Eielson Building
1820 Salcha Street
UAF photos by Sierra Coley
The Carl Ben Eielson Memorial Building, which opened in 1934, was originally intended to house a school of aeronautical engineering complete with a wind tunnel and labs to test atmospheric conditions.
In the 1930s, aviation was one of Alaska's fastest growing industries, and ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø was at its center due to its desirable location for over-the-pole routes to Asia and Europe. But the aeronautics school never came to be.
The building was named as a tribute to Carl Ben Eielson, known as the "Arctic Lindbergh," who died in a 1929 airplane crash.
Today the Eielson Building houses offices for several UAF administrative and academic units.