the buildings of sam houston state university

Building
Photographs

Avenue M

Map

Timeline

1969

Constructed

c.1996-97

Demolished

Namesake

None

The Feed Formulation Building was one the buildings located at the Agriculture Center along northbound Interstate 45.

The northeast part of the building contained the Agriculture Center manager’s office at one time.

Northwest of the building was the demonstration feed lot, an outdoor feeding area for 50-60 head of cattle. Because of the high volume of livestock on the property, the university paid a premium to pump manure into the city sewer.

Because of the building’s deterioration and the on-going smell – and its close proximity to residential areas on the other side of Robinson Creek – the feed mixing building was one of the structures removed during the late-1990s.

A greenhouse was built on the site of the feed lot.

Sources:
Interview with Bobby Lane, 2009

An aerial photograph of the Agriculture Center shortly after its completion in 1969.

Some old signage at the north-eastern entrance to the Agriculture Center gives you an idea of what once transpired out along the Interstate.

The Feed Formulation Building is remembered today by a cement slab; the only remaining evidence is the sloped walkway outside the northwest entrance. At one time, the Agriculture Department proposed a Plant and Soil Science Laboratory on this site.