{"id":285,"date":"2026-03-26T15:12:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/umbc50\/?page_id=285"},"modified":"2026-05-14T18:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:36:08","slug":"a-campus-is-born","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/home\/themes\/founding-umbc\/a-campus-is-born\/","title":{"rendered":"A campus is born"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/UARC1989-29-002-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/UARC1989-29-002-1024x824.jpg\" alt=\"Black-and-white photograph of UMBC silo\" class=\"wp-image-130\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2427184466019416;width:314px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UARC1989-29-002-1024x824.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UARC1989-29-002-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UARC1989-29-002-768x618.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UARC1989-29-002-1536x1237.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UARC1989-29-002-2048x1649.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UARC1989-29-002-1200x966.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/UARC1989-29-002-1980x1594.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Silo by Karine Mardirossian, UARC 1989-29-002<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both a symbol and a signpost, the silo serves as a sentinel along UMBC Boulevard, reminding those entering and leaving campus about the school\u2019s agrarian past. Built about 1919 when Spring Grove State Hospital owned the property, the silo is a traditional style made of concrete reinforced with metal hoops. After having the Library named in his honor in 1982, Albin Kuhn joked that the administration should have considered the Kuhn Silo instead, recognizing not only his farming background but also his original decision to not remove the silo in the 1960s due to the high cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go to the next page, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/umbc50\/home\/themes\/founding-umbc\/founders\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"287\">Founders<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/umbc50\/home\/themes\/founding-umbc\/\">Return to \u201cFounding UMBC\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both a symbol and a signpost, the silo serves as a sentinel along UMBC Boulevard, reminding those entering and leaving campus about the school\u2019s agrarian past. Built about 1919 when Spring Grove State Hospital owned the property, the silo is a traditional style made of concrete reinforced with metal hoops. After having the Library named [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":263,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-285","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":893,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285\/revisions\/893"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/umbc50\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}