Hobson-Huntsinger University Archives Photograph Collection, 1890-1982
Date
circa 1947
Decade
1940s
Photographer
Laumbach, Karl W.
Subject (LCSH)
College campuses
New Mexico State University
Buildings
Subject (local)
New Mexico State University. Goddard Hall
New Mexico State University. Wilson Hall
Historical context
''The engineering building with its distinctive bell tower and Spanish Renaissance style was completed in 1913. An annex was added under the auspices of the WPA in 1936-37. The annex was designed and supervised by college faculty and built with student labor. The building was dedicated in 1934 to the late dean of engineering, Ralph Willis Goddard. Born in Waltham, Mass., in 1887, Goddard was hired by the college as an electrical engineering professor in 1914 and became dean of engineering in 1920. He was a pioneer in radio engineering and his experiments received national attention. He also trained enlisted men to become proficient in sending and receiving wireless messages during World War I. The Wilson Hall was the first Trost building on campus. It was completed in 1909 and used for the study of agriculture. It contained numerous laboratories and classrooms, as well as the offices of the different Agricultural department, irrigation experimentation, and the Agricultural Experiment Station. It was leveled after a destructive fire in 1937.'' Cited from Architectural Origins at NMSU Our Heritage website.
Extent
8 x 10 in.
Notes
Goddard Hall, the engineering building, on the left and Wilson Hall, the agriculture building, on the right as viewed from the campus gates.