Fallout Shelters

Name: Fallout Shelters

Built: 1960s

Present Uses: May be available for tours with an appointment under the direction of public safety.

Past Uses: During the Cold War, fallout shelters were built as shelters from a potential nuclear attack.

Extra Information:

  • The Oregon College of Education was designated as an emergency headquarters for some state and federal agencies and as well as refuge for residents from Portland and Polk County.
  • In the shelters were two week's worth of rations for 1,744 people.
  • Designated Fallout Shelters are in the basements of Humanities and Social Sciences, Administration, Werner University Center, the Academic Programs and Support Center, Natural Sciences, New PE, Valsetz Dining Hall, Old ED, Landers, Gentle, Barnum, and Arbuthnot Hall.