Duke University, West Union Cornerstone
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showbizkid
N 36° 00.053 W 078° 56.328
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The Cornerstone for Duke University on the West Union Building at Duke University.
Waymark Code: WM5BY
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 12/28/2005
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June 25, 1928. The late James B. Duke's only child, Doris, sets the cornerstone of the University in the West Union Building as chief engineer A. C Lee (left) and Duke Endowment chair G. G. Allen (right) look on. Doris was 15 years old at the time. The cornerstone housed a box containing artifacts and documents.
The cornerstone today. It is an interesting bit of trivia that this is not the same cornerstone used in the ceremony with Doris Duke. The day after the ceremony, workmen discovered that the cornerstone did not properly fit the space allotted for it on the West Union Building. The original cornerstone was moved to the library tower across the quad. The cornerstone in the present-day photo was a new one cut to fit properly in the West Union Building. So there are actually two University Cornerstones at Duke.
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