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Mound City Chronicles Gallery

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Part One: The Campus Past and Present

The above photo is an early postcard reproduction of a painting of the hill and the surrounding environs, which includes the Loma Linda Sanitarium and Hospital and the related service buildings. Note the train station at the lower left. Three of the original cottages, on the eastern section of the hill (left), are still in use. The buggy drive rounding the hill (right) is no longer in use. Today, it is a narrow trail-like depression in the lawn which leads to the north side of Lindsay Hall. Anderson Street (lower right) rounds the mound to the west. Today, Nichol Hall is located on the site where the wooden water tower on the hill (center) once stood. The above map is interesting in that it displays the townsites southeast of San Bernardino around the mid 1880s. Ever heard of Gladysta, Idlewild, or the Chicago Colony? This photograph (looking west), taken sometime around 1919, is the earliest known photograph of Loma Linda—the sanitarium, Assembly Hall, the cottages, the chapel, the Abbot home, and the women’s dorm. Down on the pasture land sits North Laboratory (School of Medicine) and Loma Linda’s first hospital.  

Part Two: Campus Buildings Past and Present

Part Two, Section One—The Mound

An early photograph of the mound, taken from the northeast near the railroad tracks. South Anderson Street at Mound Street. (c. 1956) South Anderson Street at Mound Street. (2006) This c. 1950 bird’s-eye view of the north entrance to the “new” hospital on the summit of the hill illustrates the size of the complex. Instead of a grand structure like the sanitarium, the architects designed a sprawling, compact, Spanish-style building, around which there were large pockets of lawn and trees. The hospital was built in three phases over a period of several decades. The first phase, the west wing, was completed in 1924.

Part Two, Section Two—The Quadrangle

A bird’s-eye view of the hospital on the quadrangle. The rural setting is quite evident in this photo. (c. 1915) By the end of 1940, the quadrangle was well defined—all of the buildings were relatively new—Burden Hall, the Pathology building, Cutler Hall, and the Anatomy building were built in the mid 1930s. The Physiology building and Daniells Hall were completed in 1940. South Lab, which had been built in 1919, was the only building remaining from the early days. Nine members of the Class of 2004 surround a quadrangle landmark, the Heritage Stone. From the left, rear: Joe Peterson, Joe Bowen, Jared Inman, David Appel, and John Owens. From the left, front: Amy Greene, Victor Coba, Jennifer Sommerville-Colburn, and Joseph Foley.  

Part Two, Section Three—The Western Hayfield

With the landscaping in place, the raising of Gentry Gym is complete and ready for its first event—the School of Dentistry convention, which was held in March of 1968. A five-pointed star is revealed as the erection tower begins to lift the dome in place. (1967) One of the last major departments to use this building was Media Services. In the summer of 2006, the department was relocated to make way for the demolition of the building. (2005)  

Part Two, Section Four—Pepper Drive

From the mound looking north, the photograph (c. 1915) provides a panoramic view of the San Bernardino valley and the San Bernardino mountains beyond. From the mound looking north. At the lower left of the photo is the building which housed the Loma Linda Food Company, Lantern Slides and Photos, and the College Press. To the right of the row of pepper trees, which lined Pepper Drive, is the Loma Linda train depot. The photo was also taken from the mound in 2006, looking down Parkland Street (formerly Pepper Drive—the same drive as in the previous photo), which now dead-ends at the railroad tracks. To the left is the old campus printing shop. The two rows of palm trees, foreground, approximate where the stairs led up to the sanitarium. The buildings to the right of Parkland Street will be discussed in section five. A giant wave crests in San Timoteo Creek during the 1969 flood, which also caused major damage to areas all along the creek. Loma Linda Academy (in the background) received extensive damage. The interior of the power plant boiler room. A workman turns a steam control valve. Note the giant flywheel. (late 1960s)

Part Two, Section Five—The Eastern Hayfield

The Loma Linda train depot looking from the northwest. (c. 1905) Heading east/northeast, a long train chugs along the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. The decorated ridge of one of the gable roofs of the sanitarium can be seen at the lower right. (c. 1912) aA completed Drayson Center, which spreads out over the pasture land below the north/northeast section of the hill. The structure is architecturally pleasing in that it includes an expansive segmented-arch gymnasium roof and seven pyramidal hip-roof sections. (2006)

Part Two, Section Six—The Business District

The Loma Linda Market (c. 1953), which was built in the early 1940s just east of the old bank building. In those days the buildings fronted Central Avenue, which is known today as Anderson Street. Looking southeast on Anderson Street at Central. (c. 1942) Looking southeast on Anderson Street at University Court. (2006)

Part Two, Section Seven—The Campus Mall

Looking south onto the campus mall during the construction of the Loma Linda University Hospital (Medical Center). The Good Samaritan sculpture is not yet part of the landscape. (c. 1966) “Oh Holy Night”—On a cloudy evening, the Good Samaritan sculpture basks in the light of the Christmas Star. (2005) The south elevation of Magan Hall and the Vernier Radcliffe Memorial Library. The Faculty Reading Room is located above the breezeway. (2006)

Part Two, Section Eight—Tract No. 2421: The White House Neighborhood

The White House sits on the corner of Prospect Avenue and Taylor Court. An early (c. 1930) plat map of Tract No. 2421 (previously the C.T. Norwood orchard). The area between Taylor Street, Anderson Street, Prospect Street, and Loma Linda Drive is what I refer to as “The White House Neighborhood.” Central Avenue is at the left. Today it is Anderson Street. Loma Linda Drive is blocked off and is now Taylor Court. “The White House Neighborhood” as viewed from the Medical Center roof in 2006. For reference, the corner of Anderson Street and Prospect Avenue is located at the upper right of the photograph.

