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With the coming of March and the first days of spring 1956, the new Administration building was nearing completion. On March 16 arrangements were made to rent to the local Air Force Reserve Unit a suite of rooms in the basement comprising 1977 square feet.
The original structure was a two-car garage, to which addition was made to provide the present proportions of the Ceramics Building.
Factual data concerning the Administration Building are as follows:
| Year constructed: |
1956 |
| Source of Funds: |
Built with funds remaining from the 1947 Bond issue, plus revenue from the post-war mill levy. |
| Type of Construction: |
Yellow brick exterior. Load bearing masonry walls and steel construction. |
| Use of Building: |
Administrative offices of the College, Faculty offices, Audio-Visual Center, Duplicating Machines Room, and Ten Classrooms |
| Floor Area: |
27,788 square feet |
| Cost of Construction: |
Cost of constructing building, 1956 $309,420.14
Conveyor Belt Installation, 1960 1,455.02 |
| Total Construction Cost of Building |
$310,875.16 |
| Sidewalks |
$1,374.56 |
| TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION |
$312,249.72 |
Cost of paving the circle driveway in front of the Administration Building was included in the general contract. Sidewalk construction mentioned above comprised the sidewalk down the hill from the upper parking lot by the gymnasium; also widening of the sidewalk on Orman Avenue adjacent to the building.
1956-1957
Open House for the new administration building was planned for Homecoming week and at the same time Mr. Walter DeMordaunt, Architect, was directed to start preliminary planning of the Pueblo College Center. It was decided also to construct the ceramics building and the contract was subsequently let to Hays & Kutzler.
Source: History of Pueblo College, Pueblo, Colorado 1993-1963 by Harold A. Hoeglund
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