Present day Benton Hall once served as the administration building for Oregon Agricultural College. The original Mechanical Hall, which burned down in 1898, is pictured at right.
Photo shows Parker Stadium (under construction) in foreground; Gill Coliseum on the left; track and baseball fields and tennis courts in the upper left corner. This scan was taken from the photograph housed in the News and Communications Services Photograph Collection (P 057).
College Gymnasium, ca. 1915. The building now known as the Gladys Valley Gymnastics Center was built in 1898 and served a variety of functions through the early 1900s, including armory, gymnasium, and examination hall. It later served as Mitchell Playhouse before being converted back into a gymnasium in the early 1990s.