Railroad tracks were placed for steam engine trains to bring building materials, including rocks from the nearby quarry, to the site of the future Duke University School of Medicine. The partially-constructed School of Medicine as well as some workers...
Construction was started September 1, 1927 and was completed in 1930. The original main entrance to the School of Medicine is now known as the Davison Building.
The School of Medicine and other Duke University West Campus buildings under construction. The original entrance to the School of Medicine is now known as the Davison building (named for the School of Medicine's first dean Wilburt Cornell Davison)....
Duke Hospital with railroad tracks. Trains were used to bring supplies into campus including stones from Duke's own quarry in Hillsborough, N.C. Hospital construction began on September 1, 1927 and was completed on July 1, 1930. Duke Hospital opened...