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University of Saskatchewan, University Archives & Special Collections Thorvaldson Building
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Campus - Aerial Layout

The old road system is still visible, but the crescent dwindles to a path beyond the Chemistry Building, where the Canada Agriculture Research Station was the last building built according to the original plan (in 1957-1958). In time the Chemistry Building would obscure the crescent to the north and the Dental Clinic to the south. The new Campus Road entrance at Wiggins Avenue, winding towards the lower right and then bending wide round the Arts Building, was already in place. Note how the Arts Building is angled against the flow of the other buildings. The circled buildings are those recently built: Arts, Biology, and the Hardy Lab at the back of the Engineering Building.

Bio/Historical Note: Information from The Green and White, summer 1979, pg. 6.

Chemistry Annexes - Exterior

Looking northeast at Chemistry annexes; the three smokestacks of the Power House in background.

Bio/Historical Note: The limitations of the original Chemistry Building became apparent with the massive influx of students at the end of World War II. The rise in enrollment put a strain on the resources of universities across the country. In response the federal government offered military surplus equipment and buildings to educational institutions at bargain prices. The University of Saskatchewan purchased nine surplus huts used at the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan airport at Dafoe, Saskatchewan, for $46,000 and joined them together to form Chemistry Annex One and Two. This “temporary” solution remained in place for two decades. The annexes were reconfigured in 1964-1965. The Thorvaldson Building opened on 6 June 1966. The annexes were removed by spring 1977.

Chemistry Annexes - Exterior

Elevated view looking north at Chemistry annexes at far right.

Bio/Historical Note: The limitations of the original Chemistry Building became apparent with the massive influx of students at the end of World War II. The rise in enrollment put a strain on the resources of universities across the country. In response the federal government offered military surplus equipment and buildings to educational institutions at bargain prices. The University of Saskatchewan purchased nine surplus huts used at the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan airport at Dafoe, Saskatchewan, for $46,000 and joined them together to form Chemistry Annex One and Two. This “temporary” solution remained in place for two decades. The annexes were reconfigured in 1964-1965. The Thorvaldson Building opened on 6 June 1966. The annexes were removed by spring 1977.

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