Plans for the construction of a more modern milking parlor began as early as 1959; the parlor itself was constructed in 1961. The parlor was spared when fire struck the rest of the dairy complex in 1967, and in 1973 it was remodeled from a "side-opening, single-six milking parlor... into a double herringbone system."

SCARC: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center holdings include photography collections and records of campus departments and units documenting not just the Dairy Complex's milking parlor but milking parlors at dairies around the state of Oregon.

Oregon Digital: Includes images of the milking parlor from the 1970s, and Oregon Century Farm and Ranch application records, and university publications documenting the milking parlor on campus and milking parlor technologies and best practices.