Category: M.A.C. Campus

The Class of 1883 raised $250 to purchase this fountain, which it presented to the College in a ceremony on August 13, 1883. Eight feet, four inches in height, with a pool measuring twenty feet in diameter, it was located just east of the Botany greenhouses, south of the Chemical Laboratory. When the Main Library construction…

In 1879, the State Board of Agriculture declared that a double row of American Elm trees should be planted along the entire length of the College’s northern boundary, running along both Michigan Avenue and Grand River Avenue. Professor Beal, irked that the Board had made this decision “without the knowledge of or consultation with the professor…

In 1913, Michigan Agricultural College leased the 336-acre C. D. Woodbury farm, an area south of the river and west of the original campus, much of which was previously owned by D. G. Harrison. The lease included a ten-year privilege of purchase, which the College soon exercised. This acquisition brought the total area of the school to…

In 1871, the Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad Company completed its line from Howell to Lansing, in the process running its track across the College farm. Five years later, the Grand Trunk Railroad also crossed the farm, running its line from Battle Creek to Durand. The two lines intersected at Trowbridge junction, and even…