Meyer Hall of Science was first called Basic Sciences Building

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Pictured here is the rear side of ONU’s Meyer Hall of Science, located on Lincoln Avenue. 

Meyer Hall was named for the university’s seventh president, Samuel Lewis Meyer.

Construction began in November 1968 and the building was dedicated Oct. 3, 1970. The building cost roughly $3,200,000. Originally, the structure was called the Basic Sciences Building, since it was home to the biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics departments.

Obviously, that name did not last, and in spring 1973, the hall was renamed to honor Dr. Meyer. Since then, Meyer Hall has been renovated to connect to the nearby Biggs Engineering Building and the Mathile Center for Natural Sciences.