Science Block, Massey Agricultural College

Description

The Sir Geoffrey Peren Building (named for the first principal of Massey Agricultural College, previously known as the Old Main Building and the Main Science Building) was designed by Roy A. Lippincott in the Spanish Mission / Mission Revival style. It was built by Fletcher Construction, with its foundation stone laid in 1929 and opening in 1931. As the main building of Massey Agricultural College it housed lecture rooms, teaching and research laboratories, a library, assembly hall, students' common room and staff studies. It is now used for offices, teaching and research.

Identification

Object type

Image

Date

circa 1945

Digitisation id

2015P_Ma6_013193

Format

B&W print

Held in

Coolstore