List of Middlebury College buildings

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File:Middlebury campus 1.jpg]] The following buildings are located on Middlebury College's campus in the Champlain Valley in Vermont, United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.middlebury.edu/admissions/start/facts|title=Quick Facts|publisher=Middlebury|accessdate=2 October 2018}}

List of Middlebury College buildings on Middlebury, Vermont campus

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ImageNameYear built/openedDescription
File:ADK_obtained_in_1909_2.jpgAdirondack HouseRemodeled in 1909 after being obtained by the college.{{cite web |last1=Andres |first1=Glenn |last2=Callahan |first2=Anne |title=A Walking History of Middlebury |url=http://midddigital.middlebury.edu/walking_history/college_campus/page_1.html |publisher=The Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History |accessdate=2 October 2018 |date=2005}} Formerly housed the Center for Careers and Internships (CCI). During the COVID-19 pandemic, ADK was transformed into isolation housing for infected students, and is now a dormitory for upperclassmen. It also houses Coltrane Lounge, which is used as an event space, as well as the student-run college bike shop in the basement.
200pxAllen Hall19631st-year residence hall
File:Alumni Stadium (2).jpgAlumni Stadium
200pxAtwater Hall A2004{{cite web|url=http://www.middlebury.edu/student-life/community-living/residential-life/housing-information/flr_plans/atwater-hall-a|title=Atwater Hall A |publisher=Middlebury|accessdate=2 October 2018}}Suite housing for upperclassmen and a popular party space.{{cite news |last1=Merrell |first1=Cole |title=SGA Speed Dating: The Grilled Cheese Sandwich to Your Atwater Suite Hangover? |url=https://middleburycampus.com/33655/features/sga-speed-dating-the-grilled-cheese-sandwich-to-your-atwater-suite-hangover/ |accessdate=3 October 2018 |work=The Middlebury Campus |date=December 9, 2015}}{{cite news |last1=Ahearn |first1=Catherine |title=Atwater suites remain prime real estate |url=https://middleburycampus.com/8438/news/atwater-suites-remain-prime-real-estate/ |accessdate=3 October 2018 |work=The Middlebury Campus |date=April 15, 2009}} The Atwater dorms are often referred to as "fratwater" and Atwater is used as a metonym for the party scene at Middlebury.{{cite news |author1=Sex Panther |title=Time to Stop Accepting Atwater Norms |url=https://middleburycampus.com/35442/features/time-to-stop-accepting-atwater-norms/ |accessdate=3 October 2018 |work=The Middlebury Campus |date=May 3, 2017}}
200pxAtwater Hall B2004{{cite web|url=http://www.middlebury.edu/student-life/community-living/residential-life/housing-information/flr_plans/atwater-hall-b|title=Atwater Hall B|publisher=Middlebury|accessdate=2 October 2018}}Suite housing for upperclassmen and a popular party space. The Atwater dorms are often referred to as "fratwater," and Atwater is used as a metonym for the party scene at Middlebury.
200pxAtwater Dining Hall2005{{cite web |title=Atwater Commons Dining & Residence Halls |url=http://www.middlebury.edu/media/view/185261/original/Atwater_Project.pdf |website=Middlebury.edu |accessdate=2 October 2018}}Formerly open for breakfast, lunch, and special events. As an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19, Atwater is now open for 3 meals a day during the week, and closed during the weekends.
200pxAxinn Center At Starr Library2008{{cite web|url=http://www.middlebury.edu/newsroom/archive/2008/node/111533|title=Middlebury dedicates Axinn Center at Starr Library on October 18|date=17 December 2009|publisher=|accessdate=2 October 2018}}The Axinn Center is an adaptation of Starr Library, which was built in 1900 and expanded multiple times. Now houses classrooms and faculty offices in addition to the original library.
