Gatke Hall on September 4, 2006
Gatke Hall was built as the Salem Post Office in 1903. It was moved on rollers down State Street to its current location in 1938, a six month process. It housed the College of Law until 1967, when the Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center was completed. Gatke Hall is named after Dr. Robert Moulton Gatke, Willamette University's first professor of political science and historian.
Additional Links:
Salem Post Office at Salem Online History
Gatke Hall at Discover-Neighborhood-History
Historical Photos:
Gatke Hall as Salem Post Office (Oregon State Library)
Gatke Hall as Salem Post Office, 1902 (Salem Public Library)
Gatke Hall as Salem Post Office, 1905 (Salem Public Library)
Gatke Hall as Salem Post Office (Oregon State Library)
Gatke Hall as Salem Post Office, 1913 (Salem Public Library)
Gatke Hall as Salem Post Office, 1930 (Salem Public Library)
Gatke Hall as Salem Post Office, 1937 (Salem Public Library)
Gatke Hall being moved, 1938 (Salem Public Library)
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