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| Title | Dairy Building, North Dakota Agricultural College |
| Date of Original | 1917-05 |
| Description | Exterior view of the Dairy Building (Engineering and Technology Building), with bike racks visible. A cement sculpture of a cow's head is centered above the front, center windows. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Colleges & Universities
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Buildings
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| Organization Name | North Dakota State University - Buildings
Engineering and Technology Building (Fargo, N.D.)
Dairy Building (Fargo, N.D.)
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| Location | Fargo (N.D.)
Cass County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1910-1919
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| Negative Number | GPN 1070 |
| Format of Original | Glass negatives
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| Dimensions of Original | 13 x 18 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | North Dakota Agricultural College (Fargo, N.D.)
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| Place of Publication | Fargo (N.D.)
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| Transcription | "Dairy Building" |
| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title supplied by staff. |
| Biography/History | In 1913, the North Dakota State Legislature appropriated $50, 000 for the construction of a dairy building on campus. The completed dairy building measured 84 feet by 52 feet, slightly smaller than originally planned. This building served both for giving instruction in the different branches of dairying as well as for investigational work carried on by the experiment station. Two offices were located on the second floor with a reading room between. A private laboratory was connected with one of the offices for investigational work. The Farm Dairy Room contained all the hand power equipment and apparatus used on up-to-date dairy farms. Around the wall of this room were a table or desk with three sets of drawers so that students were able to work more efficiently and were able to have a place to keep apparatus. The Creamery Factory Room was devoted to operations on a commercial scale. This room contained the power machinery and apparatus. Another room was designated for cheese making, ice cream manufacture, and milk supply studies. Two well-lit classrooms were provided. The building also contained four cold storage rooms and an elevator lifting material to the upper floor. The new building also contained a locker room with approximately 60 steel lockers to be used by students for their white duck suits which were required to be worn while in the dairy laboratories.
In 1976, the Dairy building became the Horticultural Science building and remained so until 1991. In 1992, the building was renamed Engineering Technology. Today, the Geosciences Department is getting ready to occupy the building. |
| Bibliographic Reference | "North Dakota Dairy Building, " Fargo Forum, 11/7/1914, p.10; Spectrum, January 12, 1915, pp. 1-2 |
| External Resource | See also NDSU Archives Building History web site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndsu-university-archives/collections/72157624385769264/ |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, University Archives
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| Repository Collection | NDSU University Archives Glass Negative Collection
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| Credit Line | University Archives, NDSU, Fargo (GPN 10700 |
| Rights Management | Copyright held by the University Archives. |
| Language | eng; |
| Digital ID | ua000582 |
| Original Source | glass negative |