200pxMcCardell Bicentennial Hall1999Science building; home to an observatory with a {{convert|24|inch|m|adj=on}} optical telescope{{cite web |title=The 2015 Middlebury College Observatory Upgrades Program |url=http://sites.middlebury.edu/observatory/about/equipment/ |website=Mittelman Observatory |accessdate=2 October 2018 |date=19 June 2014}} and a greenhouse. Known colloquially as "BiHall,"{{cite web |title=Friday Feature with Middlebury's Maddie Morgan |url=https://www.nescac.com/news/2017-18/Friday_Feature/Mid_Morgan |website=NESCAC |accessdate=October 15, 2018 |language=en |date=November 3, 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Lantz |first1=Asher |title=The Bi Hall Telescope: A Closer Look |url=https://middleburycampus.com/35627/arts-academics/the-bihall-telescope-a-closer-look/ |accessdate=16 October 2018 |work=The Middlebury Campus |date=May 10, 2017}} it is home to the largest window in the state and is popularly thought to be the second-largest building in Vermont by floor area.{{cite web |last1=O’Hara |first1=Robert J. |title=McCardell Bicentennial Hall at Middlebury College (RJO's Views) |url=http://rjohara.net/varia/middlebury/bicentennial-hall/ |website=rjohara.net |accessdate=3 October 2018 |language=en-us}}{{cite web |title=McCardell Bicentennial Hall |url=https://map.middlebury.edu/?id=229#!m/61450 |website=Middlebury Interactive Map |publisher=Middlebury College |accessdate=2 October 2018}}
200pxBattell Hall1950 and 1955First year dormitories named for Joseph Battell. Originally built as two separate buildings, Battell North and Battell South, with the center connecting the two constructed in 1955.
200pxCenteno HouseHouses the Parton Center, the college's health center
200pxCoffrin Hall1986Primarily a dormitory for sophomores and a few first years
200pxDavis Family Library2004Built on the site of the former Science Center
200pxFranklin Environmental Center at HillcrestHouses environmental studies offices and classrooms in a LEED Platinum-certified building.{{cite web |title=Franklin Environmental Center |url=https://www.usgbc.org/projects/franklin-environmental-center |website=U.S. Green Building Council |accessdate=25 January 2019 |language=en}}
200pxFreeman International Center1970A former dining hall, now houses classrooms, the offices for the German, Japanese, and Russian departments, and the Hillel Jewish Center{{cite web |title=Freeman International Center |url=https://map.middlebury.edu/?id=229#!m/61411?ce/6181?sbc/?ct/6228,6227,6226,6186,6185,6184,6183,6182,6181,6180,6178,6177,6176,6174,2378,0 |website=Middlebury Interactive Map |publisher=Middlebury College |accessdate=2 October 2018}}
200pxGifford Hall1940Sophomore Dormitory, also houses the Gamut Room performance space and outdoor "gampitheatre"as well as a seminar room.
200pxHadley Hall1969 or 1970Sophomore dormitory. On the right side of the image; Milliken Hall is on the left, and Ross Tower is in the middle
200pxHathaway HouseHouses the Charles P. Scott Center for Religious Life and the Chaplain's Office
200pxHepburn Hall1916Dormitory, also houses the newsroom for the Middlebury Campus student newspaper in the basement and the Hepburn Zoo, a blackbox theatre, on the second floor. The Zoo, a former dining area, is so-named because it was originally adorned with the hunting trophies of A. Barton Hepburn '71 (1871), who gave the hall as a gift to the school. Hepburn Hall was also originally painted bright yellow but was repainted gray following Hepburn's death to better match the rest of the campus' buildings.
200pxJohnson Memorial Building1968Houses the architecture and studio art departments
200pxKenyon Arena1998{{cite web |title=Kenyon Arena |url=https://map.middlebury.edu/?id=229#!m/61433?sbc/?ct/6228,6227,6226,6186,6185,6184,6183,6182,6181,6180,6178,6177,6176,6174,2378,0 |website=Middlebury Interactive Map |publisher=Middlebury College |accessdate=2 October 2018}}Hockey arena with a seated capacity of 2,600
200pxKelly Hall1969 or 1970Upperclassmen residence{{cite web |title=Kelly Hall |url=https://map.middlebury.edu/?id=229#!m/61432?sbc/?ct/6228,6227,6226,6186,6185,6184,6183,6182,6181,6180,6178,6177,6176,6174,2378,0 |website=Middlebury Interactive Map |publisher=Middlebury College |accessdate=2 October 2018}}
200pxKirk Alumni Center
200pxLaForce Hall2004Upperclassmen residence
200pxLang Hall1969 or 1970Upperclassmen residence
200pxLe Château1925Home to the Department of French; also contains classrooms and student housing
200pxMahaney Arts Center1992Also home to the Middlebury College Museum of Art, the 370-seat Robison (concert) Hall, the 160-seat Dance Theatre, and 200-seat black box Seeler Studio Theatre
200pxMcCullough Student Center1912Originally a gymnasium; converted into a student center after an expansion and remodel
200pxMemorial Field House1949Building is a former air base in New York. It was moved to Middlebury by truck and reassembled there.
