Forestry Building - U of M - Missoula, MT
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N 46° 51.554 W 113° 59.028
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Designed by local architect Ole Bakke, this building was added to the campus in 1921 and opened to students in 1922. Bakke adorned its exterior with a series of shields and emblems to loudly proclaim the discipline taught within.
Waymark Code: WMN5B1
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 12/28/2014
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The FORESTRY BUILDING (open 8-10 Mon.-Fri.; 8-6 Sat.), directly S. of Main Hall, was erected in 1921. The walls of tapestry brick are ornamented with pine trees and other figures in terra cotta, which
form a decorative band encircling the building between the second and
third floors.
The school has its own nursery and its own 2,ooo-acre laboratory for-
est. Large forests and lumbering operations within a few miles of the
campus provide opportunities for study of timber stands and conditions prevalent in northwestern forests. Regional headquarters of the U. S. Forest Service cooperates with the school. Practice in the field supplements instruction, and insures a working grasp of forest care and wild-life management. Enrollment is limited, and only students who show marked ability are permitted to take the full course.
Montana: A State Guide Book, 1939
The Forestry Building stands in the second tier of buildings off The Oval, to the southeast of it. With an attractive arched and columned entryway, the building is embellished with many terra cotta plaques, panels and medallions, including several across the upper floor with green fir trees behind an orange letter "M".
Somewhat of an oddity, this is one of the few older buildings which still houses the school for which it was built.
