Mackay Science Building, 1935

The Mackay Science Building is viewed from across the Quad in this 1935 student recruitment ad. The caption on the image reads, "Hall of Science. University of Nevada's new science hall is another of the many gifts to the institution by Clarence Mackay. The laboratories and lecture rooms of this well equipped building are a key point in the engineering and agriculture colleges of the University." The Mackay Science Building was built in 1930 as a space to house the schools of Physics and Chemistry. Funded by university donor Clarence Mackay and designed by renowned Reno architect Frederick DeLongchamps, Mackay Science was praised as one of the most modern places to teach science in the western United States. Today the building houses the Department of Geography.