Part Two, Section Nine—The Commercial District: The Campus Plaza

The Loma Linda Business Center (c. 1963) as seen from Anderson Street. The sign on Anderson Street directing patrons to the Campus Plaza, located behind the Bank of America and the Business Center. The block columns, which support the heavy wooden beams around the complex, were the major exterior additions to the Loma Linda Market when it was renovated in the late 1970s (as the Convenience Center was being constructed). These columns were used by the architect to tie the two buildings together.

Part Two, Section Ten—The Medical Center

The reflecting pool in the early days of the University Hospital. Note the fountain in the background center. (c. 1969)  

Part Two, Section Eleven—Campus Street

Barton Road (lower right) and Campus Street. (c. 1969) Formerly a nursing home (Linda Valley No. 1), West Hall (located next to the Support Services building at the left) is home for the School of Nursing and the School of Pharmacy. (2005) At the southeast corner of Campus Street and University Avenue, the education wing of the University Church appears to blend in with the Wong Kerlee International Conference Center (the Coleman Pavilion and the Chan Shun Pavilion) and the Medical Center. (2005)

Part Two, Section Twelve—Barton Road and Anderson Street

For a little over four decades, the building on the northeast corner of Barton Road and Anderson Street was home to a California Department of Forestry station. (c. 1985) The completed, three-story Faculty Medical Offices stands on call waiting for the patients to arrive. Notice the Volkswagen Beetle (unknown vintage) in the parking lot at the left edge of the photograph. (c. 1980) The Ronald McDonald House in Loma Linda opened its doors in 1996 to serve families of kids who have been stricken with a critical illness. The beautifully landscaped complex, complete with a playground, is located just south of parking lot “J” next to the Loma Linda University Kidney Center and Nephrology Clinic. The building is set up to handle the needs of 22 families. The Ronald McDonald House includes all the comforts of home and is known as a “home away from home” to the kids and their families who use the facility. It has the capacity to provide 7,000 day/night stays for families each year. Various churches in the area gives volunteer support—food, drinks, etc.—which provides a little joy to the kids and their families. (2005)

Part Two, Section Thirteen—The East Campus

From the air, the VA Hospital as seen from the western and southern elevations. The massive complex nears completion. Note the four atriums surrounded by the multi-story building. (1976) The Loma Linda University Medical Center East Campus Hospital (northeast elevation) as it appears from the emergency entrance. The modified Spanish-style, one-story, 120-bed hospital opened for business in September 1972. By early May of 1982, the Loma Linda University Medical Center had won approval from the Loma Linda City Council to purchase the 82,000 square foot building. Since the purchase, the complex has been renovated from time to time to meet the growing demands of health care. (2006) The Professional Plaza sits on a parcel of land just east of the Loma Linda University Medical Center East Campus building, south of Barton’s frontage road. The approximately 75,000 square-foot building was built in the early 1970s, just after the completion of the Loma Linda Community Hospital. The complex, made up of two two-story units, was built to accommodate professionals, such as physicians who had privileges at the Community Hospital, dentists, counselors, and other professionals. The Professional Plaza was purchased in the early 1980s by the Loma Linda University Medical Center. The two buildings are connected by a central two-story breezeway, which includes an elevator and stair access.

Part Two, Section Fourteen—Building Ornaments, Accents, and Styles (2006)

 

Part Three: Loma Linda: The City, Founded in 1970

A night shot of the City of Loma Linda boundary marker located on the Mountain View Avenue median at Interstate 10 between the southerly on and off ramps. (2005) A snorkel-lift view of the main entrance to the Loma Linda City Hall. Unfortunately, at the time this photograph was taken, the San Bernardino mountains were smothered in “smaze.” (2005)

Part Four: Looking to the Future, 2006—

This colored plat map illustrates, from an aerial view, how the landscape will change north of Stewart Street after the completion of the Centennial Complex. Note the outline of Gentry Gym (center), which was razed in the spring of 2006. A bulldozer, a water truck, an excavator, and a pair of Caterpillar scrapers stand at attention waiting orders to begin turning the soil in preparation for a temporary parking lot and the construction of the Centennial Complex. (2006)

Epilogue—Footprints to the Future

An architect’s rendering of the north elevation of the Centennial Complex. The pad of the complex will sit on the footprints of the recently razed Gentry Gym. The former media center.

 

 
 

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