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Architecture Section
Introduction
Chronology
Black Mountain and Asheville
CAMPUSES
Blue Ridge Campus
Lake Eden Campus
Guide to the Campuses
and Maps
Curriculum
Biographies
of Architects
Architecture related publications
Section Outline
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(17) SERVICE BUILDING
Architect:
Constructed:
Job Captain: |
A. Lawrence Kocher
Spring-summer 1941; destroyed by fire summer 1943
Robert Bliss |
 The Service Building was a
two-story building of wood frame construction built for the cooks and other
black workers.
Robert Bliss, a student who became an architect, was in charge of
construction. Daily he met with Charlie Godfrey, the contractor in charge
of the construction of the Studies Building, to discuss the work to be
done. Construction was completed by the end of the summer.
In the summer of 1943, the building was destroyed by fire. New plans were
drawn for a one-story framework building on the original foundation with two bathrooms, six bedrooms,and a living room with a
central hall. The War Production Board, however, would not issue a permit
for construction of a new building. Approval was granted for an
annex to
South Lodge. The annex was completed in 1944. Until that time the kitchen
staff lived in Black Dwarf.
In 1945 a small one-story building for kitchen staff was constructed on
the foundation of the Service Building.
Plan for building.
2007: A private residence has been
constructed on the foundation of the original Service Building.
Photographs: Robert Bliss (with hammer).
Courtesy North Carolina State Archives, Black Mountain
College Papers.
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