After the completion of a new Mining building in 1912, the erstwhile Experiment Station, Chemistry, Assay, and Mining building became the campus bookstore. This tenancy was short-lived, however, and by 1917 the building was repurposed as the Health Service building; health services on campus were organized and provided by Dr. Wendell James Phillips, with OAC alumna Amy Cyrus acting as the university's first nurse. The original infirmary, or hospital, for campus was located far outside the boundaries of campus at the time, at the corner of Harrison Boulevard and Ninth Street, and the move made it more convenient for students to visit the infirmary. The basement of the Health Service building also served as the office of Earl W. Wells, Director of the university's "speech disorder clinic."

SCARC: SCARC's holdings include photographs and university records documenting the history of the Health Services building.