200pxMiddlebury Chapel1916Chapel for formal events; built in the style of a traditional New England meeting house combined with the marble of the American neoclassical style. Above the colonnade is a quote from Psalm 95, "The strength of the hills is His also." Also has an 11-bell carillon.
200pxMilliken Hall1969 or 1970Sophomore dormitory
200pxMunroe Hall1941Houses classrooms as well as faculty offices for the political science, religion, sociology and anthropology, and economics departments
200pxOld Chapel1836Administrative building
200pxPainter Hall1816The oldest Vermont college building still standing; used as a dormitory as of 2019. National fraternity Kappa Delta Rho was founded in Painter Hall in 1905.
200pxPearsons Hall1911Sophomore dormitory
200pxPerkins HouseSpanish house
200pxPeterson Family Athletics Complex
200pxPorter House
200pxProctor Hall1960Contains a dining hall and the college bookstore, as well as the recording studio for college radio station WRMC-FM.
200pxRidgeline Townhouses2016{{cite news |last1=DiGravio |first1=Will |title=Lottery Held for Ridgeline Townhouses |url=https://middleburycampus.com/34909/news/lottery-held-for-ridgeline-townhouses/ |accessdate=3 October 2018 |work=The Middlebury Campus |date=March 23, 2016}}Upperclassmen housing, newest buildings on campus. Became the subject of considerable controversy beginning in 2015 when the student body learned that the buildings would not be accessible to mobility-impaired and disabled students. Over 467 students, or a fifth of the student body, signed a petition calling on administration to halt construction until the buildings could be redesigned to be accessible, but this did not happen and the Ridgeline Townhouses were built on schedule.
200pxRidgeline View Suites2016Upperclassmen housing, newest buildings on campus. Became the subject of considerable controversy beginning in 2015 when the student body learned that the buildings would not be accessible to mobility-impaired and disabled students.{{cite news |last1=Patton |first1=Laurie |title=Reflections from Old Chapel |url=https://middleburycampus.com/33059/opinion/reflections-from-old-chapel-2/ |accessdate=3 October 2018 |work=The Middlebury Campus |date=November 4, 2015}} Over 467 students, or a fifth of the student body, signed a petition calling on administration to halt construction until the buildings could be redesigned to be accessible, but this did not happen and the Ridgeline suites were built on schedule.{{cite news |author=Middlebury Campus editorial board|title=Pragmatic Passion on Ridgeline Project |url=https://middleburycampus.com/33050/opinion/pragmatic-passion-on-ridgeline-project/ |accessdate=3 October 2018 |work=The Middlebury Campus |date=November 4, 2015}}
200pxRobert A. Jones '59 House (RAJ)Home to the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs (RCFIA){{cite web |title=Robert A. Jones \'59 House (RAJ) |url=https://map.middlebury.edu/?id=229#!m/61498?ce/6181?sbc/?s/hesselgrave?ct/6228,6227,6226,6186,6185,6184,6183,6182,6181,6180,6178,6177,6176,6174,2378,0 |website=Middlebury Interactive Map |publisher=Middlebury College |accessdate=2 October 2018}}
200pxRoss Dining Hall2004
200pxSelf Reliance2009{{cite web|url=http://www.middlebury.edu/student-life/community-living/residential-life/housing-information/flr_plans/self-reliance-house|title=Self-Reliance House |publisher=Middlebury|accessdate=2 October 2018}}Middlebury College's first house built for the Solar Decathlon competition
200pxService Building and Biomass Gasification PlantThe $12 million biomass gasification plant, opened in 2009, boils and gasifies wood chips to provide steam heating and electricity to the college{{cite news |last1=Flagg |first1=Kathryn |title=Middlebury College fires up $12 million biomass plant |url=https://www.addisonindependent.com/200902middlebury-college-fires-12-million-biomass-plant |accessdate=October 14, 2018 |work=Addison County Independent |date=February 19, 2009 |language=en}}
200pxStarr Hall1860Glenn M. Andres and Curtis B. Johnson, “[http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VT-01-AD30 Middlebury College]” [Middlebury, Vermont], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—. http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VT-01-AD30. Accessed 2018-10-18.Rebuilt in 1865 after a fire in 1864
200pxStewart Hall1956First Year Residence hall
200pxSunderland Language Center1965Language classrooms and offices; also houses the 272 seat Dana Auditorium, used for lectures, movie screenings, and other events
200pxAlexander Twilight Hall1867{{cite web |title=Alexander Twilight Hall |url=https://map.middlebury.edu/?id=229#!m/61367?sbc/?ct/6228,6227,6226,6186,6185,6184,6183,6182,6181,6180,6178,6177,6176,6174,2378,0 |website=Middlebury Interactive Map |publisher=Middlebury College |accessdate=2 October 2018}}Named for Alexander Twilight, the first African-American man to earn a degree from an American college or university. Colloquially known as "Twilight," it houses classrooms and the classics, philosophy, and education departments.
