Looking east at the Livestock Pavilion.

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.

View looking northeast of the Livestock Pavilion, with corner of Main Barn in background; Unidentified group of men and women standing near entrance. 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.

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.

Metal double doors of the Livestock Pavilion with three arched windows above them; sidewalk in foreground.

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.

Looking northeast at the Livestock Pavilion.

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.

Looking northeast at Livestock Pavilion before demolition in December 1986. Engineering Building at right.

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.

Work progresses on the foundation of the National Research Council (NRC) building. Rutherford Rink, Livestock Pavilion and Engineering Building in background.

Bio/Historical Note: In 1916 the National Research Council legislation was enacted and the institution was formed with the mandate to advise the government on matters of science and industrial research. For the first 15 or 16 years of its existence the NRC consisted of offices and borrowed lab space. It launched Canada’s first research journal, “Canadian Journal of Research” and funded research for human and bovine tuberculosis – a significant domestic problem in the 1920s. In 1932, NRC’s first dedicated lab was built in Ottawa. The NRC established a laboratory on the east side of the University of Saskatchewan campus in 1948. The original purpose of the facility was to “use chemistry and biology to diversify Canadian agriculture.” Originally called the “Prairie Regional Lab” then the “Plant Biotechnology Institute,” the facility is now known as “NRC Saskatoon.”

Two returned men standing on a Titan 15-30 tractor; one man driving it. Engineering Building and Livestock Pavilion in background.

W.J. Rutherford, Dean of Agriculture, addressing attendees in the Livestock Pavilion.

Annotated on front of composite postcard showing six buildings on the University campus and farm (from top left): Science and Arts Building [College of Agriculture Building], main (east) entrance to Saskatchewan Hall; Saskatchewan Hall; Emanuel [Emmanuel] College; Stock [Livestock] Pavilion, and the Experimental Farm Barn [Main Barn].

Annotated on front of composite postcard showing six buildings on the University campus and farm. From top left: College of Agriculture Building, main entrance to Saskatchewan Hall; Saskatchewan Hall; Emmanuel College; Livestock Pavilion, and the Main Barn.