Eckhart Hall
| Title | Eckhart Hall |
| View | Exterior, from South 10 |
| Series | II: Buildings and Grounds |
| Description | A famous block-long line of scientific laboratories, devoted to discovering the secrets of the atom and the molecule. In these four structures, facing the main quadrangle at the University of Chicago, are the laboratories of many of the country's leading physicists and chemists. In the foreground is the new Bernard A. Eckhart Hall; second is Ryerson Physical Laboratory, seat of research for America's three winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics, Michelson, Mulliken, and Compton; third is Kent Chemical Laboratory; and facing the end of the walk, the new George Herbert Jones Laboratory. |
| Alternate Name(s) | Bernard A. Eckhart Hall |
| Subject Terms | Michelson, Albert Abraham, 1852-1931 | Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962 | Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, 1896-1986 | College students |
| Photographer | Capes Photo |
| Photograph Date | 1931 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 23.8 x 18.7 cm |
| Architect | Klauder, Charles Zeller, 1872-1938 |
| Completion Date | 1930 |
| Location | 1118-1132 E. 58th Street | University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
| Campus Grid | D16 |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf2-02166 |
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