From Prairie Sod to Campus Cornerstones

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Marston Hall, no date.
MARSTON HALL

Engineering Hall

Built: 1900-1903


The building was dedicated as Engineering Hall in 1903. A blizzard in 1909 torn off the asphalt roofing, damaging the skylights. In 1924, the Physics Department and State Highway Commission moved out. The building was renamed Marston Hall in 1947 for Anston Marston, the first Dean of Engineering. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, Marston Hall has undergone various remodeling and renovation through the years.

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Marston Hall, no date. View from Alumni Hall. Marston Hall, no date. Marston Hall, 1913.

History of Campus Buildings at Iowa State University

Comments: Tanya Zanish-Belcher (tzanish@iastate.edu)
Created by: Andrea Reis, Research/Technical Assistant & Jill Osweiler Schaefer, Special Collections Librarian

Updated by: Michele Christian, University Records Analyst