Science Hall, an imposing building with a tower, was located on part of the site now occupied by the Science/Engineering Research Facility. Science Hall, which cost $40,000 to build and equip, was completed and occupied in 1892. It had chemical and physics laboratories, classrooms for mechanical and freehand drawing, and an auditorium with seven hundred seats and a pipe organ (which never worked, but the pipes of which were elegant). The auditorium was used for student plays and other student activities as well for official required chapel and pep rallies. The building also housed the library and the president’s office. Among its modern features was steam heat. The funds for Science Hall came partially from the sale of 49 acres of the University Farm.
In October 1966 Vice President Herman Spivey confirmed rumors that Science Hall would need to be partially taken out of service. The 69 classes, with 4,500 students enrolled in them, were relocated to Perkins Hall, the Army Reserve Building, Dabney Hall, the Music Annex (temporary barracks structure), the Geology Building, and the Education Building. Offices for 25 faculty and a specially equipped biochemistry laboratory remained in service. The need to relocate the heavy student traffic in the building was attributed to deteriorating floors. Science Hall was razed in June 1967.