200pxVirtue Field House2015{{cite web |title=Virtue Field House |url=https://map.middlebury.edu/?id=229#!m/107988?sbc/?ct/6228,6227,6226,6186,6185,6184,6183,6182,6181,6180,6178,6177,6176,6174,2378,0 |website=Middlebury Interactive Map |publisher=Middlebury College |accessdate=2 October 2018}}Contains a 200-meter indoor track in a LEED Platinum-certified building.{{cite web |title=Middlebury College Virtue Field House |url=https://www.usgbc.org/projects/middlebury-college-virtue-field-house |website=U.S. Green Building Council |accessdate=25 January 2019 |language=en}}
200pxVoter Hall1913Houses faculty offices for the Arabic, Chinese, and Italian departments on the first floor and basement and upperclassmen housing on the upper floors as of 2019. Originally built as a chemistry building.{{cite web |title=Voter Hall |url=http://www.middlebury.edu/student-life/community-living/residential-life/housing-information/flr_plans/voter-hall |website=Middlebury |accessdate=18 October 2018 |language=en}}
200pxWarner Hall1901Houses the economics and mathematics departments
200pxWright HallHouses the 350-seat Wright Theatre{{cite report |date=April 23, 2008 |title=Haverford College Arts Programs: Reports and Perspectives |url=https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/master-plan-arts-programs.pdf |publisher=Haverford College |pages=55–61 |access-date=October 14, 2018 }}

200pxEmma Willard House1811Used as the college's admissions building. National historic site
200pxForest Hall1936Dormitory, also houses a darkroom and Islamic prayer space in the basement. Name derived from the fact that its construction was financed by the 1915 sale of a forest to the Federal Government to create the Green Mountain National Forest.
Natatorium1996
200px118 South Main StreetHouses the Center for Creativity, Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship (CCISE), also known as the "Innovation Hub"{{Cite book| publisher = Random House Children's Books| isbn = 978-1-5247-1030-9| last1 = Franek| first1 = Robert| title = Colleges That Create Futures, 2nd Edition: 50 Schools That Launch Careers by Going Beyond the Classroom| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=73VEDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA138 |date = June 13, 2017}}
121A South Main Street
200px75 Franklin StreetBread Loaf offices
200pxBowker BarnStaff offices
Brainerd Commons House
200pxCarr Hall1951{{cite web |title=Carr Hall |url=https://map.middlebury.edu/?id=229#!m/107988?sbc/?ct/6228,6227,6226,6186,6185,6184,6183,6182,6181,6180,6178,6177,6176,6174,2378,0 |website=Middlebury Interactive Map |publisher=Middlebury College |accessdate=2 October 2018}}Houses the Anderson Freeman Center, a student center that works to promote a welcoming and inclusive environment for minority and first-generation students
200pxChellis HouseHome to the gender studies department and the Women's and Gender Studies Resource Center
200pxFarrell HouseFaculty offices, used by the economics department as of 2019
200pxHesselgrave HouseFaculty offices
200pxKitchel House1867{{cite web |title=Kitchel House |url=https://map.middlebury.edu/?id=229#!m/61437?ce/6174?sbc/ |website=Middlebury Interactive Map |publisher=Middlebury College |accessdate=2 October 2018}}Home to Middlebury's Center for Careers and Internships'
Marble Works OfficesHouses finance, human resources, and business services departments in a building off the campus itself
Nichols House
Old Court HouseIn the town of Middlebury, off the campus itself
President's House
200pxPublic Safety
Center for Community Engagement
200pxWonnacott Commons House
200px107 Shannon StreetSenior housing (house behind the church)
220 College Street
200px248 College StreetSenior housing
200px23 Adirondack ViewEvents staff offices
200px33 Adirondack View
