Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Historic Salem #4E: Eaton Hall

IMG_3283 Eaton Hall at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon on September 4, 2006
Eaton Hall on September 4, 2006

Eaton Hall was built from 1908-1909 and is named for Abel E. Eaton, the owner of the Union Woolen Mills who provided a $50,000 grant for the hall's construction. It has been remodeled in 1982 and 2003 and currently houses the departments of English, history, philosophy, religious studies, anthropology and rhetoric and media studies.

IMG_3280 Eaton Hall at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon on September 4, 2006
Eaton Hall on September 4, 2006

Additional Links:
Eaton Hall at Discover-Neighborhood-History

Historical Photos:
Eaton Hall, circa 1909 (Salem Public Library)
Eaton Hall, 1910-1915 (Salem Public Library)
Eaton Hall (Oregon State Library)
Eaton Hall, 1950-1970 (Salem Public Library)
Eaton Hall, Unknown Date (Salem Public Library)

IMG_3286 Pillars at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon on September 4, 2006
Pillars in front on Eaton Hall on September 4, 2006

In front of Eaton Hall are these pillars, which were gifts to the university from the Class of 1915. The pillar on the left features a plaque that was donated by graduated of Willamette University in the medical profession in honor of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of Willamette University's Medical College and the service of the doctors educated in it.  Willamette University established its Medical College in 1867. It was the first medical school in the Pacific Northwest and the third west of St. Louis. The Medical College merged with the University of Oregon School of Medicine in Portland in 1913, and was consolidated on the Portland campus. The plaque dates from about 1967, and features an image of a pioneer saddlebag doctor by Gerald D. Kessel.

IMG_3284 Plaque on Pillar at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon on September 4, 2006
Plaque on Pillar in front of Eaton Hall on September 4, 2006

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