r/OSU • u/Heavy_Barracuda4285 SUSPLNTSYS 29 • 1d ago

Question abandoned evans lab query

hello all, I am a second year and have visited the abandoned evans lab several times. I've found all sorts of things in there, floppy disks, vhs tapes, old ass textbooks that were published before Rutherfordium was discovered, and I have assumed that the lab was abandoned in the early/mid 90s. can anyone confirm if i'm correct, or if they actually know the official, like, "abandonment" date? thanks guys!

EDIT: talked to my chem ta supervisors it was in fact abandoned in the 90s. Pretty cool if anyone wants to check it out, it’s like trapped in time.

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u/letsWINchemistry 1d ago

Evans is not abandoned. My office is in Evans and so are many of the other chem lecturers! Some, not all, of the Evans lab spaces are still being used as well.

The majority of the chemistry department research was moved out of Evans into CBEC in 2015. Many of the unused rooms and labs have been cleaned out and untouched since then.

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u/Heavy_Barracuda4285 SUSPLNTSYS 29 1d ago

the second floor is missing like a ton of doors and all the lab spaces are covered in dust and old equipment

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u/Mylabisawesome 1d ago

I dont think its abandoned, just some places less utilized I thought.

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u/Heavy_Barracuda4285 SUSPLNTSYS 29 1d ago

Oh buddy this shit is abandoned

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u/No-Interview319 1d ago

I think the transition to CBEC happened around 2015

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u/Big_Pepper_2985 1d ago

Well, it def wasn’t abandoned in the 90’s. I had lots of classes there in the aughts! Unless they abandoned and unabandoned…look for my pchem book while you’re in there, though!

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u/Smkrlungbenz 1d ago

I have a class in Evan’s on the second floor. I got lost on the first day and was CONFUSED af

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u/msantanella 1d ago

is this the building itself or a certain room? I’ve never heard of this and I’m super interested

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u/No-Pickle3432 1d ago

Evans is not abandoned. Don’t spread that around. Someone will take that as an invitation to be someplace they shouldn’t or take something they shouldn’t. If busted, the staff will not be shy about calling campus police.

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u/Heavy_Barracuda4285 SUSPLNTSYS 29 21h ago

obviously not saying people should be stealing or anything but ive never seen anything match the description of abandoned more than the second floor