Student Union - U of M - Missoula, MT
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N 46° 51.710 W 113° 59.210
12T E 272346 N 5194142
One of five depression era buildings constructed on campus, this one was designed by local architect C. J. Forbis and funded in part by the PWA. Art Deco in design, it was a departure from the Renaissance Revival style seen exclusively to that time.
Waymark Code: WMMZHP
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 11/28/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ZenPanda
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Student Union
Missoula architect C. J. Forbis ushered in a new campus building phase in 1935 with the construction of this student union. The building’s placement and modern Art Deco façade broke ranks with the Renaissance Revival style called for in the old Carsley-Gilbert campus master plan. The old plan had contained no such facility, and the new building was sited contrary to the previous symmetrical campus arrangement. Partially funded by Public Works Administration funds so important to the university during the Depression, in concept and form the building provided an architectural statement of renewed vigor and growth. It now serves as the Fine Arts Building.
From the NRHP Plaque
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This is one of five buildings constructed in the third round of construction at the university, all built in the mid 1930s. This, the original student union building, now the fine arts building, is in the second tier of buildings north of The Oval.
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