Due to the unusual layout of Kell Hall, some rooms were built over or next to the parking garage ramps. Often, these rooms were used for mechanical equipment.
This small suite of rooms was labelled "Photographic Room" and two of the rooms seem designed as a dark room and entrance vestibule to prevent light from entering.The entrance with the room label had been obstructed with a refrigerator, but the…
This suite of rooms includes a main lab and three dark rooms with red lights over the doors. Although the specific research being conducted here is unknown, the experiments were likely photo-sensitive in some way.
This room was used for storage of archaeological artifacts, including some of the Phoenix Collection. It has an odd set of stairs leading to the raised floor because it is over the old parking ramp.
Hired in 1965 by Georgia State College to teach in chemistry, Dr. David Boykin spent most of his career working in Kell Hall. Over the years, his projects and funding allowed him to set up many laboratories on the 6th floor."Any space in Kell Hall is…