Art Complex

The Department of Art utilized at most seven buildings:

• Art Building A

• Art Building B

• Art Building C

• Art Building D

• Art Building E

• Art Building F

• Art Building G

Construction

• Building B was the oldest of the seven buildings, dating to 1968. Its original use was unknown. SHSU purcahsed the building in the late 1980s.

• The university constructed Building F in 1979 as the headquarters of the custodial and grounds department. These functions moved to the former Coors Beer distribution building in 1989.

• In 1981, the Art Department constructed a metal building on the site as a sculpture studio. Building C became the site's first building constructed for the Department of Art [1].

• With the demolition of the Fine Arts Studio Building in the late-1980s, SHSU built buildings A, D, and E between 1989 and 1994 to accompany buildings B, C, and F for classes moving from the nearby Estill Building. Campus maps of the 1990s were not detailed: instead of labeling the individual building, maps collectively referred to the area as the Fine Arts Complex [2].

• Built in 1999, the Department of Art assumed ownership of Building G in 2009.

Grounds

Students turned the grounds into their own showcase over the years by installing an outdoor sculpture garden in the yards between buildings. Also, students painted (and repainted) a billboard outside Building F multiple times during each long semester.

Demolition

In 2009, SHSU announced the buildings were on the demolition schedule as part of the 2008 Campus Master Plan [3, 4], and it would replace them with a permanent art building.

• Building G was demolished in 2015 to make way for the southern residential dining facility.

• Building B was demolished in July 2016.