Industrial Education Laboratory

Avenue M Map | News | ID#: 0036 Timeline 1945 Constructed Jan. 1980 Renovated [1] c.2002 Demolished [2] Namesake None Architect Unknown Contractor(s) Unknown An aerial from the 1950s shows the Agriculture Farm Shop, the Wood Lab, and the (roof of the) Metals Lab that existed southwest of the main campus. The buildings still stood and were still used as late as the md-1990s. Sources [1] - SHSU: 2000, Campus Master Plan (1982) [2] - Regents Approve SHSU Projects (2002) Interview with Bobby Lane (2009)

The building contained classrooms and offices as well as the university's wood, electricity, and, later, plastic laboratories. A circa-1969 campus map identified the structure as the Industrial Arts Wood and Electricity Lab (abbreviated "IAS"); it was more commonly referred to simply as the Wood Lab in later years.

The 1982 Campus Master Plan says S.I. Morris Associates of Houston renovated the building in the early 1980s, updating the roof, ceilings, other structural areas, and making the building better accessible for the handicap [1]. Updates were also made to the Agriculture Farm Shop at this time.

It was demolished in the early 2000s; its functional successor was the Industrial Technology Building, located west of the razed property.

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