Source: The University of Michigan: An Encyclopedic Survey; Walter A. Donnelly, Wilfred B. Shaw, and Ruth W. Gjelsness, editors; Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1958.
West Physics Building
Building details
Date Completed:
1905
Architect:
Pond and Pond, of Chicago, with consultations by Professor Henry Smith and Dr. Victor C. Vaughan
Total cost to build:
$26,973.99
Contractor:
Daniel J.Ross
1905 addition:
Architects: Pond and Pond
Contractors: Koch Brothers, of Ann Arbor
Cost of addition: $35,000.00
Net floor area after addition:
18,497 sq. ft.
Additional Facts:
Begun in 1887, completed in 1888
The building was shared by the Medical School and the Department of Physics until the completion of the West Medical Building in 1903
Burned during demolition in the summer of 1966