The original high school, a three-story building that opened in 1911, is located at 714 E. Sixth Street.

It was there that the school's newspaper, Echoes, got its name; the students marveled at how even the slightest sound reverberated through the new building's hallways.

The new campus was housed in a single-story building which featured a small courtyard in the center.

The conversion of the old cafeteria and music rooms added five new classrooms inside the main building.

The buildings were connected by porticoed walkways that were exposed to the cold, windy, rainy weather for which the Willamette Valley is well known.

Each building had its own purpose: The campus in its original form was notable for several features: Nate decided to open the school without clocks or class bells.

Teachers were required to wear watches, and to synchronize them every morning with a clock facing the central quad from a window in the attendance office in Building 1.

In the event that a subsequent school board decided to end the experiment, wiring for clocks and bells was included at the time of construction.