At the time of the Old Normal fire in 1902, work was underway on a second campus building, a new Science Hall just a few hundred feet to the east of Academic to accommodate the recently created Department of Chemistry and Agriculture. By that summer – with insurance money from the fire – construction commenced on a third campus structure, the Training School.
The St. Louis Preservation Board will meet today to review the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's plans for a $100 million renovation of Powell Hall. The orchestra plans to demolish the Culver House for the expansion project.