Identity area
Type of entity
Building
Authorized form of name
Douglas Wright Engineering Building
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Building
Engineering 1
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1958-
History
The Douglas Wright Engineering Building, originally called Engineering I, was the first permanent building on the University of Waterloo campus. It was opened in December 1958 by Ontario premier Leslie M. Frost.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created by DR October 2025 by DR.
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Sources
- Douglas Wright Engineering (DWE) - Campus Accessibility
- "UW looks back on the first twenty years". Gazette (supplement). July 6, 1977, p. 2.