Northeast corner of campus viewed from the tower of Baker Memorial Library. From left to right: the Fairchild Physical Sciences Center (consisting of Burke, Steele, Fairchild and Wilder Halls) and Wheeler Hall.
Dartmouth College is located in the rural town of Hanover in the Upper Valley of the Connecticut River in the New England state of New Hampshire. Dartmouth's 269-acre (1.09 km2) campus centered on the Green makes the institution the largest private landowner in the town of Hanover,[1] and its landholdings and facilities are valued at an estimated $419 million.[2] Dartmouth's campus buildings vary in age from several early 19th century buildings to a number of ongoing construction projects. Most of Dartmouth's buildings are designed in the Georgian style,[3][4][5] a theme which has been preserved in recent architectural additions.[6]
Undergraduate college facilities
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44 North College Street
1855 or earlier
44 North College Street was privately owned until at least 1954. Under the college's stewardship, it has served as a Russian language immersion house and an international students' house. Currently, it houses Off-Campus Programs.
Baker Library was built to replace the Wilson Hall library with money donated by George Fisher Baker in memory of his uncle, Fisher Ames Baker. The Reserve Corridor in the basement is decorated by a fresco by José Clemente Orozco called The Epic of American Civilization. Baker's iconic 200-foot (61 m) tower is often used as a symbolic representation of the college.
Bartlett Hall was originally constructed as the college's YMCA headquarters. Today it houses the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures and the Program in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.
Berry Library is an 80,000-square-foot (7,400 m2) addition to Baker Memorial Library, named for George Berry. It stands on the site of the 1931 Dragon Hall, among other buildings.
Part of the Sherman Fairchild Physical Sciences Center, the Burke Laboratory is adjoined to the Fairchild Building and currently houses the Chemistry Department offices and laboratories.
Originally built as an auto garage, Clement housed art studios and workspace and the entire Animation section of the Film and Media Studies Department until it was demolished in February 2010.
The original Dartmouth Hall, constructed in 1784, was the oldest College building until it burned in 1904. It was reconstructed the following year, and its replacement houses the Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures, Department of German Studies, and Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures.
Gilman housed the Biological Sciences Department until the completion of the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center and was connected to the Dartmouth Medical School until it was demolished in 2018.
The Haldeman Center houses the Institute for the Study of Applied and Professional Ethics, the Fannie and Alan Leslie Center for the Humanities at Dartmouth College, and the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding.
Designed by famed architect Wallace Harrison, the Hopkins Center ("the Hop") houses Dartmouth's Music, Studio Art, and Theater departments. It also contains several auditoriums, a dining facility, and the Paddock Music Library.
The mission of the Institute is “to advance an affordable, sustainable, and reliable energy future for the benefit of society.” Designed by Goody, Clancy & Associates.
Originally named Tuck Hall, McNutt housed the Tuck School of Business until 1930. Today, the building houses the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, the Office of the Registrar, and Student Financial Services.
This building houses administrative offices, including the Office of the President, Office of the Provost, Office of the Dean of the College, and Office of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs.
Raven was built as a "convalescent home" for patients of the hospital that formerly stood nearby. In 1989, Dartmouth purchased the building and converted it to use for computing administration. It also houses the Department of Education.
Reed was originally constructed to house Dartmouth's library, which was previously located in the nearby Dartmouth Hall. In the late 19th century, it came to be used partially as a dormitory, and today is home to the Department of Classics, Department of Russian Language and Literature, Comparative Literature Program, Jewish Studies Program, and Linguistics and Cognitive Science Program.
Named after U.S. vice president and Dartmouth alumnus Nelson Rockefeller, this annex to Silsby Hall contains the Department of Economics and the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences.
Shattuck is an observatory and is the oldest scientific building at Dartmouth. It stands on a hill behind the Sherman Fairchild Physical Sciences Center.
Part of the Sherman Fairchild Physical Sciences Center, the Fairchild Building houses the Department of Geography and the Department of Earth Sciences.
Originally the home of Dartmouth professor Frank A. Sherman, the Sherman House belonged to Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity from 1928 until the 1950s. Today, it houses Dartmouth's Native American Studies Program.
Silsby Hall currently houses the Department of Anthropology, Department of Government, and Department of Sociology, Program in African and African-American Studies, Program in Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies, and Program in Mathematics and Social Sciences.
Part of the Sherman Fairchild Physical Sciences Center, the Steele Building used to house the Chemistry department until its move to Burke Laboratory. It is used by the Department of Earth Sciences now and is home to the Environmental Studies Program and the Geochemistry laboratories.
