Campus and its Buildings

 

 

In 1980, H. Summerfield Day, the former University Architect (1966-1975) and Planning Coordinator (1975-1980) competed the history of Iowa State University's buildings and grounds.  This massive undertaking took him and his assistants twelve years to complete. The book contains information on virtually every building or structure that had been built on the Iowa State University campus prior to 1979. 

 

The contents list below provides links to the PDF copies of the book. Due to the size of the files, it may take a long time to download or view the documents. 

Acknowledgments, Introduction, and Source Material      

   

Athletic and Recreational Areas        

Athletic Fields

Baseball Diamonds    

Golf Course    

Recreational and Intramural Areas     

Tennis Courts 

 

Special Areas

Ames Laboratory

Iowa State Center

Poultry Farm and Buildings

Veterinary Medicine Research Institute

YMCA and Lynn Fuhrer Lodge

 

Appendices 

Enrollments    

Chronological List of Campus Buildings with Values

Bibliography

 

Land Use     

Land

Arboretum      

Cemetery        

Lake LaVerne 

Landscaping   

Pammel Woods          

Roads and Bridges     

Walks 

West Court and Trailers

 

Miscellaneous

Brickyards      

Fire Protection           

Fires   

Flagpoles       

Memorials and Class Gifts     

Post Offices and Mail Service           

Radio and Television 

Sculpture

Signs  

Storms, Floods and Cyclones 

Victory Bell   

 

 

Transportation

Railroads       

Bus     

Bicycles         

Traffic and Parking  

 

Utilities          

Water Supply 

Sewers and Drainage 

Electric Power and Light       

Gas Supply and Distribution  

Steam Distribution, Tunnels and Chilled Water        

Telephones     

 

Campus Planning

 

Campus Maps

 

Campus Images

 

Campus Buildings (Alphabetically Arranged)

Aerospace Laboratory - Armory

Aerospace Laboratory

Agricultural Engineering Garage

Agricultural Engineering Machine Shed

Agricultural Engineering Shop and Shed

Agronomy Farm Crops Laboratory

Agronomy Greenhouse

Agronomy Hall

Agronomy Laboratory

Alumni Hall

Ames Laboratory Service Buildings

Andrews-Richards House

Apiary

Armory

 

 

 

Barton Hall - Building "B"

Barton Hall

Beach House

Beardshear Hall

Bessey Hall

Bevier House

Beyer Hall

Beyer House

Birch Hall

Boarding Cottages

Boiler House

Botany Greenhouse, Forestry Greenhouse

Botany Hall (Catt Hall)

Buchanan Hall

Building "A"

Building "B"

 

 

Campanile - Curtiss Hall

Campanile

Carpenter Shop

Car Pool Office Building

Carver Hall

Cattle Barns

Central Station

Chemical and Physical Laboratory

Child Development Building

Coal Houses

Coburn House

College of Design

Communication Building

Computer Science

Coover Hall

Corn Cribs

Cottages

Creameries

Curtiss Hall

 

 

Dairy Industry Building - Experiment Station Barn

Dairy Industry Building

Davidson Hall

Driver Training Laboratory

Driver Training Storage

Duplex

East Hall

Eastwood Cottage

Electric and Paint Shop

Emergency Hall

Engineering Annex

Engineering Research Institute

Engineer's Cottage

English Office Building

Exhibit Hall

Experimental Barn

Experiment Station Barn

 

 

Fair Oaks Mansion - Fruit Storage Shed

Fair Oaks Mansion

Farm Boarding Club

Farm House

Farm Laborer's Cottage

Feeding Barn

Feeding Sheds

Feed Storage Elevator

Fick Observatory

Field House - Physical Education for Women

Film Storage

Firemanship Training Building

Fisher Theater

Food Technology Laboratory

Forage Shed

Four-Apartment House

Freeman Hall

Friley Hall

Fruit Storage Shed

 

