| Summary: | This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 77: Faculty houses like the one in the foreground typically stood near the campus and had lightning rods, wells, and cowlots at the turn of the century when this photograph probably was made ... This house apparently was occupied in 1893 by the family of John J. Wilmore, later dean of engineering [and] stood across Mell Street from the house of Patrick H. Mell, professor of botany and geology. ... The Mell house fronted on Faculty Avenue, now named West Thach Avenue. The windmill probably pumped water into the tank at right to help meet the college's water needs until a larger tank was erected behind the Toomer Building in 1908. The Mell House gave way in 1908-10 for construction of the Carnegie Library, now [Mary] Martin Hall. Near where the photographer stood to take this picture was the property of Professor Charles C. Thach, API president. The Thach house was replaced in 1915 by a new President's Home, later renamed Social Center, then Cater Hall. Photo source: Auburn University Archives.
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