48 South StreetA dormitory, formerly home to the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity/social house before it was shut down in 2015 due to a hazing violation{{cite news |last1=Flaherty |first1=Joe |title=Hazing Violation Suspends KDR |url=https://middleburycampus.com/30966/news/hazing-violation-suspends-kdr/ |accessdate=2 October 2018 |work=The Middlebury Campus |date=April 8, 2015}}
637 College StreetRussian house
200px70 Hillcrest RoadHome to the Queer Studies House (QSH, pronounced "kwish"), an academic interest house for students interested in queer studies, since 2008{{cite web |title=About the QSH |url=http://sites.middlebury.edu/queerstudieshouse/ |website=The Queer Studies House}}
200px99 Adirondack View
200pxBowker HouseXenia social house
200pxBrackett House1997{{cite web |title=Brackett House |url=https://map.middlebury.edu/?id=229#!m/61378?ce/6181?sbc/?ct/6228,6227,6226,6186,6185,6184,6183,6182,6181,6180,6178,6177,6176,6174,2378,0 |website=Middlebury Interactive Map |publisher=Middlebury College |accessdate=2 October 2018}}Tavern social house
200pxBrooker House1997{{cite web |title=Brooker House |url=https://map.middlebury.edu/?id=229#!m/61379?ce/6181?sbc/?s/president?ct/6228,6227,6226,6186,6185,6184,6183,6182,6181,6180,6178,6177,6176,6174,2378,0 |website=Middlebury Interactive Map |publisher=Middlebury College |accessdate=2 October 2018}}Outdoor interest house and home to the school's Mountain Club
Chinese House
200pxFrench House
Hadley House and BarnUsed to host college guests{{cite web |title=Hadley House and Barn |url=https://map.middlebury.edu/?id=229#!m/61416?s/hadley?ct/6208,6211,6219,6218,6217,6209,6215,6214,6213,6747,6174,6176,6181,6180,6178,6177,6182,6183,6184,2378,6185,6186 |website=Middlebury Interactive Map |publisher=Middlebury College |accessdate=2 October 2018}}
200pxHebrew House
Homer Harris House
Homestead House
InSite Solar Decathlon House2013{{cite web |title=InSite Solar Decathlon House |url=https://map.middlebury.edu/?id=229#!m/111166?ce/6181?sbc/?ct/6228,6227,6226,6186,6185,6184,6183,6182,6181,6180,6178,6177,6176,6174,2378,0 |website=Middlebury Interactive Map |publisher=Middlebury College |accessdate=2 October 2018}}Middlebury's second house built for the Solar Decathlon; LEED Platinum certified{{cite web |title=InSite |url=https://www.usgbc.org/projects/insite-0?view=overview |website=U.S. Green Building Council |accessdate=25 January 2019 |language=en}}
200pxJapanese House
Jewett HouseWellness House
200pxLongwell HouseItalian house
200pxMax Kade Center for German Studies at the DeaneryGerman house
McKiney House
200pxMeeker HouseDormitory
Munford HouseDormitory
200pxPALANA HousePALANA (Pan-African, Latino, Asian, and Native American) is the Intercultural Academic Interest House for students interested in diversity and intercultural issues
Palmer House1997{{cite web |title=Palmer House |url=https://map.middlebury.edu/?id=229#!m/61480?ce/6181?sbc/?ct/6228,6227,6226,6186,6185,6184,6183,6182,6181,6180,6178,6177,6176,6174,2378,0 |website=Middlebury Interactive Map |publisher=Middlebury College |accessdate=2 October 2018}}
200pxPortuguese House
200pxPrescott House1997{{cite web |title=Prescott House |url=https://map.middlebury.edu/?id=229#!m/61487?ce/6181?sbc/?ct/6228,6227,6226,6186,6185,6184,6183,6182,6181,6180,6178,6177,6176,6174,2378,0 |website=Middlebury Interactive Map |publisher=Middlebury College |accessdate=2 October 2018}}Chromatic social house, formerly home to Alpha Delta Phi fraternity/social house until its suspension in 2013.{{cite news |last1=Tudor |first1=Thilan |title=Prescott to be Offered as Superblock |url=https://middleburycampus.com/24431/news/prescott-to-be-offered-as-superblock/ |accessdate=2 October 2018 |work=The Middlebury Campus |date=June 18, 2006}}
200pxRoss TowerDormitory. Ross Tower is on the left of the image, and Milliken Hall is on the right.
200pxSperry HouseArabic house
200pxThe MillSocial house
200pxTurner HouseSenior housing
Weybridge HouseFood studies special interest house
David W. Ginevan Recycling Center

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