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 Pharmacy - Oregon State University National Historic District - Corvallis, OR
N 44° 33.913 W 123° 16.499
10T E 478163 N 4934690
The Pharmacy Building is located between the Education Building and the Valley Library. OSU has the distinction of being one of only two colleges in the United States to be registered as a National Historic District.
Waymark Code: WMQ25J
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 12/04/2015
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The Pharmacy Building was erected in 1924 and is listed as site #30 in the Oregon State University National Historic District. The following verbiage is taken from the Oregon Historic Sites Database website (link below) to describe this building's history:
Architectural History:
The Pharmacy Building is a three-story, rectangular, 41,374 square foot building designed in the colonial revival style. The exterior is made of brick veneer with grey terra cotta details, including an arched entry. Each side of the building features pilasters with capitals of scrolls separating windows on the second and third floors. Cement panels divide windows horizontally between each floor. Large lettering above the second top story windows reads “Pharmacy.” Alterations: 1966: Addition built Landscape: Pharmacy Hall is in the northeast section of campus. The building faces west onto a campus quadrangle, with Gladys Valley Gymnastics Center to the southwest and Education Hall to the east. Setting: Pharmacy Hall is in the northeast section of OSU’s main campus, in sector C.
Background History
Oregon Agricultural College experienced an enrollment boost following the First World War. Rapidly increasing enrollment in the School of Pharmacy prompted Oregon druggists in the 1920s to petition the board of regents for new quarters to house the department, which had outgrown its home on the fourth floor of Science (Education) Hall. Campus literature described the new building as one of the most modern pharmacy buildings in the United States. A model of a contemporary drug store was one unique feature of the building. According to early promotional material, such facilities were new features in pharmaceutical curriculum in the 1920s. The drug store model provided instruction in store arrangement, salesmanship, inventory tasks, and other activities associated with running a drug store. The building also contained all rooms and laboratories required for full instruction in all departments of the School of Pharmacy, including a crude room for the investigation of plants indigenous to Oregon. Druggists, drug manufacturers, and others in the local pharmaceutical industry benefited from the new facility, as the school developed its relationship with them in a variety of ways. One laboratory served the function of researching prescription problems sent in by druggists. The building was spacious enough for pharmaceutical firms to set up exhibits to advertise their products during an annual drug show, a part of the College Educational Exposition at which prospective students learn about the college. The building still houses the College of Pharmacy, a program which has been active at OSU for over 100 years.
Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Oregon State University National Historic District
Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link]
NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): [Web Link]
Address:
1601 SW Jefferson Ave
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Narrative found on the internet (Link provided below)
Optional link to narrative or database: [Web Link]
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