 Geology Hall , formerly Geological Hall , is a building located in the historic Queens Campus section of Rutgers , The State University of New Jersey 's College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick , New Jersey , United States . As part of the Queen 's Campus , Geology Hall was included on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 . When Rutgers was selected as New Jersey 's only land grant college in 1864 , the college began to expand its curriculum to include instruction in science and agriculture . Rutgers president William Henry Campbell raised funds to construct a building to accommodate this expansion , and Geology Hall , designed by architect Henry Janeway Hardenbergh , was built in 1872 . 
