Shot 9-9A: Ruins of the Economics Building following fire, 1981 / HS7248

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Title: Shot 9-9A: Ruins of the Economics Building following fire, 1981
Date: 1981
Collection Title: University of Michigan News and Information Services Photographs
Collection Creator: University of Michigan. News and Information Services. Photographs.
Box / Drawer: E-3
Folder / Container / Volume: Economics, 1981 fire
Photographer / Artist: Robert Kalmbach (UM News & Information Services)
Notes: A. J. Jordan, architect. Built in 1856. First chemical laboratory at a state university. Building served medical students and others as both laboratory and classroom. Situated just west and south of the original medical building. Additions made to the one-story building in 1861, 1866, 1868, 1874. In 1880 a two-story addition was added. In 1890, a three-story wing was added to the west of the original structure and was designed by E. W. Arnold of Detroit. A final addition was constructed in 1901. With the completion of the West Medical Building (later renamed the Dana Building) in 1903 and the Chemistry Building in 1909, the laboratories were transferred from the original Chemical Laboratory. In 1908, it became the Economics Building with Pharmacology occupying the north wing. Destroyed by an arson fire Christmas Eve 1981.
Subjects: Economics Building (University of Michigan); University of Michigan--Buildings--1981-1990; Fires--Michigan--Ann Arbor; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Ann Arbor
Item Number: HS7248
Scan Source: 9.6 x 7.5 inches Photo Print
Repository: Bentley Historical Library
Date Added/Updated: 2016-03-15 00:53:53

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Collection: Bentley Historical Library: Bentley Image Bank
Image Size: 4500 x 5818
File Size: 1 MB
Record: HS7248
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