Mechanical Arts Building, ca. 1911

The Mechanical Arts Building is seen here with young trees on the Quad in the foreground (photographic print, 4.5 x 6.5 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.