The building was commonly referred to as the Meats and Milk Processing Lab, where meat and pasteurized milk from the college farms and dairy (both the “in-town” farm and County Campus) were brought to be sold to the on-campus dining halls. In the mid-1980s, with the university no longer operating a dairy or processing milk products, the meat processing functions were moved into a newly-constructed addition of the Abattoir Building at the Agriculture Center along Interstate 45.

This area along Sam Houston Avenue – and the site of the nearby Halley Building to the north – was redeveloped into green space and a parking area.