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1961: Arts Building was officially opened
A new home for the departments of arts and humanities had been an
on-again, off-again proposition for decades.
Plans for an Arts Building were brought forward as early as 1913 but
events always seemed to conspire against its construction. In 1930 architectural plans were actually
drawn up and a building, named Haultain Hall after the University’s second
Chancellor, went out to tenders. A
construction date was about be set when the depression put an end to all
thoughts of campus expansion.1 Construction for the new building was
finally underway in 1959.
Designed by Shore and Moffat of Toronto and built at a cost
$758,491.00, phase one of the Arts Building was officially opened on 16 January
1961. The building was distinctively
modern in appearance and consisted of a two storey classroom wing, seven floor
faculty office section, and a lecture theatre wing. Four more floors were added to the office tower in 1965 and a
second classroom wing was added in 1967.2
Related Collections | |
Facilities Management fonds, RG 2015.
College of Arts and Science fonds, RG 2033.
Images | |
1961a: Arts BuildingInterior, May 1961. Photograph Collection, A-140.
1961b: Arts Building, [ca.1960-64]. Photograph Collection, A-134.
1961c: Haultain HouseArchitects SketchExterior, 1984. Photograph Collection, A-6503.
1961d: Haultain HouseArchitects SketchExterior, 1984. Photograph Collection, A-6503.
Sources | |
1. On Campus News, 22 Sep1995, p. 10
2. Annual Report, 1961.
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