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Caption: Book - History of the University (Nevins)
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360 APPENDIX APPENDIX B BUILDINGS—1868-1916 Buildings Begun Under Regents Gregory and Peabody Drill Ball, authorized April, 1871, dedicated October 13, 1872; cost, Including mechanical shop, workshop, and furnishings, $25,000. Uni~ versify Hall, authorized June, 1871, corner stone laid September 13, 1872; completed 1873 at contract cost of $113,954 (Bd. Minutes, 1870, p. 129), permanent additions made to value of $5,670.62, total cost $150,000. Chemical Laboratory, later Law Building, authorised September, 1877, completed 1878, repaired 1902; contract cost $23,896, permanent additions made 1910 to value of $23,700, total cost $47,596. Old Armory, successively called New Drill Hall, Military Halt, and Armory, authorized June, 1889, dedicated June 11, 1890; cost by con* tract (appropriation $10,000, $4,037.05 added to complete, and Dean Bicker given $350 for services) $15,220.29, permanent additions made to value of $4,969 (Bd. Minutes, 1892, p. 36), total cost $20,189.43. Natural History Building, authorized December* 1890, corner stone laid March 9, 1892; cost by contract $58,519.50, total cost $70,000 (see New Natural History Building, below). Buildings Begun Under Acting Regent Burrill and President Draper Power Plant (old), authorized December, 1892, erected 1897-1902; contract cost, with equipment, service mains, etc., $87,500, permanent additions made to value of $8,000, total cost $95,500. Engineering Building, authorized October, 1893, dedicated November 15, 1894, occupied January, 1895; contract cost $121,396, total cost $160,000. Metal Shops, authorized and erected 1895; total cost $20,000. President's House, authorized December, 1895, erected 1896; contract cost $5,000 (appropriated by legislature), total cost $15,000. Observatory, authorized and erected 1896; contract cost $6,654, total cost $15,000. Electrical Laboratory, erected 1897; total cost $40,000. Library, authorized May, 1896, erected 1897; contract cost $131,000 (not ineluding $9,500 in fixtures and $4,952 in plumbing and heating), permanent additions made to value of $31,305, total cost (without fixtures, plumbing, heating) $196,000. Agricultural Building, authorized December, 1898, erected 1900; contract cost $152,266.20 (not Including $26,428 for plumbing and heating), permanent additions to value of $28,275.30, total cost $180,501.50. Pumping Station, authorized and erected 1901; total cost $8,000. Gymnasium, authorized May, 1901, erected 1901; cost, with Laboratory of Applied Mechanic* and Wood Shop, $67,342, permanent additions to value of $11,759, total cost $79,101. Chemical Laboratory, authorised and built 1902; total cost, with heating and lighting fixtures, $ 180,000. Minor Agricultural erections, 1868-1904, total cost $24,000. Buildings Erected Under President James, 1904-1916 Woman's Building, authorized June, 1904: contract price (with $6,000 for plumbing and beating) $69,880; addition authorized 1911, erected 1911-12; contract cost $83,936, permanent additions to value
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