Pioneer Hall, Linfield University

900 SW Baker Street  |  Built 1883 

Completed in 1883, Pioneer Hall is on the Oregon Inventory of Historic Sites and Buildings, as well as the National Register of Historic Places. This beautiful Italianate style villa has been the center of campus and the most prominent building of Linfield University ever since.

Over the years it has served various roles as administration offices, a residence hall, classrooms, a theater,  a printing press, dining hall, and a music conservatory in its early days.  

The building sits proudly above the south bank of Cozine Creek, on land that was donated to the University by McMinnville settlers Samuel and Mahala Cozine. Pioneer Hall is one of the largest buildings in Yamhill County. It is laid out in a Greek cross plan that rises over a basalt basement story to four total stories plus a central lantern that towers over campus and the protected tree grove below it that is filled with native Oregon species, most notably many large Oregon Oak Trees that provide a lovely space for students and visitors to stroll and study.

For images of the the building, and further details, check out the link below:

                                                                Historic Resources Inventory Documentation