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MSU-N History University System Timeline Leadership Buildings Acknowledgments The 2004-2005 75th Anniversary Celebration Images of MSUN About MSU-Northern	East Hall Barely able to handle the 81 students enrolled in the first college class in 1929, the college began renovating and remodeling work at the Park Pumping Station on the campus land. Operational funds in the amount of $13,113.88 were used. The building was ready for occupancy in 1932. Named East Hall, it housed the departments of art, music, German, engineering drawing (drafting) and mathematics. A caretaker's apartment was located in the basement as were showers and dressing facilities for both men and women. A men's athletic field had been graded in 1931 in front of the building (north) and a women's athletic field to the back. The sub basement to the pump mechanism was blocked off. The second floor had some kitchen facilities and a fairly large room that doubled as classroom or group meeting space. The building was remodeled several times in the succeeding years to meet varying needs. East Hall with Donaldson Hall on the hill in the background With the evacuation of the school district facilities in 1952, East Hall now served as the administrative building. When Cowan Hall opened in 1953 the pressure was off East Hall. Several classrooms remained in use in the building, mostly devoted to art, music, and later weaving.		East Hall Pershing Hall Donaldson Hall Men's Co-Op Industrial Arts Vets Housing Student Union Cowan Hall Physical Plant Automotive Gymnasium Campus Houses Morgan Hall Food Service Married Student Housing Math/Science Electronics Engineering Tech MacKenzie Hall Library Farm Mechanics Applied Technology
		By 1960 structural flaws in the building made it unsafe and forced discontinued use of all but two rooms. By 1965 it was abandoned for all but storage purposes. Vandalism quickly took its toll. In 1979 the building was demolished, but the original pump was salvaged from the basement of the building, restored, painted and placed on the hill between the Automotive Mechanics Building and Electronics Building as a reminder of the past.


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