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In 2015, the building was named in honor of Parren J. Mitchell, a former congressman and civil rights leader who was the first African American to obtain a graduate degree from the University of Maryland in 1952. [3] [4] A. James Clark Hall (AJC) 2017 [5] Atlantic Building (formerly Computer and Space Sciences) 1963 Renovated 1996.
Morrill Hall is the oldest continuously-used academic building on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park.Built in 1898 in the Second Empire architectural style for $24,000, [2] it was the sole academic building left untouched by The Great Fire of 1912 which devastated almost all of campus.
iribe.umd.edu The Iribe Center ( / ˈ iː r iː b / ; officially known as the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Innovation ) is a building at the University of Maryland, College Park that is used primarily for computer science education and research.
On March 6, 1856, the forerunner of today's University of Maryland was chartered as the Maryland Agricultural College. [15] Two years later, Charles Benedict Calvert (1808–1864), a future U.S. Representative (Congressman) and descendant of the first Lord Baltimore , purchased 420 acres (1.7 km 2 ) of the Riversdale Mansion estate nearby today ...
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is a performing arts complex on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. [2] The 318,000-square-foot (29,500 m 2) facility, which opened in 2001, houses six performance venues; [3] the UM School of Music; [4] and the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. [5]
The Rossborough Inn was a faculty residence when, in 1864, during the Civil War, Confederate Army General Bradley T. Johnson (of Frederick, Maryland) and his cavalry brigade occupied the university grounds, utilizing the building as his headquarters. [3] The building has been used for a variety of purposes since.
The Adele H. Stamp Student Union, commonly referred to as "Stamp", is the student activity center on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. First constructed in 1954 (with additions in 1962 and 1971), the building was renamed in 1983 for Adele Hagner Stamp, who served as the university's dean of women from 1920 to 1960.
The Jones-Hill House is an indoor collegiate sports training complex located on 14.5 acres (5.9 ha) of land on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park, a suburb north of Washington, D.C. [3] Jones-Hill House is situated in the center of the campus, adjacent to Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium, near Stamp Student Union and McKeldin Library.