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The Fine Arts Center, constructed during the early 1970’s, reaching completion in 1974, occupies a prominent space on campus. The building’s unique design was intended to mimic the Elm tree lined walkway that once occupied the space between the…

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Massachusetts Agricultural College built the Insectary in 1888 in order to provide a space to cultivate the study of insects, specifically those that were harming plants across the state. The Insectary was built on what would become Stockbridge…

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The establishment of the infirmary buildings was a direct response to the Scarlet Fever epidemic of 1912 that left four Massachusetts Agricultural College students dead. The infirmary, which is now known as the University Health Services, did not…

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The state of Massachusetts gave $6,500 for the construction of the Drill Hall that was built on the Massachusetts Agricultural College campus between 1882 and 1883. This large barn-like structure stood on the south hill of South College. Originally,…

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The Massachusetts Agricultural College was founded in 1863 and the Old Chemistry Laboratory (also known as College Hall) was one of the first buildings erected on the campus. The Chemistry Laboratory, built in 1867 and expanded two years later, was…

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The Brooks Tobacco Barn, now rotting between parking lots 26 and 31 along Governors Drive, represents a once central mission in the experimental work of Massachusetts Agricultural College. It was built in 1924 to accommodate the MAC’s experimental…

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The Botanical Museum, constructed in 1867 for a total cost of $5,180, was one of the original four buildings built before the first class of students arrived in the fall of the same year. Erected behind the original Durfee Conservatory, the Botanical…

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Founded in 1961, WFCR has played a vital role in circulating news throughout the Pioneer Valley. Initially located within the Springfield Trade School in Springfield, Massachusetts, WFCR first moved to UMass Amherst in 1967 after the school's Board…

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The Waugh House was the on-campus home of influential landscape architect, and university professor, Frank Albert Waugh (sometimes referred to by his initials, F.A. Waugh). It existed somewhere in close proximity to Wilder Hall. Here Waugh lived…

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150 years after the Massachusetts Agricultural College acquired the Cowles’ house in 1864, the building still stands on what is now the University of Massachusetts at Amherst campus. Much has been changed, however, in the three centuries since its…
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