COMPOUND OBJECT (19 Items)
Botany Hall Item Info
- Title:
- Botany Hall
- Description:
- The Agricultural Hall is composed of stone through the basement and second floor; the rest is brick. The basement was devoted to horticulture. The first floor hosted the department of agricultural chemistry and the horticulture department. There was also a livestock room for class purposes. The second and third floors held offices and recitation rooms. The fourth floor was employed for some of the literary and scientific societies of the college. In 1897, there had been noticeable floor settlement and a considerable amount of plaster cracking. A new Farm Mechanics and Soil Physics Building was constructed as an addition on the north side of Agricultural Hall in 1903. Various modifications and repairs were made over the years. After the Agricultural Engineering department moved to its new building in 19222, the old quarters were used primarily for storage. In 1929, the Botany department moved into the old Agricultural Hall, and the building was renamed Botany Hall. The Botany department remained in that location until 1967, when it moved to Bessey Hall. The Seed Laboratory remained until 1977, when it, too, moved to a new building. The Psychology department was moved from Beardshear Hall to Botany Hall in early 1968. Credit: The Iowa State University Campus and Its Buildings
- Location:
- Botany Hall; Ames; Iowa
- Latitude:
- 42.0258543
- Longitude:
- -93.65057447
- Year Built:
- 1892; 2003
- Building Cost:
- 122036
- Architect:
- Josselyn & Taylor Proudfoot & Bird
- Contractor:
- Whiting & Wood C.E. Atkinson
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Botany Hall", History of the Buildings of Iowa State University, Digital Scholarship and Initiatives
- Reference Link:
- /historic-buildings/items/hist_101.html