Facilities Services
Facilities Services is responsible for the maintenance and repair of all campus buildings and grounds. From changing out light bulbs to large remodel projects, Facilities employs a work force of highly skilled and certified technicians and workers for virtually every area of facilities maintenance, repair, renovation and construction.
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| Above: is Chapman Hall today.
Right: is a picture of the 1938 groundbreaking of $160,000 Chapman Hall. Albert Stein of the Eugene contracting firm, Stein Brothers, is on the left, and Ed Hulse, workman, of Eugene is on the right. Ed Hulse is the grandfather of Greta Pressman, Facilities Services Manager of Customer Relations. |
Chapman Hall
Chapman Hall was named after Dr. Charles Hiram Chapman, the second president of the university. Dr. Chapman was appointed the university president in 1893 at the age of 32. He was considered a modernist and a liberal.
During his service as president he initiated many new ideas and plans. Among his ideas and plans were the first graduate classes, the first Master's Degree awarded, the first summer class offerings, the first student dormitories, and the first football games and track teams. Under his direction the university moved away from classical studies and began to offer classes in Journalism, Commerce, Law, Education, Engineering, and Art. Dr. Chapman had a significant impact and made the university the organization it is today.
Construction of Chapman Hall, called the Humanities Building in it's early days, was begun in 1938 and completed in 1939. It was a PWA or Public Works Administration project and designed to be a visual twin to Condon Hall. The PWA was designed to help bring the country out of the depression, and offered jobs to all, like forestry work or public building construction.
Although Chapman Hall was designed to be a visual twin of Condon Hall, only the outside was similar. The internal structure is a twentieth century design of concrete, with concrete exterior walls and a brick veneer. The bronze grills below the windows indicate a sophisticated mechanical structure. The internal stairway on the East side was built to meet the 1937 building codes for fire escapes. The first University Cooperative Store was housed in Chapman Hall. The original glass block wall on the ground floor level still exists and marks that location.