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1792 | Kirkland Cottage | Kirkland Cottage | moved to present place from near the cemetery in 1925 | Building # |
1794 | Hamilton-Oneida Academy | 1829 | Original building of the college's predecessor | |
1802 | Boarding House | Backus House | designed by Isaac Williams, master carpenter | Building # |
1804 | Lee's Tavern | Anderson-Connell Alumni Center (C&D) | Isaac Williams; an enlargement of a house of 1799 | Building # |
1810 | Saunders House | Saunders House | built by Isaac Williams; residence of Saunders family until Silvia Saunders' death in 1994; renovated for student residence in 1995 | Building # |
1812 | Hall of Commons | Buttrick Hall | also called "The Banqueting Hall"; closed 1820 | Building # |
1813 | President's House | Backus House | former Boarding House; moved 1850 | Building # |
1814 | Hamilton Hall (old South College) | 1906 | remodeled in 1873 as Hungerford Hall | |
1817 | Root House; Grant House | Elihu Root House | Presidential house; 1893, purchased by Elihu Root; 1937, home of Edith Root Grant and Ulysses S. Grant III; 1978, purchased by College; renovated in 1980 for administrative quarters | Building # |
1823 | Kirkland Hall (Middle College) | Kirkland Residence Hall | built as twin of North College; remodeled as Soper Gymnasium in 1891 | Building # |
1823 | North College | North Residence Hall | shell built; remained incomplete until 1842 | Building # |
1827 | Chapel | Chapel | designed by John H. Lothrop of Utica (a College trustee) as a multi-purpose building; Philip Hooker of Albany designed the façade; many alterations over the years; most recent in 1949 by Bagg & Newkirk | Building # |
1842 | Dexter Hall | North Residence Hall | North College building completed and renamed | Building # |
1850 | Root Homestead | Anderson-Connell Alumni Center (C&D) | former Lee's Tavern; also called "The Hemlocks," "the Upper Mathematical House"; "Pocket Gallery" added 1931 | Building # |
1850 | Alumni House | Backus House | former President's House; faculty residence | Building # |
1850 | The Cabinet | Buttrick Hall | science building with museum; former Hall of Commons | Building # |
1853 | Gymnasium | 1897 | replaced 1891 by Soper Gymnasium; demolished to make room for Root Hall | |
1855 | Chemistry Laboratory | 1904 | replaced 1903; demolished to make room for Carnegie Hall | |
1856 | Litchfield Observatory | 1918 | base for telescope remains near Sigma Phi house | |
1869 | President's Residence | 1972 | built for S.G. Brown; became Delta Phi house | |
1872 | Perry Hiram Smith Library | Morris House | later Perry Hiram Smith Hall | Building # |
1873 | Hungerford Hall | 1906 | former Hamilton Hall; remodeled | |
1882 | Alpha Delta Phi House | Eells House | rebuilt in same spot 1928 | Building # |
1883 | Knox Hall of Natural History | Buttrick Hall | former Cabinet; remodeled | Building # |
1884 | Skinner Hall | North Residence Hall | former Dexter Hall; renovated | Building # |
1888 | Silliman Hall | Couper Hall | Fuller & Wheeler of Albany, architects; built as College YMCA and union center; is such until 1929 | Building # |
1891 | Soper Gymnasium | Kirkland Residence Hall | former Middle College; remodeled | Building # |
1897 | Benedict Hall of Languages | Benedict Hall | Frederick Hamilton Gouge, architect; renovated in 2009 | Building # |
1897 | Root Hall of Science | Root Hall | designed by Carriere and Hastings; many renovations; reverts to classrooms after 1925 | Building # |
1900 | Truax Hall of Philosophy | 1970 | F.H. Gouge; ionic columns now in cemetery | |
1903 | Chemistry Building | Blood Fitness and Dance Center | F.H. Gouge; enlarged 1930 by Bagg & Newkirk | Building # |
1903 | Commons (Soper Hall of Commons) | Commons | F.H. Gouge; addition in rear in 1959 by Adams & Woodbridge | Building # |
1904 | Carnegie Residence Hall | Carnegie Residence Hall | "West College"; F.H. Gouge | Building # |
1906 | Chi Psi House | Spencer House | formerly Huntington Homestead; burned and rebuilt | Building # |
1907 | New South College | South Residence Hall | F.H. Gouge; built on the same location as old South College/Hamilton Hall/Hungerford Hall | Building # |
1910 | Davenport House | President's House | built by Frederick Morgan Davenport, Professor of Law 1904-1929; architect, Arthur Jackson; Queen Anne style | |
1912 | Delta Upsilon House | Ferguson House | Fraternity house | Building # |
1914 | James Library (Ellen Curtiss James Library) | Christian A. Johnson Hall | Coolidge & Carlson, architects | Building # |
