The Beaumont Tower is a structure on the campus of Michigan State University, designed by the architectural firm of Donaldson and Meier and completed in 1928. The 104-foot-tall (32 m) tower marks the site of College Hall, the first building constructed on the campus, as well as, the first building in America erected for instruction in scientific agriculture. Due to poor construction College Hall collapsed in 1918. An 1882 alumni of MSU, John W.