A history of the
Psychology Department Buildings

 

The Psychological Laboratory was originally located in College Hall. Subsequently the Department of Psychology was located in the Education building which also housed the Department of Education, the Registrar's office and others. The building later became the Psychology Building until it was dedicated as the Eppes building in 2000. Below are seen some of the progressions of these building as well as the Kellogg Research Building which was constructed in 1963. The Department also currently occupies space in the Longmire building, the Westcott building and the Regional Rehabilitation Center.

College Hall

1918
STATE · BOARD · OF · CONTROL
JOESPH · L · EARMAN · CHAIRMAN
E · L · WARTMAN - J · T · DIAMOND
T · B · KING - - - - J · B · HODGES
BRYAN · MACK · SECRETARY
STATE · BOARD · OF · EDUCATION
SIDNEY · J · CATTS · GOVERNOR
H · CLAY · CRAWFORD · SEC · OF · STATE
VAN · C · SWEARINGEN - ATTY.GENERAL
J · C · LUNING · STATE · TREASURER
W · N · SHEATS · STATE · SUPT · OF · PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION
EDWARDS · & SAYWARD - ARCHITECTS         O · C · PARKER - CONTRACTOR

Education Building 1918, apparently just finishing construction

Education Building ,circa 1920+

Education Building 1927

Education Building 1929
1935
BUILDING RECONSTRUCTED WITH THE
AID OF THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY
RELIEF ADMINISTRATION
H. D. MENDENHAL, ENGR.
BOARD OF CONTROL
G. H. BALDWIN, CHAIRMAN, H. C. DUNCAN
A. H. BLANDING O. J. SEMMES, A. H. WAGG
J. T. DIAMOND, SECRETARY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
DAVID SHOLTZ, GOVERNOR; R. A. GRAY
W. V. KNOTT C. D. LANDIS W. S. CAWTHON
STATE SUPT. PUBLIC INSTR.
DR. EDWARD CONRADI, PRESIDENT

Education Building 1935 - the Education Building, was rebuilt in 1935 with Federal Emergency Relief funds during the depression.

See Renovation floor plans

(large images)

Education Building 1935 -west side

"Behind this 1913 gym class stood FSCW's most unusual building. Originally a Negro school and church, it was purchased in 1905 and used as a gymnasium until 1929. From then until the end of FSCW, it housed the School of Music offices. The FSU School of Social Work next used it for several years" (caption to figure on p85, Robin Sellers (1995), Femina Perfecta. Tallahassee: FSU Foundation). It was subsequently located next to the Psychology Building.

Psychology and the Social Welfare Building .The Kellogg Research Building was eventually constructed on the site of the Social welfare Building - date of photo unknown but must be pre 1961

1960 Psychology Building fire on the fourth floor

Psychology Research Building plaque from inside the building entrance, design and construction began in 1963

Early construction of KRB , 1963

Early construction of KRB , 1963

Completion of KRB , 1965

Originally called the Psychology Research Building, this million-dollar facility was occupied in 1965 for the research and training of graduate students and faculty. This building had no windows and adjoins the Psychology Building at each of the top three floors by open-air bridges. The building was renamed for Winthrop N. Kellogg in 1982. Dr. Kellogg was an eminent researcher whose studies of porpoises and apes are among the most famous in their respective areas.

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