AGRONOMY LABORATORY
Antigenic Laboratory
Built: 1960-61
Architect: Tinsley, Higgins, Lighter & Lyon
Contractor: James Thompson & Sons
Lease of a site for a laboratory to be erected by the Atomic Energy commission first came to the attention of the Board at the meeting of November 19-21, 1959. A lease for the project was executed in June 1960.1
The building was designed as an “Antigenic Laboratory” for the study of irradiation effects on swine. The A.E.C. awarded the construction contract in June 1960, and the facility was put into use the following year.
By 1969 the A.E.C. research project had been completed, the building was conveyed to the University, and the lease was terminated.2
The space was then allocated for use by the department of Agronomy and the building name changed accordingly.