Preyer Building 75 years ago — so new it doesn’t even have landscaping yet
For generations of Davidson students, going to the infirmary meant crossing Concord Road to the Preyer Building. Opened in January 1938, Preyer provided doctors offices and beds for the ailing until 1992 when the new student health center opened on North Main Street.
Davidson President Walter Lingle, college physician John MacConnell and nurse Sara Johnston along with students show off the new building. If you know who the students are, let us know. The photo’s caption didn’t include them.
The Davidsonian proudly proclaimed that:
With the opening of Davidson’s new $25,000 Infirmary the first step toward the building of the ideal Davidson campus has been completed. This beautiful brick structure stands on the Concord Road just off the Charlotte highway facing the Martin Chemical Laboratory. It is built in the shape of a “T,” and its interior houses every modern convenience desirable.
Infirmary nurse Sara Johnston with Charles Canter, class of demonstrating the x-ray machine
Closer look at the new technology of 1938
Preyer has kept a medical connection since its remodeling in 1992 for faculty and administrative offices. The Pre-Medical and Medical Humanities programs moved in 1992 and still have offices there. It has also been home to numerous faculty ans well as the college’s Love of Learning Program offices from 1992 to 2005.
Do you have any Preyer memories to share? Remember any of the nurses or doctors?
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