| Name: | Walker Engineering Building |
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| Address: | Mississippi State University |
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| City/County: | Starkville, Oktibbeha County |
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| Construction Date: | 1959-61 |
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| Designed by the architectural firm of Thomas S. Jones & Associates, of Starkville, the Walker Engineering Building is a three-story Mid-Century Modern academic building that was begun in 1959 and completed in 1961. It is named in honor of Dr. Buz M. Walker (1863-1949), who was a member of the first graduating class in 1883, the first Dean of Engineering from 1902 to 1925, vice-president of what is now MSU from 1913 to 1925, and the seventh president of MSU from 1925 to 1930. It was designated a Mississippi Landmark on 6 December 2019. |
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