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Washington State University Buildings and Landscapes

Columbia Houses, 1947

Two-story, temporary buildings of frame construction. Both exterior and interior surfaces are of gypsum board. All three units heated from one central boiler. Each unit includes a community kitchen for light lunches and small lounge. There are 31 double rooms and quarters for one counselor in each unit. Used for housing married students and some staff members. Completion Date: September 1947. Cost: $300,000. Source of funds: State of Washington. Remarks: Cost included demounting, moving, site preparation, re-erection, and utility construction. The Federal Public Housing Authority donated the buildings. Floor space in each unit totals 17,840 square feet.

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1. Columbia House, 1951 This view is likely taken from Lower Drive, looking south, or south-southwest, back at the State College of Washington campus. The two-story complex in the center left is Columbia House, which was temporary student and faculty housing put in after World War II. Columbia House (the whole complex was generally referred to in the singular) only existed from 1946/1947 until 1954. Once torn down, a football practice field (Columbia field) was installed there and remained until Beasley Coliseum was built here in the 1970s. The adjacent single story buildings to the left are North Fairway student housing.
2. Columbia Houses, 1947 Two-story, temporary buildings of frame construction. Both exterior and interior surfaces are of gypsum board. All three units heated from one central boiler. Each unit includes a community kitchen for light lunches and small lounge. There are 31 double rooms and quarters for one counselor in each unit. Used for housing married students and some staff members. Completion Date: September 1947. Cost: $300,000. Source of funds: State of Washington. Remarks: Cost included demounting, moving, site preparation, re-erection, and utility construction. The Federal Public Housing Authority donated the buildings. Floor space in each unit totals 17,840 square feet.
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1. Columbia House, 1951 This view is likely taken from Lower Drive, looking south, or south-southwest, back at the State College of Washington campus. The two-story complex in the center left is Columbia House, which was temporary student and faculty housing put in after World War II. Columbia House (the whole complex was generally referred to in the singular) only existed from 1946/1947 until 1954. Once torn down, a football practice field (Columbia field) was installed there and remained until Beasley Coliseum was built here in the 1970s. The adjacent single story buildings to the left are North Fairway student housing.
2. Columbia Houses, 1947 Two-story, temporary buildings of frame construction. Both exterior and interior surfaces are of gypsum board. All three units heated from one central boiler. Each unit includes a community kitchen for light lunches and small lounge. There are 31 double rooms and quarters for one counselor in each unit. Used for housing married students and some staff members. Completion Date: September 1947. Cost: $300,000. Source of funds: State of Washington. Remarks: Cost included demounting, moving, site preparation, re-erection, and utility construction. The Federal Public Housing Authority donated the buildings. Floor space in each unit totals 17,840 square feet.
3. Original Construction for Columbia House (Demolished)
4. Demolition of Columbia House (Demolished)

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1. Agricultural Engineering Building, 1947 A two-story building with partial basement. Constructed of combination frame and masonry. There are 10 offices, 3 classrooms, and 6 shops. Floor area totals 17,088 square feet. Overall dimensions are 138 x 111 feet. Heated by steam from Central Heating Plant. Completion Date: September 1947 Cost: $150,994.68 Cost per square foot: $8.85 Cost per cubic foot: 65� Source of funds: State of Washington
2. Ad. Bldg. [Thompson Hall] (1949)
3. Crowded counter for free coffee People crowd into the student bookstore for free coffee day in December at Washington State College. From the Evergreen, in advance of the giveaway: "Free coffee will be served at the TUB next Thursday, and music will be furnished for dancing, from 4 until 5: 30 p.m. by Junior Panhellenic in celebration of 'Hello Day,' an annual event at W.S.C." In honor of "Hello Day" everyone walking on the Hello Walk just below Bryan Hall was supposed to greet those passing them with a cheery "Hello."
4. Birdseye View- Pullman, Wn.
5. Bryan Hall, 1948
6. Bryan Hall foyer, 1948
7. Butch
8. Butch II, ca. 1940
9. Butch III and IV, 1942 1 photographic print; 8 x 10 inches. From left to right. Standing: Jim Love, Everett Jensen, Ken Stenbey, Jim Repp, George Barclay, Russ Michaels. Kneeling: Carl Uppman, Al Hunt, Grant Jochimsen. Butch III and IV were twin cubs presented by Governor Arthur B. Langlie in January 1942 following the death of Butch II earlier that month. Butch III died later that year, while Butch IV lived until 1954.
10. Carpenter Hall, dedication, 1946
11. C.C. Todd Hall, 1948 A reinforced concrete building with a brick veneer face. One wing has overall dimensions of 85'8" x 134', and the other wing 65'4" x 252'2". Floor area will total 134,011 square feet. Both wings have stories and basement. Included in the building are 44 offices, 50 classrooms, and one large lecture room seating 700 people. Completion Date: January 1949 (tentative). Cost: $1,926,009.19 (est). Cost per cubic foot: 98�. Source of funds: State of Washington. Remarks: Will house school of Economics and Business and Serve as classroom building for this and other departments. Heated by steam from the Central Heating Plant.
12. Circulation desk, Library, Bryan Hall, 1948
13. Columbia Houses, 1947 Two-story, temporary buildings of frame construction. Both exterior and interior surfaces are of gypsum board. All three units heated from one central boiler. Each unit includes a community kitchen for light lunches and small lounge. There are 31 double rooms and quarters for one counselor in each unit. Used for housing married students and some staff members. Completion Date: September 1947. Cost: $300,000. Source of funds: State of Washington. Remarks: Cost included demounting, moving, site preparation, re-erection, and utility construction. The Federal Public Housing Authority donated the buildings. Floor space in each unit totals 17,840 square feet.