West Engineering Annex [Engineering Shops Building] / BL004613

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Title: West Engineering Annex [Engineering Shops Building]
Date: 1888 (ca.)
Collection Title: University of Michigan Photographs Vertical File
Collection Creator: Bentley Historical Library (collector)
Folder / Container / Volume: UBImu D13. Folder: Campus Buildings. West Engineering Annex. (Addition with tower) no. 317
Notes: Gordon William Lloyd, architect. Constructed in 1885, occupied in 1886. Two additions were completed; the first in 1888 and the second in 1900. In 1918, clock and chimes were removed from the Old General Library and installed in the building's tower. In 1926, the building name was changed from Engineering Shops to West Engineering Annex. Architecture Dept. in east wing 1923-1927; Survey Dept. in east wing 1927; Auto Lab in west wing; part of Auto Lab destroyed by fire 1937. Removed in 1956 to allow for the construction of the Undergraduate Library.; 8 x 6 photograph mounted print.
Subjects: Engineering Shops Building (University of Michigan); University of Michigan--Buildings--1881-1890; Towers--Michigan--Ann Arbor; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Ann Arbor
Genre: Albumen prints;
Item Number: BL004613
Finding Aid: umich-bhl-92147
Source of Title: supplied
Scan Source: 8 x 6 mounted photographic print
Repository: Bentley Historical Library
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 01:27:48

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Collection: Bentley Historical Library: Bentley Image Bank
Image Size: 6766 x 4800
File Size: 4 MB
Record: BL004613
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl004613/bl004613

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