President Peavy (front row, right), Governor Charles Sprague (front row, center) Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter (second row, second from left) and members of the State Board of Higher Education attended the dedication of the building – one of a handful of buildings built at any public higher education campus in Oregon in the 1930s. Board member Beatrice Walton Sackett is in the front row, left. Linus Pauling (not pictured) was also at the building’s dedication.
Building designed by John Bennes. The Chemistry Building was one of two buildings constructed on the Oregon State campus in the 1930s with assistance from the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Two female students viewing the Chemistry Building (Gilbert Hall) under construction. Probably taken from the roof of the Commerce Building (Bexell Hall).
