It sits at the top of Old Main Hill, overlooking the city of Logan to the west, and facing the quad to the east.

The Board approved the current site unanimously, and on April 15, selected the proposal of architect C. L. Thompson for a "College Building" to be constructed.

[3] The entirety of the building was finished by 1902, with the front door originally facing west, overlooking the Cache Valley.

Over the years, as campus has expanded, portions of the building have served many purposes, ranging from classrooms to administration to a makeshift hospital during the Spanish flu epidemic in 1919.

A compromise following the 1947 initiative led to the construction of a temporary A on the mountain south of Logan Canyon that was illuminated for special events during the 1950s and '60s, as the state's permanent fixtures were deemed "tacky".