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Mortensen Cottage Item Info
- Title:
- Mortensen Cottage
- Description:
- An acre of land was leased to Professor J.L Budd in May 1877, and he began building a home for his family. He sold the house to the College in 1884, when an addition was constructed from plans by Foster and Lieve. Tomlinson built the addition for $780. Budd received $2,000 for the house. The addition was two stories, 14 x 22 feet. The house's chimneys were blown down in the April 8, 1882 cyclone. Selection of the location where Budd's house stood as the site for Agricultural Hall(Botony Hall) resulted in the removal of the house in 1892 to an area now the southwest corner of the Dairy Industries Building. Moving, including a new foundation, costs approximately $1,000. The house was razed in 1927 to make room for the new Dairy Industries Building. Credit: The Iowa State University Campus and Its Buildings
- Location:
- Mortensen Cottage; Ames; Iowa
- Latitude:
- 42.02786119
- Longitude:
- -93.64575704
- Year Built:
- 1877; 1884
- Year Removed:
- 1927
- Building Cost:
- 2250
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Mortensen Cottage", History of the Buildings of Iowa State University, Digital Scholarship and Initiatives
- Reference Link:
- /historic-buildings/items/hist_14.html