Most subject buildings rely on the campus utility infrastructure. For a study of the condition and potential impact of campus utilities, see Campus Utilities later in this Master Plan. Most of the buildings remain substantially unimproved since their initial construction. This has resulted in an ever increasing inventory of unimproved space with long-term, increasingly deferred maintenance. Also, they were designed to archaic requirements and do not provide the level of comfort, control, and safety expected of contemporary systems.
Most subject buildings are noteworthy for historical or architectural reasons.
This consideration is important, and must be considered along with building conditions. For example, some Gothic buildings which may be long term candidates for removal based solely on the cost of adaptive reuse, retain high intrinsic value for their architectural and historical significance. The buildings, presently serving as office space, are limping along with no effort to arrest present deterioration or to address other deficiencies. There is no clear policy for maintaining or removing these single family houses.