University of Arkansas Chemistry Building

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Chemistry Building-University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
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West entrance of the building. It is connected to a new wing by a skywalk (on the right side of the image.)
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LocationCampus Dr., Fayetteville, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°4′4″N94°10′22″W / 36.06778°N 94.17278°W / 36.06778; -94.17278
Area1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built1935
Architect Wittenberg & Delony
Architectural styleCollegiate Gothic
MPS Public Schools in the Ozarks MPS
NRHP reference No. 92001100 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember, 1992

The Chemistry Building at the University of Arkansas is a building on the University's campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [2]

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History

Although there was already a chemistry building on campus, by 1925 it had become too small. There were plans to build a new building by the Arkansas General Assembly in 1927, and was scheduled to be built in 1931. However, the Great Depression delayed these plans.

In January 1934, $1,165,000 was made available for the construction of both a new chemistry building and Vol Walker Library. These funds came from the Public Works Administration, and not the Arkansas legislature.

Opened in December 1935, the building housed the chemistry, zoology, geology, philosophy, and psychology departments. Eventually, the growing University forced all of these departments elsewhere except for chemistry. In 1992, the University added another chemistry building adjacent to this one, connected with a skywalk.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Chemistry Building." University of Arkansas. Profile. Retrieved May 2, 2010.