Industrial Arts Building (Tempe, Arizona)

Industrial Arts Building
The Industrial Arts building at the ASU Main Campus in Tempe, AZ home of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Location: ASU Campus (Bldg. 4), Tempe, Arizona
Area: less than one acre
Built: 1914
Architect: Knipe,L.G.; Arizona Eng. & Const. Co.
Architectural style: Classical Revival
Governing body: State
MPS: Tempe MRA
NRHP Reference#: 85002168[1]
Added to NRHP: September 4, 1985

The Industrial Arts Building on the Arizona State University campus in Tempe, Arizona, later known as the Anthropology Building and now known as the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, was built in 1914. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

The building was designed by Norman F. Marsh, a California architect. It is significant for being the first and only true Classical Revival building on the campus, as well as the first building to use reinforced concrete construction. Within the history of Arizona State University, it represents the expansion of the curriculum beyond teacher training. It was also the first building built west of College Avenue.[2]

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