Columbia Missourian
New Contract Let
Simon Construction to Build M.U. Observatory Building
August 2, 1920

The contract for the new University Observatory Building has been awarded to the 
D.B. Simon Construction Company of Columbia for $15,000. It will be a one-story 
structure with a basement. The foundation will be of stone and the building will 
be of wood. It will have a shingle roof.

The basement will contain the boiler rooms and the laboratories. The main floor 
will have the office instrument room and the class room while the dome will be 
the transit of observatory room

The work will start immediately and will be completed by December 15th.