When the college opened in 1961, chicken coops on the Pederson ranch were converted for campus use: F Building housed the campus coffee shop, which also served as the cafeteria, and a full soda fountain; E Building served as the library; D Building contained the science and math classrooms and offices; and G Building contained classrooms. Because homes in Thousand Oaks were scarce in the early 1960s, Kramer Court was built as faculty housing for the newly established college, with one apartment always kept open for guest lecturers and other notable visitors. A swimming pool behind Kramer Court was the first facility built on campus and served as a gathering place for potential donors from churches throughout the Southland before it was removed in 1997 to make room for the Spies-Bornemann Center for Education and Technology. The Pederson ranch house, built in 1913 as the home of the Pederson family, is a Ventura County and City of Thousand Oaks Historical Landmark that was moved to its current location and renovated in 1986; it originally stood where the Ahmanson Science Center now stands.