The UO's very own Friendly Hall made it to Jeopardy! earlier this week.

A staff member was watching the popular trivia show May 7, and "Friendly Hall" was the answer to a question about the first dormitories in the U.S.

Finished in 1893, the three-story red brick building was conceived to be co-ed, with two main entrances, one to the south for men and one to the north for women. Additions came in 1914, 1920, and 1924, and remodelings in 1933, 1951, and to this day.

In 1915, the building was named for Samson Friendly (1883-1915), a Eugene merchant and member of the Union University Association that established the university. Friendly Hall ceased being a dorm in 1928 when Straub Hall opened.