Vital StatisticsDates:1941–2000 Cost:$204540 Contractor:F.P. Gould Architect:People:— Also Known As:Bancroft School |
Bancroft School was originally designed as a Junior High School and Pre-Vocational School by Berlinghof and Davis. The cornerstone for Bancroft was laid in June, 1913, and the building was dedicated in December, 1915. Included in the contract for the Lincoln High School building, Bancroft served the neighborhoods near city campus which were eventually removed as the campus expanded to the north and east. The building continued to be used as a laboratory school for elementary teacher training after the University purchased it in 1941 for $77,000. Engineering Mechanics was housed in the 1941 wing located on the east end of the original structure. Source Information:
L M Sawyer, History of the University of Neb.; Historical and Architectural Site Survey, Davis, ; McKee, Jim, Lincoln a photographic history (Partners in Progress, DSFD) |