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Butte
Hall. Photo courtesy of CSU, Chico IMC. |
Named for Butte County, Butte Hall cost
three million dollars to build and was completed in 1972. Architect
Crawford and Banning of San Rafael designed the seven-story building
to hold 3,000 students and 110 faculty offices. The contracting
firm Robert G. Fisher Company of Fresno constructed the building,
which is the second tallest on campus with nearly 89,000 square
feet of space. When completed, Butte Hall housed nine departments,
anthropology labs, a geography map room and a computer center. Interestingly,
grass was planted around the building after its completion, and
people walked through the grass, creating natural pathways. The
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Plumas Hall. Photo courtesy of CSU, Chico
IMC. |
Completed in 1972, Plumas Hall
was part of the growth of the campus between the late 1960s and
the early 1970s. Architectural firm Theodore Osmundson and Associates
of San Francisco designed the facility that includes over 64,000
square feet. The building is named for Plumas County. Originally
the building was designed for the applied arts departments. Currently,
Plumas Hall houses the agricultural department, The Orion, and other
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Holt
Hall. Photo courtesy of CSU, Chico IMC. |
As part of a peak in building
construction from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s, a new life sciences
complex was constructed. The five million dollar project began in
late 1969 and was built in three sections over a period of time.
The 62,401 square foot building was designed with three stories
of faculty offices, classrooms, lecture rooms, and laboratories.
A herbarium, a temperature controlled room, was included in the
design so that plant specimens could be dried and mounted for further
study.
With a capacity for 370 students, the building included a 170-seat
lecture hall, which was the biggest on campus at the time. The
architect for the project was John Carl Warnecke and Associates
of San Francisco, and the contractor was Continental Heller Corporation.
Faculty member William L. Stephens helped plan the life science
facility. To make room for the new building, Sowilleno Avenue
was removed and replaced with foot and bike paths between the
creek and the construction area. Completed in 1972, the building
was dedicated as Vesta Holt Hall in 1974.
Vesta Holt served as a Chico State faculty member from 1926 to
1957. She became head of the Biology Department in 1931 and later
the chair of the Division of Natural Sciences. Holt published
various guides and manuals for biology education, many focusing
on her specialty of botany. The first paid sabbatical for a Chico
State faculty member was given to Holt in 1953. She founded Omicron
Theta Epsilon in 1927 and also created the Eagle Lake Biological
Station. Shortly after her death in 1970, the life sciences complex
was dedicated in her honor.
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Originally a residence, the
house is now used as office space for Chico State. Noted as a fine
example of Pierre Style architecture in Chico, the house was built
in 1926. The home was constructed for William B. Dean, Pacific Cost
manager of the Diamond Match Company until 1937. The university
acquired the 4,000 square foot house in the early 1970s and renamed
it for Sierra County. The house is currently being used as office
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Sapp
Hall. Photo courtesy of CSU, Chico IMC. |
Built in 1884 by Dr. C. C. Mason, this
house has had ties to the university from the beginning. On the
corner of Normal Street and Third Street, Dr. Mason built a residence
in the fashionable Italianate style. Mason was a Chico Normal School
committee member, as was Timothy H. Barnard. Barnard bought the
home in 1891, after Mason's death. Serving seven years as a trustee
for the school, Barnard was also a Civil War veteran, a state assemblyman
and the owner of Barnard Livery Company. In the early 1910s, Barnard
remodeled the Italianate house with the addition of such Classical
Revival elements as the column and portico in order to keep up with
the current fashions in architecture.
In 1947, Jesse and Mavis Todd Brown bought the house. Mavis Brown
was a professor of art at Chico State. She occasionally had gatherings
of faculty and alumni at her house. The university began to lease
the house in 1987. The house became the Chico State Alumni Building
after the alumni association purchased it in November of 1989.
On October 17, 1992 the building was dedicated as Ella Caroline
Sapp Hall and the interior was renovated for office space.
A graduate of Chico Normal School, Sapp was an influential educator
in the local community. Sapp taught a Central and Rosedale Schools
and was principal at Shasta Union School. After forty-three years
as an educator, Sapp retired in 1962.
This 6,200 square foot house has been known as the Barnard House,
the Mavis Todd Brown House, the Chico State Alumni Building and
is currently known as Sapp Hall.
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Tehama
Hall. Photo courtesy of CSU, Chico IMC. |
Completed in 1992, Tehama Hall was built
at the same time as the O'Connell Technology Center. Both buildings
use the same type of brick exterior. Designed by Natch and Lewis
Architects of Sacramento, the building is over 90,000 square feet.
The facility was named for Tehama County. Numerous departments are
housed in Tehama Hall, including Business, Communications, Journalism,
and Recreation and Parks Management.
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O'Connell
Technology Center
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O'Connell
Technology Center. Photo courtesy of CSU, Chico IMC.
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Completed in 1992 to house the College
of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, the construction
of this facility is a reflection of the increasing influence technology
has on our society. A state architect designed the nearly 75,000
square foot facility. Contractor Allen L. Bender Incorporated of
Sacramento worked on the four-story building that includes classrooms,
faculty offices, and computer labs. Funds for construction came
from proposition 78, which passed in 1988.
Dedicated on October 10, 1992, the building was named in honor
of John F. O'Connell. As a Chico State student from 1933 to 1937,
O'Connell was a star football player and also student body president.
During World War II, O'Connell began work for Bechtel Corporation,
an engineering and construction company with worldwide influence.
In the 1970s, he became president of the company and acquired
political influence with governors, cabinet members and presidents.
O'Connell served on the board of trustees and was the first trustee
to represent the alumni. He also chaired the California State
University Board of Trustees from 1981 until his death on July
2, 1984.
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