Michigan Union construction

Irving Kane Pond, architect. Plans for the Union were on a scale unknown at the time for "club houses" in American colleges and universities: 250 feet long and 200 feet wide.

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Irving Kane and Allen B. Pond, architects. Plans for the Union were on a scale unknown at the time for "club houses" in American colleges and universities: 250 feet long and 200 feet wide. Construction began in 1916 and owing to war time difficulties was not ready to be used by students until 1919. Two new wings to the south were completed in 1936 and 1938. Another addition was begun 1954-55. View of the construction site from the north.

Michigan League Construction

On verso: "Digging the hole" Image includes steam shovel, trucks, bystanders watching the excavation; in bakground are private residences and Hill Auditorium.