While many people who share their memories of the barn have strong associations with one stage of its existence, others have known the barn through some of its changes over the years. George Morrison is one of those who has memories of the barn as a horse barn and as the Art Barn. Mr. Morrison's parents met while attending Utah State Agricultural College (USU's name prior to 1957), and his father eventually became a faculty member in agricultural economics. Mr. Morrison has many memories of enjoying activities on campus even before he enrolled as a student. He remembers the barn from the days when it still housed horses:
"One neighbor in Hyde Park, Jay Hansen, tended horses in the Horse Barn. One fall evening, Jay brought me and a friend with him on his evening chores. The barn was poorly lit back then and the three of us had to carefully move about trying not to spook the horses and get kicked. I can still smell the grass hay, horse 'biscuits' and sweat."
Later, Mr. Morrison attended USU, where he studied forestry and met his wife Betty. He and Betty both graduated in 1966. Mr. Morrison got to know the barn in its new role as the Art Barn while he was a student on campus. He said:
"I made many trips through the Art (Horse) Barn during my student years as I worked on the custodial staff. I'm delighted to see the old concrete building finding continued usefulness instead of disappearing to make way for more parking slots."
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