Facilities Feature: UM Libraries Depository
Location: 2910 Lemone Boulevard, about two miles east of campus
and two buildings north of Printing Services
Year completed: 1991
Gross square feet: 106,493
Contents of building: 300,000 books and records
dating from the mid-1800s.
Real life 'Twister': This structure was nearly
ripped apart last November by a two-pronged
tornado
that
caused more
than $1.5 million in damage. Luckily, there was little damage
to the priceless records and archival information from the UM system
stored in the building, located east of campus.
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