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Facilities Manager | july/august 2014 | 43 university plans, they moved it to the edge of the campus at a cost of over $5 million. Sometimes, circumstances dictate demolition. At Rollins, a fine Addison Meisner–style dorm built in the 1930s had rooms surrounding a courtyard so that each room had window-door cross ventilation, a boon in the days before air conditioning. However, Scott Bitikofer explains that when air conditioning was installed in the 1970s, the students continued the tradi- tion of open windows and doors. The high Florida humidity hit the cold air conditioning, and the condensation ran down the walls. Mold became a huge air quality problem and was one of the reasons the building was demolished. Einstein recounts perhaps the most sadly ironic story of demolition. UW-Madison's old law classroom and library, a Richardsonian Romanesque building, was demolished in 1963, in part because it was not structurally adequate to accommodate the heavy books—the floor could not carry the load. Also, instructional methods had changed and required smaller class- rooms. The building was eventually replaced with "a modest rectangular structure," Einstein says. "Today, of course, the original building could have been adapted for other instructional and research uses, especially consid- ering the advent of computer-based resources," he says. Such as virtual law books. Notable buildings that must be de- molished have been documented, and sometimes, architectural components are saved. At North Dakota, Zitzow says that the Science Hall (1901) was taken down in 1999 because the struc- ture was not acceptable for renovation. "But we saved the columns, pediments, and column caps of the front entrance, the only really outstanding components of the building," he says. "We kept them in the yard until the university was building a new bookstore. Now those components are inside the book- store as a major storefront." Interest in historic preservation at college and university campuses is greater than ever among students, alumni, and the surrounding communities. "The more we do," Brown's Michael McCormick says, "the more the people can see the outcomes; and they want us to do more." Anita Blumenthal is a freelance writer based in Potomac, MD. She can be reached at anitablu@earthlink.net. Each franchise is independently owned and operated. See case studies at: Our proprietary surface refinishing process eliminates costly replacement of leaking showers, damaged tile, vanities, and countertops. Ugly Tile? Leaking Shower Pans? Dated Bathrooms? Call 800 444-8827 for an estimate or referral Visit us in Booth 211 • APPA National Conference • July 20-22 MiracleMethod.com/collegehousing All Work Guaranteed Book Now for Winter Renovations!