Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Marquam Hill Campus History Tour

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Mackenzie Hall, completed in 1919 and originally named the Medical Science Building, was the first building to be constructed on the Marquam Hill campus of University of Oregon Medical School (now OHSU). The building was designed by architect Ellis Lawrence. Later additions include a central wing addition in 1921; a west lab addition in 1939; 5th floor west wing in 1947; and a cafeteria addition in 1968. In the twenty-first century, the building houses School of Medicine academic and administrative facilities as well as the popular Mac Hall cafe.

2. Baird Hall, OHSU

Opened in 1949 as the Laboratory and Administration Building on the University of Oregon Medical School (now OHSU) Marquam Hill campus, Baird Hall was built to house the Department of Physiology and administrative offices. The building was designed by architect Ellis Lawrence, who also designed such campus buildings as the OHSU Auditorium and the Campus Services Building. It was renamed Baird Hall after former University of Oregon Medical School Dean Dr. David W. E. Baird shortly after his passing in 1974. In the twenty-first century, the building continues to house administrative offices, laboratories and classrooms.

3. Dillehunt Hall, OHSU

Dillehunt Hall was constructed in 1926 as the original Doernbecher Memorial Hospital for Children. The facility was established by a donation from Ada Doenbecher Morse and her brother Edward Doernbecher in memory of their father, F.S. Doernbecher, and was the first children’s hospital in the Pacific Northwest. It provided care for sick and disabled children and greatly enhanced pediatrics care and education at University of Oregon Medical School (now OHSU). In the 1950s, Oregon's population growth led the hospital to consolidate with the University Hospital (now OHSU Hospital), and the operations of Doernbecher Children's Hospital moved out of the building. In 1990, the university re-named the building, then used for outpatient clinics and laboratory space, in honor of former University of Oregon Medical School Dean, Richard Dillehunt. Today, many of OHSU's laboratories are located in Dillehunt Hall.

4. Sam Jackson Hall, OHSU

In February 1931, the Outpatient Clinic of the University of Oregon Medical School (now OHSU) opened in a new building on the Marquam Hill campus. Both building and furnishings had been funded by a $400,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. This new building marked the first outpatient clinical facilities on campus. In 2006, the building was renamed Sam Jackson Hall in honor of Charles S. “Sam” Jackson, philanthropist and former publisher of the Oregon Journal, whose family donated 88 acres of land on Marquam Hill in 1924.

5. Multnomah Pavilion, OHSU

Multnomah Pavilion was built in 1923 as Multnomah County Hospital, in a partnership between the University of Oregon Medical School (now OHSU) and Multnomah County. Later additions include an east wing in 1949 and the northwest wing in 1967. The building later came to function primarily as a clinical site for outpatient appointments. In 2020, Multnomah Pavilion became an early COVID-19 vaccination site in Multnomah County, vaccinating healthcare workers.

6. Emma Jones Hall, OHSU

Emma Jones Hall was constructed in 1927 as a dormitory for student nurses in the Multnomah Training School, a predecessor institution to the OHSU School of Nursing. In 1944, it was renamed after Emma Jones, the former nursing superintendent at Multnomah County Hospital who supervised hospital nurses for twenty-five years. An east wing addition was built in 1953. The building ceased to house students in the 1970s and transitioned to academic offices.

7. Medical Research Building, OHSU

The Medical Research Building, completed in 1962, is a nine-story building dedicated to research activities on the Marquam Hill campus. The facility includes laboratory, learning and administrative space. The building does not have an entrance of its own, and instead is connected to the Vollum Institute, Mackenzie Hall, and Lanfrom Biomedical Research Building.

8. Vollum Institute, OHSU

The Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research opened in 1987. The story of the institute begins in the early 1980s, when Leonard Laster, then the President of OHSU, proposed the formation of a new research center focused on “molecular medicine,” an emerging discipline that was transforming the scientific basis of patient care in the early 1980s. Designed by the architecture firm Zimmer Gunsul Frasca, the six-story, 67,000 square foot Vollum Institute building was made possible by a $20 million dollar gift from the late philanthropist and co-founder of Tektronix, Howard Vollum. The Vollum Institute, with its host of research laboratories engaged in basic sciences research, is a major center for investigating how the brain functions.

9. Richard T. Jones Hall for Basic Medical Sciences, OHSU

Richard T. Jones Hall for Basic Medical Sciences, commonly referred to as simply “Richard Jones Hall,” is a dedicated research building with one of the most iconic Marquam Hill campus landmarks: a large, white head sculpture. The building was previously named the Basic Sciences Addition and included space dedicated to Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicity (now Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences). It was renamed Richard T. Jones Hall, after former faculty member, Department of Biochemistry chair, and acting OHSU President (1977-78), Richard T. Jones, M.D., Ph.D, in 2008.

10. OHSU Auditorium/Old Library

The Auditorium/Old Library building, dedicated on June 7, 1940, was the first library building on the Marquam Hill campus of University of Oregon Medical School (now OHSU). Construction began in December 1938, and the Library moved into the new building in October 1939. In the twenty-first century, the building came to house event and conference space, library storage, the Teaching and Learning Center, the Office for International Affairs, and the Student Access office.

11. Alumni Fountain, OHSU

The alumni fountain on OHSU’s Marquam Hill campus, often referred to as the Mackenzie Hall fountain, was installed on August 29, 1963. When it was installed, an Oregonian newspaper article noted that it was the first fountain to be installed in Portland in over forty years. The three-ton, bronze fountain was designed by architect Lewis Crutcher.

