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Description 2-story frame building of 6219 square feet, containing offices, classrooms, laboratories, museumThis property continued in use after 1949. Post-1949 research is not yet completed.
Other Names General Education Building Government Building
Constructed 1947
Architect Wilbur Watson Associates
General Contractor Hadlock Krill and Company
Cost $28,258.08 or $37,000 for reconstruction
Financing 1947 acquisition: Gift of post-WWII surplus building from United States Federal Works Agency 1947 reconstruction: ?Occupants 1947-1949+: Engineering Administration Dept. and Case Geology and Mineralogy Dept.
Uses 1947-1949+: Offices, classes, research
This summary was compiled by staff of the University Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.
