About Key & Taliaferro Halls

So, hey, why do these buildings resemble partially-conjoined twins? Well actually, one gave birth to the other:

Taliaferro Hall

1894/96 (?) - Constructed; called "Mechanical Engineering Building."
1904 - West wing annex constructed; housed forge, foundry and central steam plant.
1909 - East wing constructed; called "Mechanical Building."
1925 - Called "Engineering Group" and housed Engineering Departments.
1932 - Part of Francis Scott Key building constructed.
1939/40 - Rest of what is now called Francis Scott Key constructed.
1942 - Named "Commerce Building."
1954 - Named "Taliaferro," after Thomas Hardy Taliaferro, Dean of the College of Engineering, and later, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
1961 - West section razed.
c. 1950 - Used by College of Business and Public Administration