Breese Gymnasium

Contributors:

Erle Stillwell, architect

Dates:

1937-1938

Location:

Cullowhee, Jackson County

Street Address:

Western Carolina University Campus, Cullowhee, NC

Status:

Standing

Type:

Educational

Images Published In:

William Mitchell, Buildings as History: The Architecture of Erle Stillwell. A Descriptive Catalogue of His Drawings in the Henderson County Public Library (2006).

Note:

During the 1930s Stillwell began a long relationship with the Western North Carolinia Teachers College (now Western Carolina University). On his own and with Six Associates, he planned several buildings, beginning with Breese Gymnasium. It was erected with WPA assistance; some accounts state it was built with student labor and of native stone.