Hādhihi nubdhah min al-kitāb al-musammá "Niḥlat al-labīb bi-akhbār al-riḥlah ilá al-habīb"

li-Abī al-ʻAbbās Sīdī Aḥmad ibn ʻAmmār.

Chem [Chemistry] Lab [Laboratory]

A. J. Jordan, architect. Built in 1856. First chemical laboratory at a state university. Building served medical students and others as both laboratory and classroom. Situated just west and south of the original medical building. Additions made to the one-story building in 1861, 1866, 1868, 1874. In 1880 a two-story addition was added with subsequent additions in 1889 and 1901. Became Economics Building in 1908. Pharmacology occupied north wing 1908-1981. Destroyed by fire Christmas Eve 1981.