- City:
- East Lansing, MI
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
Description
“The estate of alumnus Frederick Cowles Jenison and the PWA funded this building, originally designed to house male athletic activities. Characteristic of early 1940s architecture, the horizontal and vertical elements culminate in a monumental entrance, accentuated by low reliefs. From left to right, these glass-brick limestone reliefs depict basketball, football, and baseball athletes.
The main entrance hall is embellished with Art Deco details from the brass and wood staircase railing to the streamlined, geometric lighting in the foyer and main lobby.”
Source notes
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- Michigan State University: Terra Cotta Sculpture - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Campbell Hall - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Entrance Marker - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Union Building Mural - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Union Building Addition - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Olin Health Center - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Abbot Hall - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Giltner Hall - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Band Shell (demolished) - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Music Building Reliefs - East Lansing MI
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