Close Hall was dedicated in 1890 and located on the northwest corner of Dubuque Street and Iowa Avenue, the present location of the Biology Building. It housed the Journalism Department before being damaged by fire in 1940 and later demolished.
Beginning third from right and proceeding right: Engineering graduate C. Maxwell Stanley, who would become head of Stanley Engineering, Iowa State Board of Education President George T. Baker, and Dean of the College of Engineering Francis Murray…
