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A Crowded Campus\n<\/span><\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The influx of thousands of veterans at Syracuse University resulted in the \u201cGI Bulge\u201d and an immediate demand for housing. To fill the need for buildings, the University arranged with the United States War Department to purchase surplus housing units made available to colleges with large veteran enrollments. Three hundred crated buildings arrived in May 1946 from California, 200 of which were used for housing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nTemporary Student Housing<\/span><\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Temporary housing peppered the landscape. A barracks camp called Collendale on the north side of East Colvin Street housed over 500 students.  Across Colvin at the former University Farm (now Skytop and Slocum Heights) were 600 military-style housing units, including wooden two-family houses and one-story barracks for multiple families.  In an apple orchard at Drumlins, across the street from the present Tecumseh Elementary School, married students stayed in 175 trailers. Single students lived in metal buildings where Manley Field House is now located, as well as on the hill at South Crouse Avenue and Irving Avenue. Until the new housing was ready on campus, students lived all over the Greater Syracuse area, including the New York State Fairgrounds, Baldwinsville Ordinance Works, and the Army Air Base at Mattydale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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