Poultry Science Building – UGA 1013 (1959, Category 2). The Poultry Science building was constructed in 1960 to the east of the Biological Sciences building. The building is comprised of two rectangular wings oriented north-south along the east side of Compton Hill. The building is two stories on the west side facing Cedar Street, and three stories on the rear, downslope side.
The building is set back from the street, and a long painted concrete entrance canopy connects the building to the sidewalk at the street’s edge. The canopy ends in a glass and aluminum entrance vestibule that is open through the building, from front to back.
The wing to the north of the entrance is smaller and features narrow vertical floor to ceiling aluminum windows set in brick walls. The wing appears primarily administrative in use. Teal metal panels similar to those of the Biological Science building are located at the bottom of the windows. The brick walls at each floor are framed by long horizontal painted concrete floor plates and beams. As with other Science Center buildings, the vocabulary of concrete, brick and aluminum is similar but the use and expression is unique to this building.
The larger wing south of the entrance has a similar expression of horizontal concrete floor plates and beams with brick walls between, but the aluminum windows are much larger than those of the north wing with a rectangular muntin pattern. The south wing appears to have a predominantly laboratory use. Vents, air conditioners, and foil coverings have been added to many of the windows on the west side of the wing similar to those on the Biological Science building, indicating difficulties in adaptation of the 1960s interiors to the requirements of contemporary lab uses.
