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1. Academic & Administrative

   1. Mechanical Laboratory

      Mechanical Laboratory

       

      When the Rice Institute opened in 1912, it occupied a 294-acre plot of land a mile beyond the Houston city limits on a dirt road extension of Main Street. The institute had to provide its own electricity, and a portion of this building, one of the original four structures on the Rice campus, was devoted to precisely that. It also contained, and continues to house, office and classroom space as well as a working cogeneration plant.

       

      What’s there:

      • Department of Mechanical Engineering
      • Chao Center for Asian Studies
      • Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 

      Built: 1912, Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson

       

      Rice Campus Map No. 55