Location

1831 University Avenue
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Timeline

1952:
Constructed

1979:
Renovated

Feb. 18, 2011:
Honeycutt Agriculture Teacher Education Classroom dedicated.

Dec. 11, 2012:
Schumann Agricultural Sciences Classroom dedication.

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News

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Demographics

Namesake:
John Thomason

Architect:
Wirtz, Calhoun & Tungate

Contractor:
Unknown

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About

The Thomason Building a four-story academic building located on the western side of the main quadrangle between Austin Hall and the Evans Complex.

Constructed as the Graphic Arts building, since the demolition of the nearby Industrial Arts Building in the early 1980s, the building has housed the Industrial Arts and Agricultural Sciences programs. The Department of Agricultural Sciences and Engineering Technology will move to the Pirkle Engineering Technology Center once that building is complete.

The bottom floor houses the Sam Houston Press & Copy Center, the university's in-house printing and copying facility.

The 2008 Campus Master Plan Executive Summary identified the building as a long-term demolition canididate [1]. However, by the 2013 master plan update it was decided that the building would remain and undergo renovations to become administrative offices [2].

Photographs

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Sources

[1] 2008 SHSU Campus Master Plan Executive Summary
[2] 2013 SHSU Campus Master Plan Update

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