Brink and Phinney Halls

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Geographic Coordinates: 46.728165, -117.012844

Location: Line Street and Idaho Avenue 801 & 701 S. Line St

Brink and Phinney Halls

Architect: Whitehouse, Price (Spokane); Richardson, Hugh (Lewiston)

Description: Brink: Reinforced concrete, red fireproof brick, trimmed with Boise Sandstone. Gable roof, composition shingles, five floors, front 178' long, wings 81' and 129' long respectively, each wing about 29' wide. Phinney: Four floors and basement, reinforced concrete and brick, gable roof, wood shingles, each wing about 98' x 30'

Additions: Elevator towers added to both in 1999

Use History: Brink: Originally a men's dorm housing 200. Currently houses placement center; math/statistics/English departments, miscellaneous faculty and grad offices. Phinney: Men's dormitory, later Sociology-Anthropology museum and department offices; misc. faculty offices

Date: 1936-

Date Notes: Brink 1936- ; Phinney 1938-

Cost: $388,130

Cost Notes: $250,000 (Regents bonds); $138,130 (local bonds)

Sources: Cards, Morton, UG 12 (2325)

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Sociology. University of Idaho. Prof. Harry C. Harmsworth and Edwin Henry Pfuhl Jr. test drug sample. [244-01a]
Sociology. University of Idaho. Prof. Harry C. Harmsworth and Edwin Henry Pfuhl Jr. test drug sample. [244-01a]
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Sociology. University of Idaho. Prof. Harry C. Harmsworth and Edwin Henry Pfuhl Jr. with drug paraphernalia. [244-01b]
Sociology. University of Idaho. Prof. Harry C. Harmsworth and Edwin Henry Pfuhl Jr. with drug paraphernalia. [244-01b]
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Sociology. University of Idaho. Prof. Harry C. Harmsworth and Edwin Henry Pfuhl Jr. with drug paraphernalia. [244-01c]
Sociology. University of Idaho. Prof. Harry C. Harmsworth and Edwin Henry Pfuhl Jr. with drug paraphernalia. [244-01c]
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Mathematics. University of Idaho. Kenneth A. Bush at blackboard. [257-1]
Mathematics. University of Idaho. Kenneth A. Bush at blackboard. [257-1]
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Willis Sweet Hall, University of Idaho. [75-1]
Willis Sweet Hall, University of Idaho. [75-1]
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Willis Sweet Hall, University of Idaho. Living room. [75-10]
Willis Sweet Hall, University of Idaho. Living room. [75-10]
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Willis Sweet Hall (renamed Carol Ryrie Brink Hall in the early 1980s). [75-11]
Willis Sweet Hall (renamed Carol Ryrie Brink Hall in the early 1980s). [75-11]
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Willis Sweet Hall, University of Idaho. Kitchen. [75-2]
Willis Sweet Hall, University of Idaho. Kitchen. [75-2]
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Willis Sweet Hall, University of Idaho. Kitchen. [75-3]
Willis Sweet Hall, University of Idaho. Kitchen. [75-3]
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Willis Sweet Hall, University of Idaho. [75-4]
Willis Sweet Hall, University of Idaho. [75-4]
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Willis Sweet Hall, University of Idaho. [75-6]
Willis Sweet Hall, University of Idaho. [75-6]
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Willis Sweet Hall, University of Idaho. [75-7]
Willis Sweet Hall, University of Idaho. [75-7]
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Willis Sweet Hall, University of Idaho. [75-8]
Willis Sweet Hall, University of Idaho. [75-8]
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Willis Sweet Hall, University of Idaho. [75-9]
Willis Sweet Hall, University of Idaho. [75-9]
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Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. Architect's drawing. [76-1]
Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. Architect's drawing. [76-1]
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Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. Sweet Hall. [76-10]
Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. Sweet Hall. [76-10]
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Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. Sweet Hall. [76-11]
Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. Sweet Hall. [76-11]
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Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. Construction. [76-2]
Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. Construction. [76-2]
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Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. Construction. [76-3]
Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. Construction. [76-3]
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Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. Construction. [76-4]
Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. Construction. [76-4]
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Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. [76-5]
Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. [76-5]
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Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. [76-6]
Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. [76-6]
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Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. [76-7]
Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. [76-7]
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Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho, Navy Building, Agricultural Sciences Building. [76-8]
Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho, Navy Building, Agricultural Sciences Building. [76-8]
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Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. Sweet Hall. [76-9]
Chrisman Hall, University of Idaho. Sweet Hall. [76-9]
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