The structure is an example of a university building in the classic Elizabethan E shape in Collegiate Gothic style which was designed by Brown and Vallance.

The College building originally contained the Nobel Plaza, second floor Memorial Plaques, machinery toom and convocation hall and now houses two art galleries and a museum.

[4][5] The first rooms were used for students pursuing a Degree in Agriculture and they could learn to test milk, make butter and ripen cheese.

The Honourable Lorne Calvert, Premier of Saskatchewan and U of S President, Peter MacKinnon rededicated the College Building September 6, 2005.

It has official designation as both a National Historic Site and a provincial heritage property, [6] The building was renamed in honour of MacKinnon in 2012.