) is right on the river and celebrates its place in nature. #IU200 /8

In fact, the @IUSouthBend campus is a lot more green than when streets ran through the middle of campus (1978). #IU200 /9

Even pre-COVID, learning took place outside the ivy-covered walls of academia. Literally. Here is a reading in the Northside Courtyard in 1975. @IUSouthBend @IUSBChancellor @IUbicentennial #IU200 /10