Mason Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering

Mason Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering is an early 20th century neogothic revival building owned by Yale University. Built by architect Charles C. Haight between 1910 and 1911, Mason Laboratory was built on land acquired by the Sheffield Scientific School and represented one of Yales first investments in building classroom buildings north of Grove Street. Consisting largely of brick and concrete, the facade’s neogothic construction makes extensive use of Indiana limestone construction in order to interface well with the other buildings of the Sheffield School, which today make up the western face of Silliman College’s campus. The building underwent extensive internal renovations in the 1960s, but its infrastructural systems are far beyond their expected useful lifestyle, making Mason Laboratory a very expensive building to operate. The building houses mainly offices and laboratories for the Chemical and Environmental Engineering department.

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