Mars Space Flight Facility, ASU (Tempe, Arizona)

USA / Arizona / Tempe / Tempe, Arizona
 Streamline Moderne (architecture), NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, scientific research institute / centre, academic building, New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]
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TES, THEMIS, Mini-TES

Details of this facility can be found at:

themis.asu.edu

This is now part of ASU's new School of Earth and Space
Exploration. Led by Dr. Phil Christensen.

The building itself is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP):

Built: 1936
Architect: Lescher & Mahoney (Phoenix, AZ)
Architectural style: Streamline Moderne
Areas of significance: Education; Architecture
Area: less than 1 acre
Also known as: B.B. Moeur Activity Building (historic and NRHP name); Moeur Administration Building
Date added to NRHP: 9/11/1985
Other designations: part of the Tempe Multiple Resource Area
Notes: This building was constructed by the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal program that operated between 1935 and 1943. The program provided work for unemployed people who were struggling to find jobs during the Great Depression.
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Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._B._Moeur_Activity_Building
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Coordinates:   33°25'4"N   111°56'10"W

Comments

  • Really nice Federal Moderne style building built in 1939. Used to be an activity hall. Only building on campus made with adobe.
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