Northwestern State Normal School

Castle On the Hill
Alva, Woods Co., Oklahoma Territory

Science Hall, Northwestern Campus, ca. 1908

By 1905, the Normal School had outgrown its quarters and the legislature appropriated $50,000 for the erection of the new Science Hall. The Science Hall, the second building to be built on campus, was completed in 1907. The architect incorporated the "Castle on the Hill's" towers and crenellations into the design of this structure which was built of red brick with algonite trim. It housed the departments of Biology, Physical Science, Manual Training, and Pedagogy, as well as the Training School, Library, and the Natural History Museum. When Carter Hall was built in 1936, this building became the Fine Arts Building.

Another view of the Science Hall taken from the 1916-1917 Yearbook.

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