SII / LWMA - Buildings

S.I.I. and L.W.M.A. Buildings and Landmarks

No.	Year	Name	Known Facts	Street Address	Year Destroyed
		Campus Location	Old Map - New Map
1.	1828	Dr. Ward's home	Old Plantation House a.k.a The Haunted House		1959
2.	1898	Marlo Cottage	Given by Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Langley in 1898. The school started here. Later it was known as The Shack. It stood on the left side of the road behind the main entrance.		19??
3.	1900 and 1925	Ross Hall Ross Hall Photo Page	First school building erected. First named "College Hall." Later amed for D.A.G. Ross, benefactor of the school in the beginning 1898. Burned June 23, 1925 and rebuilt in Sept. 1925. Second oldest building. This building has been, a classroom building, a basketball gym, a dormitory, a dining hall and infirmary, staff housing, and now the ROTC building with classrooms, offices and the armory.	62 Ward Cir.	1925 - Rebuilt
4.	1903	Alabama Hall Alabama Hall 1957	Three story dormitory was located on the west Hill Hall site.		195?
5.	1909	Goodwill Hall - 1907 under construction View 2 - Goodwill Hall 19?? View 3 - Goodwill Hall 1920 View 4 - with Alabama Hall - 1920 View 5 - with Alabama Hall - 1928 View 6 - Russell Hall -1963 View 7 - with Allen House - 1960 View 8 - 1970's View 9 - 1980's	Funds provided by a friend in Philadelphia. Remodeled in 1960 with funds provided by Robert A. Russell, benefactor of Russell Mills in Alexander City, AL. Robert A. Russell Hall name plaque now on the Headquarters building now standing in the same location		1985
6.	1911	Crescent Knoll	A bungalow usually used by a teacher.		19??
7.	1912	Dining Hall	Located on the back road between Alabama Hall and Goodwill Hall. Contained kitchen and dinning room with seating for 150 persons.		194?
8.	1912	Water System			19??
9.	1914	Drummond Print Shop Old Infirmary and staff housing.	Funds given by Mrs. C. F. Dole. located right of front gate. Infirmary remodeled from print shop. Oldest building on campus.	26 Ward Cir.
10.	1914	Old Supply Building Lincoln Science Building Shop Classroom Building	Was located to the left of Ross Hall and right of Allen House. Supply room moved to Hill Hall in 1964. This building was used as the band room for a short time after the supply room was moved.		1967
11.	1914	Well Drilled
12.	1921 and 1925	Allen House (1921-25) Allen House (after 1925 - Photo - 19??) Allen House and Campus 1959-60 Allen House (1962)	Named for Miss. Allen who donated the funds after the first Building burned in 1923 and was rebuilt in 1925. This building was a dormitory located between Russell Hall and the old supply building on the west side Wallace hall site. During the late 50's and early 60's this building housed at different times, the pool room, a barber shop, and the canteen on the first floor. The armory was in the basement in 1962 and the old dorm rooms on the second and third floors were storage space.		1923 and 1967
13.	1930	Tallapoosa Hall View 2 - Under Construction View 3 - 1970 View 4 - 1988 View 5 - 1992 View 6 - 1997 View 7 - 2000 View 8 - 2001 Cornerstone - 1998	Academic Building named for Tallapoosa County. Built with a grant of $50,000.00 from the state of Alabama in 1927. The armory was in the basement of this building from 1963 until moved to Ross Hall after the new Dining hall was built	131 Cadet Dr.
14.	193?	Cabin	Cabin erected by the boys overlooking Lake Mary.		194?
15.	194?	Concrete Bleachers	Facing old football / drill field and highway 50.
16.	194?	Outdoor Swimming Pool	Located across highway from the west entrance. No longer in use.
17.	194?	Friendly Hall Kirkland Hall	Friendly Hall first, then renamed for J. Brackin Kirkland a graduate of SII and President from 1942 - 1949. Became Chairman of the Board of Trustees in 1948. (dormitory)		1992
18.	1944	Dr. and Mrs. Ward Grave Site	Located across the front road in front of Dixon Chapel
19.	1950	Dr. Lyman Ward Monument View 2 (1950) View 3 (1992) View 4 (1998)	Located in front of Ross Hall.
