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Padgett-Thomas Barracks was originally built in 1922. It was the first building
on campus after the college relocated from Marion Square. Until 2001 when it
was demolished, it was the oldest building on campus. Structural problems forced
its closure in 2000. A new barracks that looks just like the original building
opened in August 2004. It is named for Colonel J. G. Padgett, a member of the
Board of Visitors and a 1892 graduate, and for Colonel John Pulaski Thomas,
Citadel 1893, member of the Board of Visitors from 1915 to 1949 and its chairman
from 1925-1949. The building, which serves as a model for all the barracks,
is designed so that the center is a quadrangle onto which each room opens, and
in each of the four corners is a spiral stairway. Adjacent to the east sally
port is the guard room. The dominant feature of the barracks is the tower which
rises 109 feet and eight stories in the air and overlooks the parade ground
to the east.
Additional Resources for Padgett-Thomas Barracks:
(Oct '01) Demolition of old PT Barracks
[MPG movie, 2858 KB, 0:28 minute cable download, 8:31 dialup download]
(April '02) Ground breaking
pictures.
Slideshow
#1 - Follow the construction from the inside out.
Slideshow
#2 - Watch in time-lapsed photograhpy PT be demolished and then rebuilt.
(Aug '04) Reopening of PT barracks
[MPG movie, 59,900 KB, 9:45 minute cable download, 174:06 dialup download]
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