The first women's dorm on campus, the Women's Building (now known as the Bartlett Center), caught fire during preparations for the annual Harvest Carnival on Oct. 16, 1914. Students, many dressed in carnival attire, rushed to save possessions, while volunteer firefighters put out the blaze before the building was seriously damaged. The structure also housed the Department of Domestic Science and Domestic Arts at the time. Morrill Hall was also almost destroyed by a fire a few months earlier (see aftermath photo in this series). Architects were able to salvage its distinctive frontal features through reconstruction efforts, so we can still appreciate them today. Extension headquarters had moved from Oklahoma City to Oklahoma A&M College and all existing records reached Stillwater just in time to be destroyed by the Morrill Hall fire on Aug. 6, 1914. A campus fire protection system was put into place before the end of the year.
