NDSU Blue Prints/Plans, Dates 1901 – 1994
Map Case
1. North Dakota State University Master plan 1993-1994 (2 sheets)
· Illustrative campus plan – January 1994
· Illustrative plan of vicinity – December
1993
2. NDAC Plan for future development of buildings and grounds 1921, 1929,
1959
· Plan of campus May and June 1921
· By Morell and Nichols
– Landscape architects in Minneapolis, MN
· Shows roads, trees
and buildings
· Also a smaller
plan with and overlay of what campus looked like at the time
· Seven copies of this smaller plan
· Contains copies
made on photocopy machine
· Letter from President J.H. Shepperd to
staff and a copy of this – October 1929
· The future plans
were made to discuss placement of the new physical education and auditorium
building
· Blue print of campus n.d.
· NDAC General plan for arrangement of buildings
and grounds
· 1948 Morell and
Nichols, Inc. A.R. Nichols, Geo. L. Nason, site planners
· Shows current and
proposed buildings, roads and trees
· “Many New Buildings in NDSC Future Plans”
– Spectrum – December 1959
· Contains article
and map of campus by Morell and Nichols
· Proposed map of campus showing buildings and streets
3. Plat of campus subdivision 1925 (7 sheets)
· Part of the East Half of section 36 Township
140 North, Range 49 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian
· Around 13th street and 12th avenue
· May 1925
· All sheets are the same except some have
sketches of campus and the surrounding neighborhood
4. Map of NDAC campus 1933, Campus electricity plan 1929, Campus steam
lines 1930 (4 sheets)
· Mirror map of NDAC campus
· John Hanson
· December, 1933
· Shows buildings,
roads, sidewalks, fence
· Electric conduits NDAC (2 copies of blueprints)
· Drawn by H.S. Rush
11-9-29
· Also shows current
buildings and roads
· Steam lines NDAC
· Drawn by R.W. Carlson
November 15, 1930
· Also shows roads,
sidewalks and buildings
5. Proposed new north drive 1927; Landscape plan by P.E. buildings and
Men’s dormitory n.d.
· Proposed new north drive NDAC July 6, 1927
· Civil Engineer
Fred L. Weeks
· Plan and profile
· Between 13th street
N. and Main drive
· Landscape plan by P. E. building and men’s
Dormitory
· Shows names and
locations of trees and flowers
6. Addition to Agricultural Hall 1929 (4 sheets)
· Architect William F. Kurke
· April 1929
· basement and attic plans showing mechanical
systems; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floor plans; East, west, south and north elevations,
details of various building parts
7. Proposed Agricultural Building NDAC 1917 (4 sheets)
· Division of Architecture
· pencil and ink drawings
· 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor plans and front
elevation
8. Agricultural Engineering – proposed plan – Francis Hall – letter
1929; Francis Hall plan 1923
· Agricultural Engineering building
· Suggested layout
using Francis Hall
· April 1929
· Floor plan
· Proposed plan for Francis hall
· April 1929
· 1st floor and two
plans for 2nd floor
· letter April 1929
· Asking for more
space for agricultural engineering
· Francis Hall plan 1923
· Two sheets
· 1st and 2nd floor
plans showing old and new walls
9. Additions to Science Hall (Minard) 1917 and 1929
· Science hall addition 1917
· Architect Walter
B. Ward
· 16 sheets
· sub-basement booting
and foundation plan; 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor plans; Roof framing plan;
Front, North and Rear Elevations; sections; details of parts of
building, some
full-size
· Science Hall addition April 1929
· Architect William
F. Kurke
· 9 sheets
· Foundation plan;
foundation plan showing mechanical work; ground floor plan; 1st floor plan;
2nd floor plan (2 copies); attic floor plan; roof plan; West, East,
North and South
elevations; various building details
10. Residence Hall for men (Churchill) 1927 (13 sheets)
· William F. Kurke, architect
· Includes basement plan; 1st, 2nd and 3rd
floor plans; roof plan; West, east, south and north elevations; details
of building
· Column schedule 8-16-27
· Foundation and footing plan 9-16-27
· 1st floor reinforcing plan (beams and joists)
8-16-27
· Meninecke and Johnson contractor
· 1st and 2nd floor plans with glued-on changes
· smaller first floor plan with cost estimate
and capacity April 1927
11. Physical Education and auditorium building – Two different proposed
plans 1927 and n.d.
· Pencil drawings by Walter T. Rolfe
· Main level floor
plan – June 29, 1927
· Ground Floor (basement)
– July 9, 1928
· Blueprints of Rolfe’s pencil drawing
· Two copies exactly
the same
· By Architects Braseth and Houkom
· 9 sheets of blueprints
· Foundation plan;
2nd floor plan; Roof plan; cross-sections; details; plans and elevations
of a “bleacher storage house”; cross-section of pool; basement and 1st
floor mechanical
plans; a riser diagram
12. Residence for the Home Economics department (Alba Bales) 1922
· 12 sheets
· plans prepared by the department of architecture
– August, 1922
· basement and footing plan; 1st and 2nd
floor plans; front, north, south and west elevations; details; plot plan;
mechanical equipment plans
13. Addition to poultry house 1923 (15 sheets)
· Department of Architecture
· 1923 8 sheets
· basement; 1st and
2nd floor plans; south, north and west elevations; details
· revised 8-11-23 7 sheets
· basement and 1st
floor plans; south, north and west elevations, building details
14. Mechanic Arts buildings alterations and additions 1922, 1901, 1925,
1927
· “Addition to the Old Mechanic Arts building”
· Blueprints – 3
sheets – January 13, 1925
· Floor plan; west and south elevations; drains and water pipes
· Request letter
to State Board of Administration in Bismarck, ND from John Lee Coulter,
president of NDAC, March 23, 1927
· Letters form R.M.