20.	1950	Ward Hall Howell Hall	Known as "New Brick" when Goodwill Hall was known as "Old Brick" in the late 1950's. (dormitory)Renamed for Eli Howell who was a SII graduate of 1933 and President of the school from 1949 - 1959.	220 Ward Cir.
21.	1961	76mm Cannons (1961) View 2 (1999)	These two anti-tank guns were placed on either side of the Dr. Ward monument in 1961. Moved to the flagpole area in 1963 to take picture of the Color Guard, Band, and the flag at half-mast in honor of President Kennedy after his assassination in November.
22.	1963	Entrances	Brick wall with LWMA and lamps, east, and brick columns with lamps west.
23.	1964	Hill Hall	Named for O.V. Hill. He was a graduate of SII in 1928. He later became a Trustee of the school. This building is a dormitory, with the canteen and pool, and TV rooms in the lower floor. The supply room was here before the new supply building was built.	164 Ward Cir.
24.	1964	Brooks Rifle Range	Named for James E. Brooks who graduated in 1947.	475 Cadet Dr.
25.	1966	Bleachers Built	At the new football field that was completed in 1964.
26.	1967	Wallace hall	Named after Gov. Lurleen Wallace. A dormitory Located on the old Allen House and old supply building site.	100 Ward Cir.
27.	1967	Permanent Reviewing Stand	Located on the Drill Field.
28.	1967	New Dining Hall	Located across the back road from Wallace Hall	284 Cadet Dr.
29.	1967	Brick Flagpole Base	"The Gun mount"
30.	1968	Infirmary Wing	Added to the old Infirmary Building / Staff Housing	26 Ward Cir.
31.	1968	Outdoor Rifle Range	Located on the back campus northeast of Lake Mary.
32.	1972	Clock	Clock installed in the Tallapoosa Hall Clock Tower.
33.	1973	Gymnasium - 2001 Gym Logo 1988	Located on back campus, across from new football stadium.	106 AWOL Ave.
34.	1973	Indoor Swimming Pool Aquatic Center -2001	Located next to New Gym	80 AWOL Ave.
35	1982	Dixon All Faith Chapel	Named for Solon Dixon. He graduated from SII in 1922. Benefactor of the school.	282 Ward Cir.
36.	1986	Headquarters (1989) (1999)	Located on Russell Hall site.	132 Ward Cir.
37.	1987	New Flagpole	Erected by the Alumni Association.
38.	1989	New Supply Building	Located across the back road from Hill Hall.	374 Cadet Dr.
39.	1992	Futch Parade Field	Named for Brig. Gen. T.L. Futch. Commandant of Cadets at LWMA from 1959 - 1967. Marker in front of Reviewing Stand has bricks from Russell Hall around it. (Gen. Futch's office was in Russell Hall.) Funds raised by the Alumni Association.
40.	1992	Martha Dixon Library Science Classrooms and Science & Computer Labs (Ground floor in back) Martha Dixon Library and Ross Hall	Named for Martha Dixon, benefactor and Solon Dixon's widow. Library, Science classrooms, and Science Labs moved from Tallapoosa Hall to this new building.	282 Ward Cir.
41.	1995	Staff Housing Wing	Added to Hill Hall.
42.	1998	Wesley P. Smith Auditorium View #2 2001	Located to the west of Dixon Chapel and east of the farm buildings. A 500+ seat facility for the school. This was also the Centennial of the school.	300 Ward Cir.
43.	1998	Staff Housing Wing	Added to Wallace Hall.
44.	1999	New Field House	Built past the north end zone at Ranger Field.	193 AWOL Ave.
45.	1999	New Roof	Added to Howell Hall.
46.	2000	Staff Housing Wing	Added to Howell Hall.
47.	2001	Hyram S. Cawley Infirmary	Built north of the old infirmary - # 30. Side View	??? Cadet Dr.
48.	2001	Alumni Center and Museum	Help the Alumni Association build it.	??? Ward Cir.
.			Street Locations: Ward Circle = Front Road Cadet Drive = Back Road AWOL Avenue = Road to the Back Campus
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