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| Institution Name: Pacific University
Original/Historic Place Name: Knight Hall
Location on Campus: 2204 College Way
Date(s) of Construction and Designer(s): Type of Place: Individual building
Style(s): (Glossary)
Materials:
| Foundation: none specified | | Walls: wood | | Roof: none specified | | | Function:
| ca. 1879 | private residence (second home to family of university's first president, Rev. Sydney Harper Marsh) | | ca. 2004-present (2007) | admissions office | | n.d. | academic department building (music) | | n.d. | Greek letter society (Phi Beta Tau fraternity house) | | n.d. | residence hall (co-ed) |
Significance: architecture, education, history
Landmark designation: Narrative: see below
References: see below |
Narrative:
Knight Hall was completed shortly after President Marsh's death, but his family lived in the house for many years. This Victorian house has served the university in a variety of ways as noted above and currently is home to the office of admissions. It was named after Frank L. Knight, a trustee and benefactor of the university.
| References: | | I. Bibliographic sources: | Miranda, Gary, and Rick Read. Splendid Audacity, The Story of Pacific University. Forest Grove, OR: Pacific University, 2000.
On Your Own Two Feet, A Self-Guided Tour of Our Historic Campus. Pamphlet. Forest Grove, OR: Pacific University, 2003.
| | II. Location of other data: | | University: Library, Special Collections, Facilities Management Office | |
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