From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
LB2010.9.14861
A view of the Williams Science Hall on the campus of the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT. "The building was built in 1896 and was the first fireproof building on a college campus. It was constructed with money donated from Edward H. Williams, a philanthropist and railroad tycoon, according to an 1894 Burlington Free Press article. None of the building is made of wood, including the floors, which are a 9-inch reinforced concrete, according to the article. Built by the Wilson Brothers, a group of architects from Philadelphia, the building cost $200,000 in 1896 for both materials and equipment, according to the 1996 Vermont Quarterly Summer Issue. Although the building is designed in Victorian Eclectic style, it features terra cotta Gothic ornamentation, including gargoyles at the bases of gable parapets." -- The Vermont Cynic 2022
