Map of Pullman and the State College of Washington, (1920)

Map of Pullman and the State College of Washington, (1920)

Washington State University--Maps<br>Pullman (Wash.)--Maps<br>Bryan, E.A.<br>Van Doren Hall<br>Mechanic Arts Building<br>Administration Building<br>College Hill<br>Bryan Hall<br>Ferry Hall<br>Stevens Hall<br>College Hall<br>

1 map; 26 x 34 cm. Scale 1/8"=100'<br>Map includes building, street, and church directories. Business district and paved streets are indicated.<br>Map prepared by Highway Engineering Department of the State Agriculture College (WSU).<br>Under the Morrill Act of 1862, all states were granted land on which to develop a college focused on the advancement of agriculture. The 1877 Hatch Act added to this donation, by funding scientific research at these institutions for its dissemination to the general public. The goal for both was to raise the level of farming practices everywhere.<br> Pullman, a town dominated by a wheat-growing economy, fought for and won the right to the land grant in 1892. Under the administration of its second president, E.A. Bryan (1893-1916), the first wave of extensive building took place on campus. The Mechanic Arts Building, a womens dormitory later called Stevens Hall, and the Administration Building on College Hill were constructed in 1895. The brick and granite Administration Building was home to labs, library, classrooms and an assembly hall. Trees originating from nearby Moscow Mountain were transplanted on campus during the first Arbor Day celebration in 1896, and a men's dormitory, Ferry Hall, came in 1897. Science Hall (1900), located in what is now half of the Morrow Building, boasted labs and lecture rooms and even museums. By 1908 the Domestic Economy department grew in both stature and size to where it earned its own building, Van Doren Hall. This new building was joined that year by Bryan Hall, first called the Library and Assembly Hall, College Hall for recitation classes, and a number of farm buildings, a hydraulic lab, and a veterinary hospital wing. All of these buildings and more can be seen on this map. By June, 1917 the school held five colleges: Agriculture, Mechanical Arts and Engineering, Sciences and Arts, Veterinary Science, and Home Economics. It also had four schools: Mines, Education, Pharmacy and Music/Applied Design.<br>

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