Jackson Hall is home to the Office of Undergraduate Admission, and receives almost 20,000 visitors each year.

Originally known as Navy Hall, Jackson Hall was completed in 1942 by the United States Navy to support the Navy Pre-Flight School, the Naval ROTC program and the V-12 programs.

The building was renamed in 1992 to honor Dr. Blyden Jackson, who became the university's first Black tenured professor in 1969, and his wife Roberta, who was hired in 1970 as an associate professor of education and later became the Division of Academic Affairs' first tenured Black woman. The building was first used as a public relations division of the Pre-Flight School on weekdays and as a social center for cadets on weekends.

The 8,712 square-foot original building was turned over to the University after World War II, and in 1948 the ground floor was converted into a kitchen and public dining room that included a training table for athletes. During this period folks began referring to it as the Monogram Club.

The building featured a large lounge and fountain room, accented by a 25-foot-long circus parade relief carved in California redwood. The intricate work, done by Carl Boettcher from a sketch made by William Meade Prince, caused the fountain area to be known as the Circus Room. With mirrors on each side of the carving, the parade of clowns, giraffes, camels, bandsmen and riders appeared to stretch indefinitely. The circus carving is now displayed in the Alumni Center.

In the late 1960's the building was used as a faculty club. The dining room eventually was closed, and the building was renovated and converted into office spaces. In 1972 the Office of Undergraduate Admissions moved in.