Dolve to Coulter
· Letter from Board
of Administration stating request approved
· List of how much
building will cost
· Mechanical laboratory NDAC
· Hancock Bros. Architects
· 5 sheets
· west, east, north
and front elevations; cross-section; details of building parts
· proposed alteration of stairway
· dept. of Architecture
– April 1922
· 1st and 2nd floor
plans of stairway
· two sheets almost
identical
· Alteration of building
· Writing on back
“alteration of old machine shop into classrooms and offices”
· 1st floor plan
and details
· Knute A. Henning,
dept. of Architecture
· Plan of Forge Shop and Engine Room – June
1901
· Addition to Mechanical Building
· G.L. Gilbert
· 2 sheets
· East, west and
north elevations; section; plan; oil house
· Proposed plan for Mechanical Laboratory
n.d.
· 1st floor plan
15. Alterations and additions to Boiler Room 1928; Heating plant 1931;
Power plant 1931; and tabulations
· Preliminary plans for addition and alteration
to boiler room for State Agricultural College, Fargo
· Fuel Economy Engineering
Co., contracting engineers, St. Paul, MN
· November 25, 1928
· 4 sheets - Cost
estimate, section, plan
· Additions and alterations to heating plant
– July 1931
· Pillsbury Engineering
Co., Engineers
· 4 sheets – plan
of space available; foundation and airducts; setting and elevation of piping,
building changes
· Additions and Alteration to power plant
– NDAC for State Bard of Administration, Bismarck – May 10, 1931 – 5 sheets
· Plan view of boiler
room; cross section; longitudinal section through boiler house and proposed
new boiler; cross section through proposed new boiler; plan view
of foundations;
North, south, east and west elevations; plan view of old and new roof
· Tabulations of boiler data sheet and tabulation
of water tube boiler bids
· Pillsbury Engineering
Co.
· July 25, 1931
16. Greenhouses 1931; Alteration of Old Engineering 1926; Putnam addition,
Automobile Laboratory
· A.C. Greenhouses - September 30, 1931
· Department of Agricultural
Engineering
· Drawn by C.F. Kelly
· Pencil drawing
including science greenhouse; chemistry greenhouse; plant pathology greenhouse;
campus, horticulture and plant breeding greenhouse
· Showing total glass
area
· Plan of proposed attic utilization of Old
Engineering building
· Dept. of Architecture,
NDAC January 18, 1926
· 1 sheet – floor
plan and section
· Addition to administration building
· Dept. of Architecture
NDAC
· 3 sheets – floor
plan; north and west elevations
· plus accompanying
report including “General conditions of contract” - 1918 and “Specifications
for addition to administration building located at the North Dakota
Agricultural College”
– 1923
· this report contains detailed instructions about materials to
be used in the construction
· Automobile laboratory
· Pencil drawing
and blue print
· Both similar
· Plan, section and elevation
· Cost sheet
· Putnam addition “proposed scheme for a
library stack room”
· Dept. of arch.
n.d.
· Plan; south and
east elevations; section; cost estimate; book capacity
17. Engineering drawings
· Welding lab exhaust system – September
26, 1946
· Dept. of Engineering
– pencil drawings
· 8 sheets – includes
drawing of flashing, ceiling, brackets, elevation
· Floor plan of welding laboratory
n.d.
· Engineering building
NDAC
· Student Union – Entrance footing placement
– June, 1963
· Kirk and Assoc.
Architects, Engineers
· Customer – J.E.
Kreig and son
· Steam line support bracket
· October 1948 –
Pencil drawing by Wm. Schwader
· NDAC School of
Engineering
· Supports for waste sink, supports for print
washer
· 3 sheets – pencil
drawings – no location, no date
· G.E educational power plant unit in steam
lab in Engineering lab. Building
· NDSC School of
Engineering – pencil drawings 1948-1949
· Plan showing steam
line form boiler plant to steam lab in Engineering Lab. Building
· Elevating of proposed
piping layout and bayley meter location
· Power-driven Enterotome for NDAC Veterinary
department
· By NDAC Agricultural
Engineering Dept. - January 1956
· Motor driven shaft
and pulley assembly and right side view
· Double acting hydraulic cylinder
· Drawn by James
Overboe – March 1947
18. Sudro Hall (Pharmacy Building) (c.1959); Research and Teaching Addition
to Sudro Hall, May, 1961
· Ground Floor, First Floor, Second Floor
plans (2 sets), c. 1959
· Research and Teaching Addition to Sudro
Hall, First Floor – Revision May 1, 1967
19. Stevens Hall (Biological Sciences)
· Schematics (April 1966)
· Revised Schematics (May 1966)
· General Lab Layouts
1997