Left-Right: Bessie G. Smith, Letita Ownsbey, Elizabeth Hoover, Coach Will Beach, Minnie Smith, Inez Fuller (by banner in-front). Published in the June 1900 Souvenir Edition of the Barometer.
The Benton County Courthouse was designed by architect Delos D. Neer. Construction was completed in 1889. Today it is the oldest courthouse in Oregon still used for its original purpose.
The house was also known as the Nash House, Clark House, and Hogg House. It was later moved to 11th and Jefferson Street in 1907. Waldo Hall was built on the original house site.
George Wilcox Peavy, Dean of Forestry, was appointed acting president of Oregon State College in 1932 when William J. Kerr was chosen as the first chancellor of the Oregon State System of Higher Education. Peavy became Oregon State College's seventh president in 1934, the first OSC faculty member to also serve as president of the institution. He remained dean of forestry during his presidency until his retirement in 1940, upon which he was appointed as dean emeritus and president emeritus of OSC.