Sanitary Building

Building Name:
Sanitary Building
Alternate Names:
Hospital; Music Hall; Cranford Hall
Historical Note:
Built between 1884 and 1885, the Sanitary Building served as a campus hospital, with additional use by the Veterinary Department until 1893. After the Veterinary Department relocated, the building was used exclusively as a hospital and underwent major remodeling in 1900. Following a 1902 fire, repairs were completed, and the Sanitary Building continued to operate as a hospital until 1907, when it was repurposed as a rooming house. The building, known as Music Hall, served the Music Department from 1912 until it was razed in 1927.
Year Built:
1884
Year Removed:
1927
Architect:
Foster & Liebbe
Contractor:
V. Tomlinson
Photographs Containing Sanitary Building:
Water tower construction, 1897...
The Water Tower construction site, March 22, 1897, about 4:30 PM. Old Main and the Chemical and Physical Laboratory can be seen in the background.
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Photograph of the Sanitary...
Photograph of the Sanitary Building, 1885-1912, which housed classrooms and laboratories for veterinary medicine
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Photograph of Sanitary Building...
Photograph of the Sanitary Building, which served as the first college hospital. It is a two story building with a pointed cupola. There are trees directly in front of it on either side of the door.
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Photograph of the Sanitary Building, which also housed veterinary lecture rooms. It depicts a two story building with a square cupola. Three chimneys are visible on the roof, and three trees are directly in front of the building.
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Photograph of the Sanitary Building from the side. A horse and buggy stand in in the foreground. The photograph is from sometime between 1904-1909.
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Photograph of a crowd...
Photograph of Fred W. Beckman at the future site of the Memorial Union launching the fund raising drive for the Memorial Union. In the background cars are parked around Music Hall. Annotation: ''Prof. Fred W. Beckman stirs Union drive rally. Early in 1920, loyal Iowa Staters and friends assembled on site of future Memorial Union, with old Music Hall in rear, to launch a fund raising campaign.''
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Preferred Citation:
"Sanitary Building", Campus Cornerstones, Digital Scholarship and Initiatives
Reference Link:
https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/historic-buildings/items/buildingprofile0025.html