 The George Herbert Jones Laboratory is located at the northwest corner of the main quadrangle of the University of Chicago campus, between East 58th and 57th Streets.It is a four-story masonry structure, built in 1928-29 as facility and instructional space for the university's staff of research chemists and graduate students in chemistry.Room 405 is a relatively non-descript chamber on the fourth floor, measuring , with shelves and counters lining its walls.