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Agronomy Building / Art-East Annex Studio 2

Originally known as the Agronomy Building, [1] this building was built in 1905 for a cost of $18,000. [2] It measures 50 by 100 feet and features a brick and slate exterior, adorned with stone. It houses a field laboratory which is used to study and preserve plants between researched. [3] Today it serves the Department of Art today as Art-East Annex Studio 2 [4]




[1] Alumni Record of the University of Illinois, 1913 / Editor: James Herbert Kelley / Published by the University of Illinois , 1913. - http://freepages.college-alumni.rootsweb.com/~livngstn/bookphotos5.jpg
[2] Buildings on Urbana Campus in 1944
[3] Sixteen Years at UI / p85
[4] Building marker
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