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Farm Boarding Club

Building Name:
Farm Boarding Club
Alternate Names:
Horticulture Hall; Laboratory; Garden House; Faculty Club
Historical Note:
Built in 1879, the Farm Boarding Club building was constructed for the Horticulture Department. The two-story building included lecture rooms and office spaces, a Horticulture museum, and several storage rooms. The Horticulture Department relocated in 1894, and the Farm Boarding Club was remodeled into a residence. It became a boarding club by 1895, with water and sewer auditions in 1896. It continued as a faculty club until 1906, when it was reserved for potential hospital use. The building was moved in 1915 and later used as an employee boarding house and residence. The Farm Boarding Club building remained in use until it was razed in 1970.
Year Built:
1879
Year Removed:
1970
Built in 1879, the Farm Boarding Club building was constructed for the Horticulture Department. The two-story building included lecture rooms and office spaces, a Horticulture museum, and several storage rooms. The Horticulture Department relocated in 1894, and the Farm Boarding Club was remodeled into a residence. It became a boarding club by 1895, with water and sewer auditions in 1896. It continued as a faculty club until 1906, when it was reserved for potential hospital use. The building was moved in 1915 and later used as an employee boarding house and residence. The Farm Boarding Club building remained in use until it was razed in 1970.
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Photographs Containing Farm Boarding Club:
Photograph of the Farm...
Photograph looking south-east at the Farm Boarding Club when the building was located at the corner of Beach and Wallace. Part of the Teamster's Cottage #2 can be seen to the left (east side) of the Farm Boarding Club. Annotation: "Farm Boarding Cottage, 1957."
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Photograph of the Farm...
Photograph of the Farm Boarding Club when the building was located on Morrill and was known as Horticulture Hall. Annotation: "Faculty Club stood where Library is now. Farm Boarding Club."
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Old Main, Morrill Hall,...
Old Main, Morrill Hall, and Margaret Hall.
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Morrill Hall and Hub...
Morrill Hall is at the center of this campus view. The Hub is to the left and was used as a post office, bookstore, and depot station for the Ames and College Railway.
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Morrill Hall, 1907-1913
In this aerial view the Hub is to the left (west) of Morrill Hall.
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Morrill and Hub
Morrill Hall is at the center of this campus view. The Hub is to the left and was used as a post office, bookstore, and depot station for the Ames and College Railway.
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Photograph of First Creamery,...
Photograph of the first campus creamery. By this time the building had been remodeled to become the farm foreman's residence.
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Preferred Citation:
"Farm Boarding Club", Campus Cornerstones, Digital Scholarship and Initiatives
Reference Link:
https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/historic-buildings/items/buildingprofile0034.html
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