Mechanical Arts Building and Dairy Building, 1911

This view shows the Mechanical Building (left) and the Dairy Building (right) with the caption on the image reading, "The Univ. of Nev. in Winter" (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 Dairy Building was constructed in 1913 where the current day addition to the Paul Laxalt Mining Engineering Building stands. Designed by renowned Reno architect, Frederick DeLongchamps, the building was renamed the Extension Building in 1929 and the Veterinary Science Building in 1940 until it was demolished in