Originally an auditorium and concert hall, Webster Hall was temporarily home to the town's Nugget Theater and served as the location for Commencement ceremonies from 1908 to 1930. In 1998, the building was redesigned to house the Rauner Special Collections Library.
Wilson was built as the first library building of the college. It later housed the anthropology department and the college museum, before the latter was moved to the Hood Museum of Art. Currently, Wilson houses film studios, the Film and Media Studies Department, and a practice hall.
Dartmouth operates a system of six residential colleges (called "houses") similar to those found at fellow Ivy League institutions Harvard and Yale as well as the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Although every Dartmouth undergraduate is a member of a house, some students choose to live in Greek houses, unaffiliated on-campus housing or move off campus entirely. Dartmouth houses approximately 3,300 students in its facilities, or about 85% of the student body; the remaining 15% opt to live in off-campus housing.[45]
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Gile Hall, named for trustee John M. Gile, cost $208,000 to build. It was operated as the "U.S.S. Gile" during World War II.
Streeter Hall, named for trustee General Frank Streeter, was built alongside Lord Hall for a combined $297,000. The ground floor was remodeled in 1989 to include a kitchen and lounge.
Wheeler Hall cost $83,135 to build. It was featured in a 1974 Pepsi commercial centering on the college's Winter Carnival tradition. Wheeler houses Allen House freshmen.
Richardson is the oldest building on campus still used as a residence hall. It cost $49,013 to build. Room 108 housed the unofficial headquarters of Dartmouth Outing Club sub-group Cabin & Trail from 1968 to 1982. Richardson houses Allen House freshmen.
McCulloch Hall, named for trustee Norman E. McCulloch, Jr. '50, is the most recent addition to the cluster. The $8 million building features an "unconventional" communal bathroom system and basement classroom facilities.
Named for the Hitchcock Estate on which it was built, Hitchcock Hall served briefly as a barracks in 1918. It opened in January 2008 for Winter Term after undergoing extensive renovation and remodeling.
Generally called "Mid Mass," this dormitory cost $80,000 to build. Notable past residents include U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop '37 in room 310, television host Fred Rogers '50 in room 101, and football coach Dave Shula '81 in room 107.
"South Mass" functioned as a sick bay for the Naval Training School that operated at Dartmouth during World War II. Notable past residents include actor Andrew Shue '89 in room 305.
Suite 103 of Cohen Hall was notably the residence of future Finnish Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen during his year at Dartmouth, 1960–1961, as well as future IBM CEO Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Cohen Hall houses School House freshmen.
New Hampshire Hall, known as "New Hamp", cost $80,000 to build. It was remodeled in 1928–1930, and will undergo complete renovation starting in 2008. Notable past residents include Reggie Williams '76 who lived in room 211 during his freshman year.
Named for benefactor Elijah M. Topliff, this residence hall cost $355,000 to build. It was built to accommodate the post-World War I influx of students, and when constructed, was the largest dormitory on campus. Notable past residents include Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) '25 in room 416 and Louise Erdrich '76 in room 303.
"North Fayer" cost $30,530 to build and was joined to Fayerweather Hall in 1984–1985 by a subterranean passage. "North Fayer" houses South House freshmen.
Fayerweather Hall, now known as "mid-Fayer," cost $44,060 when it was constructed at the turn of the 20th century. It became a barracks in 1918 and was completely reconstructed in 1928–1930. "Mid-Fayer" houses South House freshmen.
"South Fayer", which cost $35,686 to build, burned to its skeleton in December 1909; students escaped by jumping from their windows. Notable past residents include Dartmouth Outing Club founder Fred Harris '11, who injured his knee escaping the fire. The building was rebuilt in 1910. "South Fayer" houses South House freshmen.
Russell Sage is the oldest building of West House, named after the Russell Sage Foundation and designed in part by architect John Russell Pope. The Hyphen, a lounge constructed in 1988–1989, connects Russell Sage to Butterfield Hall.
Butterfield was named for philanthropist Ralph Butterfield (class of 1839), who donated the school's natural history museum (since demolished). It was the last pre-World War II dormitory constructed at Dartmouth. The Hyphen, a lounge constructed in 1988–1989, connects Butterfield to Russell Sage Hall.
North Hall was built as a dormitory for the Clark Preparatory School. It was acquired by the college in 1953. North Hall is the smallest of the college's residence halls.
The building was built as a residence for the headmaster of the Clark Preparatory School. It became the Asian Studies Center in 1985 and the Chinese Language House in 2007.
Originally constructed to house employees of the Hanover Inn, Brewster Hall also served as the house for Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority before hosting the International House in 1994.
