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Many buildings have been part of Purdue\u2019s campus landscape over the years.\u00a0 Some became institutional landmarks while others were here only briefly, built to serve a specific purpose for a limited period of time.\u00a0 Can you identify the structures in this photograph, their purpose, and where they were located?\u00a0 Share your theories in the comments and check back on Friday for the whole story!<\/p>\n
UPDATE:<\/strong><\/p>\n Purdue was a military training location during World War I and men from across the country traveled to West Lafayette before shipping out to other parts of the world.\u00a0 To accommodate the influx of so many new people on campus, many of whom stayed for just a few weeks before being replaced by the next group of recruits, the university constructed temporary military barracks on the north side of campus in what had been farmland.\u00a0 This photograph looks south toward the barracks that sat on the site of the current Mechanical Engineering Building with the tower of Heavilon Hall visible in the background.\u00a0 They were demolished shortly after World War I ended in 1918.<\/p>\n Interior scene of Company 5 Barracks photographed in Fall 1918.<\/p>\n Please join us again for our final From the Archives photo of the year on Monday, December 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many buildings have been part of Purdue\u2019s campus landscape over the years.\u00a0 Some became institutional landmarks while others were here only briefly, built to serve a specific purpose for a limited period of time.\u00a0 Can you identify the structures in this photograph, their purpose, and where they were located?\u00a0 Share your theories in the comments […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13,64],"tags":[3863,6977],"class_list":["post-6057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-spec","tag-archives-and-special-collections","tag-from-the-archives"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pT6ms-1zH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6057"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6097,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6057\/revisions\/6097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/11\/PSD00000150.jpg?resize=1069%2C627&ssl=1\")
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