Walter F. Dexter Building - Original Construction - 034

Walter F. Dexter Building (Bldg 034) Completion Date: 1948 Square Feet: 37,378 Architect: Office of State Architect Construction System: Concrete frame and exterior, tile roof Construction Cost: $13,522,841 Architectural Style: Mission Revival Cal Poly President: Julian A. McPhee (1933-1966) California was the birthplace of the Mission Revival style, popular from the 1890s to the 1920s. The style was employed extensively throughout the western United States due in large part to the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Railroads adopting this style for their stations. Dexter helped Cal Poly's president Julian McPhee to get approval and state funding for the new library building, completed in September 1948 and officially named the Walter F. Dexter Memorial Library;