{"id":5809,"date":"2017-09-24T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=5809"},"modified":"2017-09-28T15:49:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T19:49:34","slug":"from-the-archives-standard-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/2017\/09\/24\/from-the-archives-standard-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Archives: Standard Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5810\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/PSD00000935.jpg?resize=649%2C654&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"649\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/PSD00000935.jpg?resize=298%2C300&amp;ssl=1 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/PSD00000935.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/PSD00000935.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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? \u00a0Share your ideas in the comments and check back on Friday for the reveal!<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The construction site in the center of this photograph soon became the Krannert School of Management, completed in 1963.\u00a0 This construction site photo is looking southeast at the intersection of State and Grant Streets.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5829 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/PPBUC00629-aerial-view.jpg?resize=765%2C579&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"765\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/PPBUC00629-aerial-view.jpg?resize=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/PPBUC00629-aerial-view.jpg?resize=768%2C582&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/PPBUC00629-aerial-view.jpg?resize=1024%2C776&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/PPBUC00629-aerial-view.jpg?w=1182&amp;ssl=1 1182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Please join us again on Monday, October 9, for our next From the Archives mystery!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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