Following a unanimous vote Friday by the State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation, Oregon State University may become the first Oregon university to have its own National Historic District. The historic district would encompass 83 buildings and four lawn areas, including the Memorial Union and its quad, Benton Hall, Strand Agricultural Hall, and Gill Coliseum.

According to Vincent Martorello, Facilities Services, “Once we are a district, it will really help us capture the beauty and tradition of this campus and help us preserve the character that you see out across campus as we have new development.”

Corvallis already has roughly 500 properties listed on the national register. These properties are registered individually or as part of the two national historic districts, the Avery-Helm Historic District near downtown and the College Hill West Historic District north of campus.

To read more, please visit the Gazette Times site for Kyle Odegard’s weekend article.