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Title:
Workshop
Description:
The Workshop was initially built at what is now the west wing of the Laboratory of Mechanics—subsequently moved around 50-60 feet north. President Welch expressed the need to build a workshop large enough to accommodate students who take the course in Mechanic Arts. A 30 x 50 feet frame workshop was constructed with an engine house containing two laundry rooms. When the Workshop was moved in 1885, the laundry room wing was torn down and rebuilt. The building was razed in 1898 after the completion of the new Foundry and the New Carpenter shop that year.
Location:
Workshop; Ames; Iowa
Latitude:
42.02575099
Longitude:
-93.65082908
Year Built:
1870
Year Removed:
1898
Building Cost:
5000
The Workshop was initially built at what is now the west wing of the Laboratory of Mechanics—subsequently moved around 50-60 feet north. President Welch expressed the need to build a workshop large enough to accommodate students who take the course in Mechanic Arts. A 30 x 50 feet frame workshop was constructed with an engine house containing two laundry rooms. When the Workshop was moved in 1885, the laundry room wing was torn down and rebuilt. The building was razed in 1898 after the completion of the new Foundry and the New Carpenter shop that year.
BUILDING IMAGES
Aerial view of group...
View southwest from Main Building. The sidewalk leads to Chemical and Physical Laboratory, built in 1870 & 75, it burned in 1913. East and West Cottages, men's dormitories, are to the left of it. East Cottage, built in 1882, was later used as Training Quarters for athletes. It was torn down in 1907. West Cottage, built in 1880, was later used by the College hospital. It was torn down in 1934. In back of Chemical Hall is the Engineering Building, built 1883 & 1884. Later it was known as the Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Laboratory and now known as Mechanics Laboratory. To the right of Engineering Hall is the frame workshop, built in 1870. It was torn down in 1897. The house in the trees is the Marston Cottage which was torn down after Mrs. Marston's death in 1958 when it was almost surrounded by Friley Hall.Tennis courts and the football field supplanted the orchards.
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Source
Preferred Citation:
"Workshop", Campus Cornerstones, Digital Scholarship and Initiatives
Reference Link:
https://isu-digital.github.io/historic-buildings//historic-buildings/items/hist_194.html
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