12. OHSU Hospital

OHSU Hospital, built as the University of Oregon Medical School Hospital, joined Multnomah County Hospital (built 1923) and Doernbecher Children’s Hospital (built 1926) on the Marquam Hill campus in 1956. The original 14-story structure included inpatient beds for general medical and surgical care, psychiatric care, and pediatrics, as well as research laboratories, classrooms, and a pneumatic tube system for sending charts from the relocated Medical Records department to nurses’ stations on every level. The 9th floor of the hospital connects to several other buildings: Kohler Pavilion, Hatfield Research Center, Doernbecher Children's Hospital, and the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center (PVAMC) Hospital via a pedestrian sky bridge.

13. Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center and OHSU/PVAMC skybridge

OHSU is connected to the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center (PVAMC) by a 660-foot-long pedestrian sky bridge, which was dedicated in 1992 and opened in 1993. The original veterans hospital on Marquam Hill was dedicated in 1929. Besides connecting the PVAMC to the OHSU Hospital physically, the structure symbolizes the integration of academic, research and clinical work between the two institutions.

14. OHSU Casey Eye Institute

The Casey Eye Institute, opened in 1991, brings together ophthalmic education, research and treatment into one center. With roots stretching back to 1945, when Dr. Kenneth Swan founded the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Oregon Medical School (now OHSU), Casey Eye Institute’s facilities now anchor the Terwilliger Road entrance to the OHSU Marquam Hill campus.

15. Student Center, OHSU

The Student Activities Building (now the Student Center) on OHSU's Marquam Hill campus opened for the 1960-61 academic year. Facilities in the newly opened building included a full-sized gymnasium capable of hosting athletic events as well as large gatherings, a flexible meeting and dance space, a game room, squash court and tennis courts. The Student Activities Building board included faculty and student members from the dental, nursing and medical schools. Later additions include a pool and a media room. The facility offers a variety of social activities and intramural sports such as basketball, volleyball and indoor soccer.

16. School of Nursing, OHSU

The School of Nursing building, opened in 1992, is the first dedicated building for the school on OHSU's Marquam Hill campus. Prior to the construction of the school, faculty offices and classrooms were dispersed across other campus buildings, namely Mackenzie Hall and Emma Jones Hall. The building houses the school's statewide administration and many academic and research facilities.

17. Campus Services Building, OHSU

The Campus Services Building on OHSU's Marquam Hill campus began as the 80-bed University State Tuberculosis Hospital, completed in 1939. For 25 years, the hospital served as Oregon’s primary tuberculosis hospital. After antibiotics and public health measures led to the decline in tuberculosis, the hospital closed in 1963 and patients were transferred to the Oregon State Tuberculosis Hospital in Salem. After the Oregon State Tuberculosis Hospital closed in 1969, patients from that hospital were moved back to the University State Tuberculosis Hospital until 1973, when the hospital closed for good. The building was then converted to the Campus Services Building. The Department of Public Health and Preventative Medicine is still housed in this building. A double-barred cross, a symbol of the worldwide fight against tuberculosis, remains visible on the front facade of the building.

18. Gaines Hall, OHSU

Formerly the Portland Medical Hospital for chronically ill patients, Gaines Hall was first occupied in 1932 as a 75-bed inpatient facility. Obtained by the University of Oregon Medical School (now OHSU) during World War II for use as a nursing student dormitory, Gaines Hall later became the home of OHSU academic programs, offices and classrooms.

19. Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, OHSU

The Child Development and Rehabilitation Center (CDRC), formerly known as the Crippled Children's Division (CCD), houses academic, research, and administrative offices. The CDRC refers to both a building and a program that provides clinical care and conducts research to provide services to children with special health needs. The facility is made up of the original building constructed in 1954 and an additional building dedicated in 1971. The CDRC is located between SW Veterans Hospital and Gaines roads, near the Portland VA Medical Center.

20. Dotter Institute, OHSU

The Dotter Interventional Institute was established by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education in April 1990. Named after the radiologist often referred to as the "Father of Interventional Radiology," Charles Theodore Dotter, the Dotter Institute is an educational and research division within the OHSU School of Medicine, focusing on interventional therapy. Prior to housing the Dotter Institute, this building served as a firehouse and the Center for New Ventures.

21. Portland Aerial Tram

The Portland Aerial Tram was constructed in 2006 and began operation in 2007, offering a solution to the limited accessibility of Marquam Hill. The construction of the Tram was not without resistance, from concerns from residents in the affected areas to ever increasing construction time and costs. The Tram connects the South Waterfront with OHSU's main campus on Marquam Hill, collapsing the distance between the two spaces. The Tram is not only a feat of engineering, but an iconic Portland landmark and one of only two commuter aerial tramways in the country. The City of Portland owns the Tram and is responsible for maintenance and OHSU oversees its operation.

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Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Marquam Hill Campus History Tour

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Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), founded in 1887 as the University of Oregon Medical School, is a nationally prominent research university and Oregon’s only academic health center. This virtual tour of OHSU's Marquam Hill campus shares history and context of selected buildings associated with the institution. It can be enjoyed from any location, and can be downloaded to a mobile device. This tour is intended as a historical exploration of selected campus buildings. For maps to navigate the entire current campus, visit our full interactive campus map, which includes customized driving, walking, biking and transit directions, at www.ohsu.edu/map.

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