Mechanical Arts Building and Electrical Engineering Building, 1911

This view shows the Mechanical Building in front and the Electrical Engineering Building behind it with newly planted trees and the Quad in the foreground (photographic print, 3.25 x 5.5 inches). Constructed in 1897, the Mechanical Arts Building was originally located where the Paul Laxalt Mining Engineering Building stands today. Originally, university students built their own wooden Mechanical Arts Building in 1892 which burned down in 1895. The brick and stone building was later named the Mechanical Engineering Building, the Human Development Laboratory (1965), University Relations (1978), and finally re-circled to the Mechanical Arts Building in 1979 when it was torn down. The Electrical Engineering Building was constructed in 1911 where the northern wing of the Paul Laxalt Mineral Engineering Building stands today. The historic building has been referred to as the Electrical Engineering, Engineering, and Electrical Building and later became part of the Mechanical Arts Buildin