Cutter-Shabazz Hall was built for the Clark Preparatory School and purchased by Dartmouth in 1953. Since 1970, it has been the home of the Afro-American Society and El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Center for Intellectual Inquiry.
By the mid-1980s, Dartmouth had acquired this privately owned building and began using it as an Outward Bound House. Foley House houses the Foley Cooperative, where residents communally participate in cooking, eating, and household chores.
This house was initially operated as a private hospital before coming into the hands of private citizens, including a dean of the Thayer School of Engineering. The college acquired it around 1936. La Casa is an affinity house for students interested in Spanish languages and cultures.
This structure first served as a bakery and confectionery. In the early 20th century, it was owned by Lambda Chi Alpha and Pi Lambda Theta fraternities. During the 1960s, it became the Occom Inn, before finally being purchased by the college in 1993. It now serves as the Native American House, providing "cultural, social and educational enrichment for Native and other Dartmouth students."
This building served as a dormitory until the 1920s, also housing Epsilon Kappa Phi fraternity. Since 1999, it has been known as the Latin American, Latino and Caribbean (LALACS) House.
The Alpha Chi Alpha house was built and owned by the Emery family before being occupied by Alpha Chi Rho fraternity between 1956 and 1961. In 1963, the organization became Alpha Chi Alpha.
The Alpha Theta house, built by ΑΘ's predecessor fraternity Theta Chi, was a replacement for an older building whose furnace leaked, killing nine house members.
After being removed from campus in 1997, Beta Theta Pi was reformed as Beta Alpha Omega in the fall of 2008, re-occupying its house after renting it to sorority Alpha Xi Delta during its time off-campus.
This college-owned house at 13 Summer Street served as Dartmouth's Hillel house before the Roth Center for Jewish Life was finished in 1998. It is now used by Cobra, a women's senior society founded in 1979.
The Chi Delta house was built as a faculty duplex, and its halves were variously occupied by Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and college substance-free housing. Tri-Delta occupied the house around 1992, and its two halves were joined around 1994. In 2015, Tri-Delta disaffiliated from the national organization and became Chi Delta.
The Dragon Society's former tomb was demolished to make way for Berry Library, and the college helped build this one as replacement. It stands on a hill overlooking College Street.
This house was built for a professor and was leased to the Mary Hitchock Memorial Hospital School of Nursing during the 1940s. After being occupied by a number of failed coeducational societies, it was obtained by the college. EKT began renting it in 1991.
This house was built following the merger of two societies to form Gamma Delta Chi. The house has an underground basketball court underneath the porch.
Originally standing on the site of the east entrance to Baker Library, this house was moved to its present location on East Wheelock Street in the 1920s. Kappa Kappa Gamma has occupied it since before 1986.
Tri-Kap's third residence, at 1 Webster Avenue, was funded by the college in return for the fraternity's property on the site of Silsby Hall. (Formerly known as Kappa Kappa Kappa)
Panarchy resides in an off-campus house with a Doric temple front and cupola. It was bought in the early 20th century by a local fraternity whose descendant, Phi Sigma Psi, became the current undergraduate society of Panarchy around 1992.
Originally belonging to Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, the college bought this structure in the 1970s and rented it to Dartmouth's first sorority, Sigma Kappa (later Sigma Delta).
This house was privately owned until at least 1950; the college acquired the property from the Cardigan Mountain School in 1953 and leased it to Sigma Phi Epsilon later that year. A wing was added in 1959. The fraternity purchased the property in 1964. In June 2010, the fraternity demolished the worn out and now inadequate building to make room for a new house completed at the end of 2010.
The Eta-Eta chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity, a descendant of a Chandler School society, built this house to replace a previous burned structure. The fraternity adopted the name The Tabard, a reference to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, on April 20, 1960, and became coeducational in the 1970s.
This house stands on land used by Eleazar Wheelock for a garden. It was constructed in 1924 to replace the fraternity's earlier house on this site after it burned.
The buildings of the Geisel School of Medicine are clustered on the north end of the Dartmouth campus,[137] known as the "north campus."[138]
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1937
1 Rope Ferry Road, originally called the Hitchcock Clinic, was renamed after the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center moved from Hanover to the neighboring city of Lebanon. It now houses administrative offices of the Medical School, including the Dean's Office.
Dana Biomedical Library, built with a grant from the Charles A. Dana Foundation. As of April 15, 2013, the Dana Biomedical Library has operated out of the 3rd floor of 37 Dewey Field Road. As of spring 2018 this building is being converted for other purposes.
