One of the oldest buildings on campus, the Hemingway Center was built in 1941 by the Works Progress Administration and originally known as the Assembly Hall. Boise Junior College graduations were held there every Spring from 1942 until 1955. In 1953 the Cunningham Memorial Organ was installed. It currently houses the Department of Anthropology, offices of the Hemingway Writers Series, art and English classrooms, art history offices, the Idaho Center for the Book and Visual Arts Center Gallery 2.