The Art Complex is located at the southwest section of campus at the intersection of Sam Houston Avenue and 21st Street. The Department of Art utilizes seven buildings:
Building B is the oldest-dated structure of the seven buildings; its original use is unknown, thought it appears to have been part of a small apartment or hotel complex.
The university constructed Building F in 1979 as the headquarters of the custodial and grounds department; these functions moved to the former Coors distributor building in 1989.
In 1981 the Art Department constructed a metal building to be used as sculpture studio; Building C, then, is the first building of the seven to have been built exclusively for the department [1]. With the demolition of the Fine Arts Studio Building in the late-1980s, Building F was repurposed, Building B was purchased by the university, and buildings A, D, and E were all constructed for the classes that migrated from the nearby Estill Building. The department assumed ownership of Building G in 2009.
In 2009 it was announced that the buildings were on the demolition schedule as part of the 2008 Campus Master Plan [2, 3].
