This cache is located in a small park and contains a log and pencil, may contain travel coins/trackables. Use stealth when finding and replacing!
Those who spend their time on the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul Campus may notice an open space where the Old Veterinary Anatomy Building once stood. As part of a project to modernize, University officials decided to tear down this and eight other buildings on its three campuses.
Built in 1901 for $25,000 (about $1,671,000 today), the building was erected to house a rapidly growing veterinary medicine program. Originally called the “Veterinary Medicine Building,” it contained a state-of-the-art operating room with an 80-person capacity amphitheater, pharmacy and instrument room, box stall ward, contagious disease room, dissecting room, physiology lab, museum, and private office space.
Over the years, the building underwent many changes. In 1915, an east wing was added. With the establishment of the School of Veterinary Medicine in 1947, it was renamed the “Old Veterinary Anatomy Building.” In 1992, the east wing was demolished due to its poor condition. Shortly after, in 1996, the second floor was condemned as unsound and unsafe, and subsequently, the entire building stopped being used for academic purposes. Finally, on September 14, 2011, the ivy-covered Old Veterinary Anatomy Building was torn down. It is now a small park with a memorial plaque commemorating the building.
If you're hungry, check out the Hay Loft Cafe next door in the Ben Pomeroy building!