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Horticulture Field Laboratory

The Horticulture Field Laboratory was built in 1921 [1] for a cost of $240,000. [2] Designed by Holabird & Roche, [3] for research on "fruits and vegetable crops, insecticides and fungicides", [4] today most of its 37,200 square feet [5] have become the University Archives Research Center. [6]




[1] Decorative building adornment over main entrance bears the date AD 1921
[2] Buildings on Urbana Campus in 1944
[3] History of the Growth and Development of the Campus of The University of Illinois - Leon Tilon / Thomas O'Donnell - UI Press 1930 - p 182
[4] Campus Map and Informational Brochure - circa 1950's (lists English Building as Bevier Hall, which places it between 1946 and 1956)
[5] Buildings on Urbana Campus in 1944
[6] Short personal tour of the building
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