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You searched for: Start Over Decade 1890-1899 Remove constraint Decade: 1890-1899 Topic College buildings Remove constraint Topic: College buildings Local Collection Name Oregon State University Historical Photographs, 1868-1980 (P 025) Remove constraint Local Collection Name: Oregon State University Historical Photographs, 1868-1980 (P 025)

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1. Women’s physical culture class, outside of Mechanical Hall, circa 1896
Women’s physical culture class, outside of Mechanical Hall, circa 1896
Description
These OAC women are standing outside the front entrance to the college's first Mechanical Hall. Part of one of the floors of this building was used as a gymnasium.
2. Campus view, 1899
Campus view, 1899
Description
Lower campus looking west at the Mitchell Playhouse, Fairbanks Hall, Administration Building (Benton Hall), a water tower, Apperson Hall (Mechanical Hall), and Chemical Lab (Paleontology Lab). The image was used in the 1938 Orange and Black and 1898-1899 OAC Catalog.
3. The Administration Building (present day Benton Hall) as viewed from the northeast with orchards in the foreground
The Administration Building (present day Benton Hall) as viewed from the northeast with orchards in the foreground
4. Building the new Mechanical Hall following the 1898 fire
Building the new Mechanical Hall following the 1898 fire
Description
The original Mechanical Hall was destroyed by fire in 1898. A new Mechanical Hall was later named Apperson Hall and is now known as Kearney Hall.
5. Group photo of students taken in front of Alpha Hall
Group photo of students taken in front of Alpha Hall
6. Baseball diamond and lower campus view
Baseball diamond and lower campus view
Description
Baseball diamond, first athletic field, 1892-1893 (on the right) and lower campus view near what is now Jefferson Street. The Experiment Station gardens are on the left with the Court House, Central School, old Corvallis College are also left of the walkway.
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