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From the Archives: Standard Oil

September 24th, 2017

As the State Street Project continues to update the appearance of Purdue and West Lafayette, we look back on another construction project that changed the area. Can you guess what is being built in this photo, where it is located, and when this photo was taken?  Share your ideas in the comments and check back on Friday for the reveal!

UPDATE:

The construction site in the center of this photograph soon became the Krannert School of Management, completed in 1963.  This construction site photo is looking southeast at the intersection of State and Grant Streets.  Since 2001, the corner that once held the Standard Oil Gas Station has been the site of Jerry S. Rawls Hall, which was dedicated on October 2, 2003.

The gas station is visible in this aerial photo of Krannert taken in the final stages of its construction, along with Young Hall in the background.

Please join us again on Monday, October 9, for our next From the Archives mystery!