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| "And because Auburn men and women believe in these things, I believe in Auburn and love it" |
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Year: 1910
-Named for former Alabama Governor Braxton Bragg Comer.
-The inside of the building was gutted by fire in the early 1920s. It was redone in 1922 with all native Alabama wood.
-In the front of the building, there is a bronze plaque on a stone honoring the centennial of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station.
-Under the stone is time capsule highlighting the then 100-year history of the Experiment Station.
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| -Comer Hall has always been home to the College of Agriculture and also currently ouses the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology and the Offices of Agriculture and International Agriculture. |
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Year: 1972
-Swingle Hall is named after Homer S. Swingle, who helped found the Fisheries department in the 1930's.
-Swingle Hall houses the AU Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures. |
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Year: 1940
-It is named for Charles Allen Cary who is responsible for bringing the program of meat and food inspection to the state of Alabama and developing AU's College of Veterinary Medicine.
-The columns outside of Cary contain tiny shell fossils.
-COSAM uses the building for some studies in biological sciences. |
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Year: 1928
-Duncan Hall was named for President L.N. Duncan who, in 1920, began to put aside a reserve fund for the construction of the Extension Service.
-Duncan Hall is the state headquarters for the Alabama Cooperative Extension System which is an outreach organization for the land-grant mission of Auburn University. |
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Year: 1957
-Funchess Hall is part of "Ag Hill"
-Several classes for the College of Agriculture and COSAM are held here. |
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Year: 1930
-Upchurch Hall is home to the Department of Animal Sciences and several other academic fields within the College of Agriculture. |
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