Gables - Judging Pavilion

Gables

Genetics Laboratory

Genetics and Plant Pathology Greenhouse

Gilman Hall

Golf Club House

Greenhouses

Grounds Cottage

Grounds Shop

Gun Shed

Gymnasium

Hawthorn Court

Helser Hall

Herdsman's Cottage

Hilton Coliseum

Hog Barn and Pavilion

Hog Houses

Horse Barns

Horticulture Barns

Horticulture Cottage

Horticulture Gardens Building

Horticulture Hall

Horticulture Lab

Hub

Industrial Education

Insectary

Insectary and Greenhouse

ISU Press Building

Judging Pavilion

 

 

 

Kildee Cottage - MacKay Hall and LeBaron Hall

Kildee Cottage

Kildee Hall and Lush Auditorium

Knapp and Storms Halls and Commons (Towers)

Knoll

Laboratory of Mechanics

Landscape Architecture

Library

Library Storage Building

Lincoln Way Cottage

Linden Hall

Lyon Hall

Machinery and Storage Shed

MacKay Hall and LeBaron Hall

 

Main Building - Memorial Union

Main Building (Old Main)

Maple, Willow,  and Larch Halls and Commons

Margaret Hall

Marston Cottage

Marston Hall

Meat Laboratory

Meats Laboratory

Mechanical Engineering Laboratory

Memorial Union

 

Metallurgy Building - Pearson Hall

Metallurgy Building

Metals Development Building

Military Garage

Military Powder Magazines

Military Stables

Morrill Hall

Mortensen Cottage

Music Building

Music Hall

Naval Armory

Nickell-Fisher House

North Hall

North Studio

Norton House

Nuclear Engineering Laboratory

Oak-Elm Halls

Oak-Elm Lodges and Dining Room

Office and Laboratory Building

Olsen Building

Osborn Cottage

Pammel Court

Parking Ramp at the Memorial Union

Pearson Hall

 

 

 

Physical Education Building - Soil Testing Laboratory

Physical Education Building

Physical Plant Shops and Central Stores

Physical Plant Storage Shed

Physics Hall

Plant Introduction Greenhouse

Plumbing Shop

Pope Cottage

Poultry House

Power and Heating Plant

Power Station

President's Barn

Printing Building

Pump House

Purchasing Warehouse

Quadrangle (Lagomarcino Hall)

Rendering Plant

Research Reactor Ridgeway House

Roberts Hall

Ross Hall

Ruminant Nutrition Laboratory

Safford Cottage

Sanitary Building

Schemen Continuing Education Building

Schilletter Village

Science Hall

Seed Processing Plant

Seed Science Building

Serum Plant

Sheep Barn

Sheep Barn and Shed

Silo

Sloss House

Snedecor Hall

Soil Testing Laboratory

 

South Hall - Workshop

South Hall

South Studio

Spedding Hall

Stadiums

State Gymnasium

C.Y. Stephens Auditorium

Student Services Building

Sweeney Hall

Synchrotron Building

Teamster's Cottage

Temporary Buildings "C" - "S"

Theater Workshop

Town Engineering Building

Training Shed

University Village

Veterinary Barn

Veterinary Clinic

Veterinary Hospital

Veterinary Medicine Facilities

Veterinary Obstetrics Laboratory

Veterinary Surgery

Veterinary Physiology Research Laboratory

Wallace Hall, Wilson Hall, and Commons (Towers)

Welch Hall

Westgate Hall

Workshop

 

Minor Buildings

Animal Husbandry Research Laboratory

Archery Hut

Barns

Bunk House

Caddy House

Cattle Shed

Central Storage

Chemical Storage Building

Club House

Experiment Station Machine Shed

Field Shed

Foundry Store House

Fruit House

Garages

Genetics Chick Isolation

Genetics Poultry Laboratory

Genetics Storage Building

Hose House

Ice House

Intramural Hut

Isolation Barn

Laundry Storage

Locomotive Sheds

Machine Shed

Quarantine Hospital

Rabbit Hutch

Slaughter House

Sorghum Works

Storage Building

Tile Storage Shed

Tool House

Wood Shed at South Hall