Pathology Building, 1979
From CSU's Sense of Place: A Campus History of Colorado's Land-Grant University, by James E. Hansen, Gordon A. Hazard, and Linda M. Meyer. Fort Collins, CO: Colorado State University, 2018.
Architect – Charles Ingalls and Associates of Fort Collins (original)
Builder – Reid Burton Construction Company of Fort Collins (original), CSU Facilities Management Remodel and Construction Services Section (Laboratory remodeling)
300 West Lake Street
In 1967, planning for a new building to house Pathology work for the College of Veterinary Medicine began. A 1970 campus map showed the proposed site for this building to be on the southeast corner of Center Avenue and Lake Street. However, the Pathology Building was eventually located on the southwest corner of East Drive and West Lake Street. Built on the site of a former trailer court, groundbreaking took place in December 1974. Designed by Chares Ingalls and Associates of Fort Collins, the $3,055,000 Pathology Building was built by the Reid Burton Construction Company of Fort Collins and completed in late 1976 followed by a massive move-in of equipment, research projects, and staff. January 1977 was the official opening of the new building serving the College of Veterinary Medicine.
It featured an electron microscope, radiation detection equipment and an incinerator to dispose of animal carcasses. This building houses offices, classrooms and labs for the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, which provides graduate study in the area of pathology. The detached incinerator on the south side of the building featured a narrow, square-shaped chimney that was as tall as the building. It did not work as planned and was used for only a short time. It did give rise to some unintended humor when the Facilities Management Construction Office issued a memo about the problems with the “Pathological Incinerator”.
The building has provided offices for some of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ outstanding research scholars, including University Distinguished Professor Edward A. Hoover. Dr. Hoover was internationally renowned for his work involving animal diseases and developed a vaccine for feline leukemia that has saved millions of cats from this illness.
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