For a handful of temporary barracks buildings on the West Lafayette campus, “temporary” turned out to mean almost 57 years. They were the last cluster of temporary structures on campus, standing near Stadium and Northwestern Avenues, and it took from February to June 2004 to dismantle them. When they went up in summer 1947 with […]
Situated near the current location of the Mathematical Sciences Building, Purdue Hall was the sole men’s dormitory until 1902. The four-story brick structure, one of Purdue’s original three buildings, was completed in 1873, a year before the University’s first classes began. Initially called Men’s Dormitory and the Old Dorm, Purdue Hall was also the site […]
It doesn’t matter how cold it gets on the outside — the icy grip of winter melts away in Purdue’s world-class greenhouses. Inside each you can see what grows in a research and teaching facility where it’s always 78 degrees or warmer. The glass houses lend sights and smells of warm plants growing amid bins […]
Located in front of Hovde Hall in the heart of campus, the Class of 1939 Water Sculpture celebrated its 30th anniversary on July 17, 2019. Often called the Engineering Fountain or the Purdue Mall Fountain, the water sculpture was a gift from the Class of 1939 to commemorate its 50th anniversary. Indiana sculptor Robert Youngman […]
Quite literally transforming campus, the 40-foot bronze Transformation sculpture was installed on the south portion of campus in 2002 to serve as more than an art form. Transformation was given to the University as a gift from the class of 1952. The class raised over $860,000 for a scholarship fund and the commissioned piece that […]
Ladies Hall, one of the original three buildings on Purdue’s West Lafayette campus, served several purposes during its existence. Like Purdue’s two other original buildings — Purdue Hall, a dormitory for men, and the Science Building, later known as the Pharmacy Building — Ladies Hall dates to around 1871. It was located near the present-day […]
Across Purdue’s campus, several time capsules will one day give future Boilermakers a glimpse into university life during the 20th and 21st centuries. Some of the time capsules are buried near campus landmarks, while others are nestled within the cornerstones of key campus buildings or within the walls of new construction. On September 11, 1970, […]
Three campus markers on the periphery of Purdue’s West Lafayette campus recognize the work of retired deans of students Beverley Stone (HDR LA’86), Barbara Cook (PhD EDU’67, HDR LA’96), and Betty Nelson. Each marker reads “Purdue University Founded 1869” and was installed on campus between 1982 and 1996. The marker at Grant and State streets, […]
Nestled in a small corner of the Philip E. Nelson Hall of Food Science’s basement is a beautifully furnished cave-shaped room best described as a wine cellar. The Richard P. Vine Enology Library, as it’s officially called, was established in 1998 using a donation from the Bronco Wine Company in Ceres, California. Fred Franzia, the […]
On the second floor of the Delon and Elizabeth Hampton Hall of Civil Engineering, a museum-quality exhibit transports visitors to another realm: the El Aguila Mine near Oaxaca, Mexico. The Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) mining exhibit, constructed in 2013, occupies a short hallway and two adjacent walls, and it has all […]
