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1. Cauthorn Hall
Cauthorn Hall
Description
Originally named Cauthorn Hall and was later named Fairbanks Hall. It was constructed in 1892 as a men's dormitory. Women lived in the dormitory from 1912 until the early 1930s, when it was converted into a classroom building. The building is now home to the Art Department.
2. Corn field with Cauthorn Hall and Waldo Hall in background
Corn field with Cauthorn Hall and Waldo Hall in background
Description
Corn field with Cauthorn Hall in background left, and Waldo Hall in background right.
3. Corn field with Cauthorn Hall and Waldo Hall in background
Corn field with Cauthorn Hall and Waldo Hall in background
Description
Corn field with Cauthorn Hall in background center, and Waldo Hall in background right.
4. Alfalfa field with Cauthorn Hall in background
Alfalfa field with Cauthorn Hall in background
5. Students eating in the dining room at Cauthorn Hall (present day Fairbanks Hall)
Students eating in the dining room at Cauthorn Hall (present day Fairbanks Hall)
6. Joaquin Miller visiting OAC
Joaquin Miller visiting OAC
Description
Miller was a popular Oregon poet, newspaper writer and editor, and lecturer known as the “Poet of the Sierras.” He spoke at OAC in the winter of 1897-1898, and is shown in this photo sitting in the parlor of the Cauthorn Hall quarters of faculty member John Horner and his wife.
7. Jefferson Street entrance to campus at Homecoming
Jefferson Street entrance to campus at Homecoming
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Behind the "Beaver Gate" are the campus greenhouses and Cauthorn (now Fairbanks) Hall
8. Thomas E. Cauthorn
Thomas E. Cauthorn
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Cauthorn served on the college’s board of regents from 1888 to 1891, and was chair of the board’s executive committee in 1890 and 1891. He also served in the Oregon Senate from 1883 to 1891. As a regent, he spoke before the Oregon legislature in order to secure appropriations for OAC, including $25,000 in funds for construction of the first men’s dormitory. After Cauthorn’s death in 1891, the dormitory was named Cauthorn Hall in his memory. Two subsequent dormitories have carried his name.
9. Experiment Station meeting and Field Day, 1915
Experiment Station meeting and Field Day, 1915
Description
Tower of Cauthorn Hall visible in background left above trees.
10. Snow scene with Fairbanks Hall, 1919
Snow scene with Fairbanks Hall, 1919
Description
This image shows Cauthorn Hall (now Fairbanks Hall) in the snow during the December 21, 1919 storm in which Corvallis received 22 inches of snow and recorded an all-time low temperature of -14 degrees F.
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