
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, May 31, 1990                   TAG: 9005310110
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: HAMPDEN-SYDNEY                                LENGTH: Short

HAMPDEN-SYDNEY TO RAZE THE `ALAMO' BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

In a move opposed by some alumni and students, Hampden-Sydney College has decided to raze the oldest building on campus.

The college board of trustees voted to tear down the building, called the "Alamo," because engineers determined it was unsafe.

Mark Lanier, assistant to Hampen-Sydney President James Leutze, said board members reluctantly voted May 7 to dismantle the building.

He said engineers told the board it would cost $250,000 to stabilize the brick structure and at least $650,000 to make it usable.

The oldest part of the structure was built in 1817 and was the home of President Woodrow Wilson's parents when Wilson's father was a professor at Hampden-Sydney.

The Alamo is one of 11 buildings at Hampden-Sydney listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Hampden-Sydney graduate Gerald Gilliam said he will try to save the building.

by CNB