Byrne Hall contains classrooms, study/interview rooms, and a dining facility operated by Dartmouth Dining Services with seating in the PepsiCo Dining Room.
Named after College alumnus Salmon P. Chase, Chase was originally built as a dormitory. Now, it contains the Tuck School's admissions and financial aid offices, as well as some faculty offices.
The Murdough Center is shared by the Tuck School and the Thayer School. In addition to lecture halls and some offices, the center houses the Feldberg Business and Engineering Library. The name is derived from a large donation made to Dartmouth by Thomas G. Murdough, the founder of Little Tikes.
Stell was originally a refectory, but upon the completion of Byrne Hall in the early 1990s, it was converted to a common space for students, faculty and staff with an events hall on the first floor and a mailroom and office services area below that. Stell Hall was named after Julia Stell, Edward Tuck's wife.
Tuck's newest residence halls include residential rooms, study and conference rooms, a library, common kitchens, laundry room, and lounges. It also includes classrooms and a large common space, the McLaughlin Atrium in Raether Hall, with fireplace, sofas, and ample room to relax or study. A balcony, open in warmer months, has deck chairs, tables, and a view of the Connecticut River.
Named after college alumnus Levi Woodbury, Woodbury Hall, originally built as a dormitory, was converted to office space in the late 1980s. It contains Tuck's five research centers.
Alumni Gymnasium serves as the center of Dartmouth's athletic facilities and includes two pools, a fitness center, a weight room, and an indoor track. It has undergone numerous remodelings, most recently in 2006.
The Alexis Boss Tennis Center, located behind Thompson Arena, contains six regulation tennis courts. The attached Alan Gordon Pavilion provides locker rooms and a lounge.
Floren, which opened in the fall of 2007, contains a strength training center, a sports classroom, meeting rooms, locker rooms, equipment storage, and team offices.
Memorial Field, Dartmouth's football and track & field stadium, was erected on the site of previous athletic grandstand built in 1893. It is named in memory of the Dartmouth alumni who died in World War I.
5 Rope Ferry Road contained the maternity ward of the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. It is now home to the Department of Safety & Security, Dartmouth's campus police force.
13 East Wheelock Street was bought by the college at some point between 1950 and 1961. Since around 1997, it has been used as housing for faculty associated with the East Wheelock cluster.
Bartlett Tower is a 71-foot (22 m) prospect tower located on a hill in the northeast corner of campus. It was erected by Dartmouth students over the course of ten years.
The oldest part of the Blunt Alumni Center was a house built by Professor Zephaniah Swift Moore. It was bought by the college in 1884 and served as a dormitory called the Crosby House from 1896 until 1949, when the Alumni Records department moved in. Several additions have been added to the original house. Crosby House, the original structure built by Moore, is the oldest house in Hanover that remains on its original foundation. The Blunt Alumni Center also houses the Rassias Foundation.
Choate House, originally standing near today's Webster Hall, was inhabited by a number of college professors and private owners before being sold to the college in 1910. It was modernized and moved several times, finally to its current location on North Main Street. It briefly housed part of the Mathematics Department.
The Collis Center was constructed on the site of the burned Balch House, of which only the granite steps out front remain. Originally called "College Hall", it was expanded in 1993 to its current form. It serves as a student center and contains a café.
This house, standing at 9 Choate Road, houses the current Dean of the college. It was formerly privately owned, and once held Aquinas House's functions.
Fairbanks North originally held the Clark School gymnasium and stood on North Main Street before being moved to its current location and being adjoined to Fairbanks South.
Hallgarten Hall was a dormitory for the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. It was purchased by Dartmouth in 1892 and served as a dorm until 1919, when it was used as an infirmary. It now holds the Bregman Electronic Music Studio.
The museum was previously housed in Carpenter, but it outgrew that space in the 1950s. The current 37,000-square-foot (3,400 m2) Hood Museum was funded by Trustee Harvey Hood in 1978.
McKenzie Hall is the home of Dartmouth's Facilities Operations & Management (FO&M) Department. It was originally constructed as a milk pasteurization plant.
Webster Cottage was, according to oral tradition, the home of student Daniel Webster during his senior year at Dartmouth. It passed through a variety of private hands, and now houses the Hanover Historical Society.
The new Life Sciences Building in the North Campus by the Dartmouth Medical School will replace Gilman Life Sciences Building. It will cost $93 million, and will be built on the land which now contains Strasenburgh, the Modular Laboratory, and Butler Hall. Bohlin Cywinski Jackson are the architects.
This new building for the Departments of Studio Art and Film & Television Studies will face Lebanon Street and replace Brewster and Clement Halls. Machado and Silvetti are the architects.
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