Date: 1871

Title: $10,000 Chemical Laboratory Built

Description:

A chemical laboratory costing $10,000 was built to Chemical Professor Dr. Robert Kedzie's specifications. He had researched the nine best labs in the country and one in Germany. Ventilation hoods, a modern innovation for the era, were placed over laboratory tables. Following World War II, this yellow brick building served as the university library annex and a lecture hall. It was located on the site of the present library and was razed in 1955 when the new library was built.

From The Spirit of Michigan State, by J. Bruce McCristal