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Wayne State University; Buildings; Old Main; Recent
Circa 1960s. Exterior image of Old Main viewed from behind and to the side of building from Warren Avenue. Malcomson and Higginbotham, 1896. Originally Central High School, Old Main is Wayne State’s place of origin and now a university icon. The stately Romanesque Revival composition is softened by the buff-colored brick. Under the leadership of David Mackenzie, a junior college was begun in the building in 1917. In 1926, high school classes left the building and the growing college took over a…
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts
Circa 1960s. Exterior view of McGregor Conference Center entrance from the Floating Sculpture Garden.Minoru Yamasaki and Associates Architects,1958. One of Yamasaki’s masterpieces and believed by many to be among Detroit’s finest buildings. Date on photo June 5,1961.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Libraries 2; General and Kresge Library.
Circa 1960s. Exterior view of General (Purdy) Library’s main entrance dated August 7,1961 Suren Pilafian with Frank Montana architect, 1953 and 1954. Designed in a modern idiom of lines, planes, solids and voids. The elemental composition is Bauhaus modern.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Libraries 2; Kresge
Circa 1960s. Suren Pilafian with Frank Montana, 1953 and 1954. Designed in a modern idiom of lines, planes, solids and voids, the elemental composition is Bauhaus modern. Image of main entrance of Kresge from across campus. Date August 7, 1961.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Life Science Building
Circa 1960s. Albert Kahn Associates Architects. Dated June 14,1961. Image is a view of the basement machine room showing Economizer Tank, with domestic hot water storage tank behind. Condensate meter, at right in foreground.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Life Science Building
Circa 1960s. Albert Kahn Associates Architects. Dated June 14,1961. View in Basement Machine Room showing Hot Water Heating Converters and Circulating pumps for north and south zones.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Life Science Building
Circa 1960s. Albert Kahn Associates Architects. Dated June 14,1961. Image is of a portion of the typical fume exhaust fans on the roof. The numerous transit hood stacks, extending up through the bldg., terminated in transit plenums shown and connect to the fan intake.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Life Science Building
Circa 1960s. Albert Kahn Associates Architects. Dated June 14,1961. View of Duplex Pumps in basement.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Life Science Building
Circa 1960s. Albert Kahn Associates Architects. Dated June 14,1961. View of Research Lab no 201. Showing distillation rack.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Life Science Building
Circa 1960s. Albert Kahn Associates Architects. Dated June 14,1961. Image of view in basement machine room showing distilled water equipment consisting of 2 stills, storage tank, and circulating pump.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Life Science Building
Circa 1960s. Albert Kahn Associates Architects. Dated July 26,1961. View of teaching lab.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Life Science Building
Circa 1960s. Albert Kahn Associates Architects. Dated July 26,1961. View of stairway at first floor.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Life Science Building
Circa 1960s. Albert Kahn Associates Architects. Dated July 26,1961. View of north arcade at stair.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Life Science Building
Circa 1960s. Albert Kahn Associates Architects. Dated July 26,1961. View of first floor corridor.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Mackenzie Union
Circa 1960s. Date August 7,1961. Image of exterior of David Mackenzie Hall. (razed)
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Mortuary Science
Circa 1960s. Image of lab. Dated September 1961.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Old Main
Circa 1960s. Exterior image of Old Main taken on the roof. Malcomson and Higginbotham, 1896. Originally Central High School, Old Main is Wayne State’s place of origin and now a university icon. The stately Romanesque Revival composition is softened by the buff-colored brick. Under the leadership of David Mackenzie, a junior college was begun in the building in 1917. In 1926, high school classes left the building and the growing college took over all the space in the stately structure. Dated 196…
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Misc.
Circa 1960s. Exterior image of Administrative Service Building. Dated August 7, 1961.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Old Main
Circa 1960s. Exterior image of Old Main. Image of Michigan Historic Site sign with main entrance behind. Malcomson and Higginbotham, 1896. Originally Central High School, Old Main is Wayne State’s place of origin and now a university icon. The stately Romanesque Revival composition is softened by the buff-colored brick. Under the leadership of David Mackenzie, a junior college was begun in the building in 1917. In 1926, high school classes left the building and the growing college took over all…
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Old Main
Circa 1960s. Exterior image of Old Main. Image of Old Main as viewed across Warren looking south. Malcomson and Higginbotham, 1896. Originally Central High School, Old Main is Wayne State’s place of origin and now a university icon. The stately Romanesque Revival composition is softened by the buff-colored brick. Under the leadership of David Mackenzie, a junior college was begun in the building in 1917. In 1926, high school classes left the building and the growing college took over all the …