Chemical Laboratory, 1870s
Year
c.1870
Built in 1856 at the request of President Tappan, the "chemical laboratory for analytical courses" was one of the first in the world devoted exclusively to laboratory instruction in chemistry. Originally only three rooms, it was expanded many times, and provided 135 lab benches by 1868. After a new chemistry building was erected in 1909, the economics department occupied the old building until it was destroyed by fire in 1981.
Frame location: West side of State Street north of the walk on the north side of the Michigan Union, facing east
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University of Michigan - Buildings
University of Michigan
University of Michigan - Academic Programs
Portraits
University of Michigan - President
Laboratories
Education
Henry Philip Tappan
Downtown Ann Arbor Historical Street Exhibit Program
Site 14b: University of Michigan Campus, 1907