Western College of Veterinary Medicine Building - Exterior
- A-6477
- Item
- 1984
Sidewalk leading to the doors under a concrete raised walkway. Sculpture in a raised base in front of the building.
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Western College of Veterinary Medicine Building - Exterior
Sidewalk leading to the doors under a concrete raised walkway. Sculpture in a raised base in front of the building.
Thorvaldson Building - Official Opening
E.M. (Ted) Culliton, University Chancellor, drawing back a curtain from a plaque fixed to an easel. Dignitaries seated behind him.
Bio/Historical Note: The Chemistry Building was enlarged with an addition and was renamed in honour of Dr. Thorbergur Thorvaldson, professor and dean of Chemistry from 1919-1959. The Thorvaldson Building opened on 6 June 1966. Architect John B. Parkin’s modern design continued with exterior stone cladding. The near windowless, stone three-storey addition provided classrooms, undergraduate and research laboratories, offices, a library and service facilities.
Thorvaldson Building - Official Opening
Ross Thatcher, Premier of Saskatchewan, delivers an address at the opening of the Thorvaldson Building. Plaque at left; seated dignitaries at right.
Thorvaldson Building - Official Opening
J.W.T. Spinks, University President, greets Dr. Edith C. Rowles Simpson, Dean of Home Economics, at official opening of the Thorvaldson Building.
Bio/Historical Note: The Chemistry Building was enlarged with an addition and was renamed in honour of Dr. Thorbergur Thorvaldson, professor and dean of Chemistry from 1919-1959. The Thorvaldson Building opened on 6 June 1966. Architect John B. Parkin’s modern design continued with exterior stone cladding. The near windowless, stone three-storey addition provided classrooms, undergraduate and research laboratories, offices, a library and service facilities.
Thorvaldson Building - Exterior
Unidentified man walks on pathway in front of Thorvaldson Building.
Thorvaldson Building - Exterior
Looking north at Thorvaldson Building; cars parked in front.
Thorvaldson Building - Exterior
Students walking to entrance of Thorvaldson Building; bushes in foreground.
St. Andrew's College - Exterior
Exterior view of St. Andrew's College on the campus of the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.
Gibson Photo (Saskatoon)
Postcards of University Buildings
Three colour-tinted postcards featuring University buildings.
Top image:"Student's Residential Sec. Sask. University". Saskatchewan Hall, with corner of College Building at left.
Middle image: "Sask. University." Newly-completed College Building with two rail cars on each side.
Bottom image: "Anglican College." Emmanuel Anglican College.
Bio/historical note: Designed by Brown and Vallance, Montreal Architects, the College (later known as Administration) building was constructed between 1910-12 by Smith Bros. and Wilson general contractors. Originally a general purpose building, designed in the shape of a capital E, and built at a cost of $297,000.00, the corner stone was laid by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada, on 29 July 1910. The building was officially opened by Walter Scott, Premier of Saskatchewan on 1 May 1913.
View looking east of the Livestock Pavilion, with Main Barn and farm building in background. Winter scene.
Bio/Historical Note: The Livestock Pavilion, one of the five original campus buildings, was designed by Brown and Vallance and constructed between 1910-1912. Built of red brick, slate and translucent glass panels (some of which could be opened for ventilation), it included a large show arena with seating. The Pavilion had a slaughter room and cold storage for the butchery courses. It was demolished in 1986.
Engineering Building - Chemical Engineering Lab
View of Chemical Engineering Lab with equipment; located in Engineering Building.
Looking east at Engineering Building at left and Livestock Pavilion at right. At centre in background is the University farm foreman’s residence at left and the boarding house for farm workers at right.
Arts-Commerce-Law Complex Building - Construction
Elevated view of worksite with equipment, vehicles and men working on the sides of the building.
Bio/Historical Note: The Law and Commerce Buildings were designed and constructed as part of a single project between 1965 and 1967. The architect was John Holliday-Scott of the Saskatoon firm Holliday-Scott & Associates.