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Science Hall (Denver, Colo.)

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The Science Building makes a gesture towards history, suggesting and Italian Renaissance villa with its four corner towers. University of Dernver. Date built: 1912. Square feet: 38,800

Biography

Science Hall Groundbreaking in November 15. (-1911)

Sources

University of Denver. Special Collections and Archives. Card Catalog. Buildings- Science Hall; University Bulletin, Vol. 15, No.11, November 1914, page 2.

Biography

Science Hall erected in 1912 – $50,000 received from Andrew Carnegie.

Sources

Breck, A.D. (1996). From the rockies to the world (pg.252). University Bulletin, Vol.13, No. 8, August 1912, page 5.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Photograph of Group on the way to the Science Hall Groundbreaking, 1911 November 15

 File — Box U201.01.0106: Series U201.01 [Barcode: U186018629062]
Identifier: U201.01.0106
Abstract

Contains black and white framed photographic print of group of men in a field, headed to the groundbreaking of the Science Hall.

Dates: 1911 November 15

The Science Hall Groundbreaking, 1911 November 15

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0413.00027
Abstract

Portrait of a group of men standing around two men, one with a spadeful of dirt. Inscription on the photo identifies some of the men, and names and dates this event as the groundbreaking for the Science Hall on November 15, 1911.

Dates: 1911 November 15

The Science Hall Groundbreaking, 1911 November 15

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0413.00028
Abstract

A group of men observe in a semi-circle around chancellor Henry A. Buchtel (who clutches a spade) and Bishop William Fraser McDowell. The inscription identifies this as the groundbreaking for the Science Hall on November 15, 1911.

Dates: 1911 November 15

University of Denver Campus, 1940

 Item
Identifier: U300.01.0002.00215
Abstract

Aerial view of the University of Denver University Park campus in the early 1940s. In foreground, left to right: University Hall; Iliff School of Theology, and the Mary Reed Building (then the Mary Reed Library). In middle, left to right: the Alumni Gymnasium, Margery Reed Hall, Buchtel Memorial Chapel, and Science Hall. In background: DU Hilltop Stadium, before the construction of the Field House Arena.

Dates: 1940

University of Denver Science Hall, between 1912-1930

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0026.0018.00025
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver (DU) Science Hall in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1912-1930

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