State College of Washington Pullman Washington<br>sketch study for general arrangement of buildings (1937)

State College of Washington Pullman Washington<br>sketch study for general arrangement of buildings (1937)

Washington State University--Maps<br>Pullman (Wash.)--Maps<br>landscape architecture<br>Morell & Nichols, Inc.<br>Arbor Day<br>Moscow Mountain

1 map; 20 x 20 cm.<br>In 1892, Washington's land-grant college (Washington Agriculture College as it was then called) had its beginnings on a barren, dusty hilltop overlooking the young town of Pullman. While a number of years and many methods were spent attempting to beautify the school, by it's twentieth anniversary comments were still heard around campus regarding the school's ungainliness. Much of the problem stemmed from the inability of transplanted trees and shrubs to thrive in their new environment--despite the best attempts of successive Horticulture Department heads. Even the students pitched in to help, annually planting trees on Arbor Day (many of which came from Moscow Mountain) and taking one day of the year for a campus clean-up session. However, not until around 1920 were professional landscape designers brought in for consultation on the problem. Improvements thereafter came swiftly and successfully, and a few respected firms, such as the authors of this 1937 landscape study--Morell & Nichols, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota--gained regular employment. In time, this and other firms developed the campus into something "creditable" and collegial looking.

Morell & Nichols Inc.<br>Nichols Nason & Cornell<br>Smith, Stanely A.

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1937

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