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==History== | ==History== | ||
The Sandford Fleming Building was originally known as the physics building, housing most of the Department of Physics until the construction of [[McLennan Physical Laboratories]] in 1967. The physics department was itself sharing facilities at University College in what is now the Croft Chapter House and several rooms in the cloisters, but the space was insufficient for the department by the turn of the century. To fund a new building, in early 1904, the University of Toronto Alumni Association lobbied Ontario Premier, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Ross George William Ross], for funding. A meeting was held in March 1904 and backed by a student petition with 1,400 signatures. In the midst of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905_Ontario_general_election 1904 Ontario election campaign], Ross' Liberal government announced $180,000 to pay for the new physics building.<ref name="Friedland" /> | |||
The physics building was designed by Darling & Pearson architects, and built as part of a cluster of construction that took place from 1905 to 1908, including the construction of Convocation Hall in 1906 and the dismantling of the observatory (now the UTSU Building) in 1908 to permit the northern extension of King's College Road.<ref name="Richards"/> Completion of the building was costlier than anticipated.<ref name="Friedland"/> | |||
The building formally opened on September 27, 1907, the day after the inauguration of new University of Toronto President, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Falconer Robert Falconer]. The opening was attended by university dignitaries and included a lecture by John McLennan, head of the physics department, on how the building would be used.<ref name="Friedland"/> | |||
Although the physics department shared some personnel and equipment in the early days of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, the two were separately managed and engineering students only had limited classes with physics professors. Engineering did not generally make use of space in the physics building until the 1960s. In 1960, the [[Galbraith Building]] was built on the west side of the old physics building, with an adjoining wall and interconnected hallways. By the mid-1960s, the physics department had moved out to the newly constructed McLennan Physical Laboratories, leaving the building, now renamed the Sandford Fleming Building, to the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the same time that the old School of Practical Science building was being torn down. | |||
===The Sandford Fleming Building Fire of 1977=== | ===The Sandford Fleming Building Fire of 1977=== | ||
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===References=== | ===References=== | ||
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<ref name="Friedland">M.L. Friedland, ''The University of Toronto: A History'', 1st ed (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002), pp. 196-7, 224.</ref> | |||
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* R. White, The Skule Story: the University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, 1873-2000, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001, p. 235-237. <br /> | * R. White, The Skule Story: the University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, 1873-2000, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001, p. 235-237. <br /> | ||
* B. Levine, A Century of Skill and Vigour, Toronto: Barry G. Levine, 1985, p. 66-71.<br /> | * B. Levine, A Century of Skill and Vigour, Toronto: Barry G. Levine, 1985, p. 66-71.<br /> | ||
* R. Brown, " The Life of Sir John Cunningham McLennan, Ph.D., F.R.S., O.B.E., K.B.E., 1867-1935," Physics in Canada, Vol. 56, no. 2, , March/April 2000. | * R. Brown, " The Life of Sir John Cunningham McLennan, Ph.D., F.R.S., O.B.E., K.B.E., 1867-1935," Physics in Canada, Vol. 56, no. 2, , March/April 2000. | ||
[[Category:Buildings]] | [[Category:Buildings]] | ||