Campus icons, then and now. 📍Beaumont Tower (1928), a monument to honor College Hall, MSU’s first instructional building and the first building in the U.S. devoted entirely to the teaching of scientific agriculture. 📍Beal Botanical Garden (1873), the oldest continuously operated university botanical garden in the U.S. 📍The Rock (1873), the oldest monument on campus where countless Spartans have left their mark. 📍Farm Lane Bridge (1936), built to allow vehicles, pedestrians and livestock the ability to cross the Red Cedar River. 📍Williams Hall (1937), named after Sarah Langdon Williams, a women’s suffrage advocate and the wife of MSU’s first president. 📍Linton Hall (1881), the first campus library and museum, now home to the College of Arts & Letters.