1917 | Horowitch Career Center (Maurice Horowitch Career and Life Outcomes Center) | 202 College Hill Road (Philosophy Dept.) | Built as faculty house (Burton in 1933); formerly the Maurice Horowitch Career Center | Building # |
1918 | Sigma Phi House | Siuda House | Bagg & Newkirk; replaced chapter house which was previously burned; altered and enlarged in 1940's; purchased by the college c. 2005. | Building # |
1920 | Psi Upsilon House | Skenandoa House | Fraternity house | Building # |
1921 | Sage Rink (Russell Sage Rink) | Sage Rink | Bagg & Newkirk | Building # |
1924 | Knox Infirmary | Morris House | former Perry Hiram Smith Library; an infirmary | Building # |
1925 | Science Building | Taylor Science Center | Housed Biology and Geology in 1933 | Building # |
1925 | Wallace Johnson Residence Hall | Wallace Johnson Residence Hall | Residence of Wallace B. Johnson, class of 1915, Secretary of the College, until his death in 1968; student residence | Building # |
1925 | Theta Delta Chi House | Woollcott House | Fraternity house | Building # |
1926 | Buttrick Hall | Buttrick Hall | former Knox Hall of Natural history; renovated to resemble original design; redecorated to reflect the taste of different Hamilton College presidents | Building # |
1927 | ELS House | Sadove Student Center at Emerson Hall | former house for the Emerson Literary Society burned down in 1927 and was rebuilt | Building # |
1927 | Delta Kappa Epsilon House | Wertimer House | Fraternity house | Building # |
1930 | North and South Courtyards | 2009 | renovated 1978; housed mail center, Philosophy Department | |
1940 | Alumni Gymnasium | Alumni Gymnasium | Bagg & Newkirk | Building # |
1955 | Delta Phi House | 1972 | former President's Residence | |
1958 | Root Art Center (Edward Wales Root Art Center) | Anderson-Connell Alumni Center (C&D) | former Root Homestead | Building # |
1958 | Dunham Dormitory | Dunham Residence Hall | Adams & Woodbridge | Building # |
1959 | Griffin Road Apartments | Griffin Road Apartments | built as faculty apartments; now student residences | Building # |
1959 | Rudd Health Center (Thomas Brown Rudd Health Center) | Rudd Health Center | Adams & Woodbridge; addition added in 1972 | Building # |
1961 | Minor Theater | Morris House | former Perry Hiram Smith Library; remodeled by E.D. Stone; much altered during early 1970's | Building # |
1962 | Kirkland Residence Hall | Kirkland Residence Hall | former Soper Gymnasium; remodeled 1947 after the Alumni Gymnasium was built | Building # |
1962 | North Residence Hall | North Residence Hall | former Skinner Hall; renovated by E.D. Stone | Building # |
1962 | Physical Plant | Facilities Management/Physical Plant | also known as Maintenance and Operations; building first shown on 1962 map | Building # |
1964 | Science Building | Taylor Science Center | Renovations; Dana Wing added | Building # |
1966 | Bristol Center (William McLaren Bristol Center) | Bristol Center | E.D. Stone; formerly Bristol Campus Center | Building # |
1968 | Keehn Residence Hall | Keehn Residence Hall | built for Kirkland College; was a student co-operative | Building # |
1968 | Major Residence Hall | Major Residence Hall | built for Kirkland College | Building # |
1968 | McIntosh Residence Hall | McIntosh Residence Hall | built for Kirkland College | Building # |
1968 | Minor Residence Hall | Minor Residence Hall | built for Kirkland College | Building # |
1969 | Afro-Latin Cultural Center | Afro-Latin Culture Center | former faculty housing; formerly called the Afro-American Cultural Center | Building # |
1969 | McEwen Dining Hall | McEwen Dining Hall | built for Kirkland College | Building # |
1970 | Babbitt Residence Hall | Babbitt Residence Hall | built for Kirkland College (originally Residence Hall "B") | Building # |
1970 | Backus House (Azel Backus House) | Backus House | former Alumni House | Building # |
1970 | Bundy East and Bundy West Residence Halls | Bundy East and West Residence Halls | Edmund J. Booth, architect; part of Harlow E. Bundy Quadrangle; renovations 2009 | Building # |
1970 | Bundy Dining Hall | Bundy Hall | Edmund J. Booth, architect; part of Harlow E. Bundy Quadrangle | Building # |
1970 | List Art Center (Vera G. and Albert A. List Art Center) | List Art Center | built for Kirkland College | Building # |
1971 | Root Residence Hall | Root Residence Hall | built for Kirkland College | Building # |
1972 | Burke Library (Daniel Burke Library) | Burke Library | Hugh Stubbins, Associates, architects; many interior renovations, including in 2011 | Building # |
1972 | Kirner-Johnson Building | Kirner-Johnson Building | built for Kirkland College | Building # |
1972 | Milbank Residence Hall | Milbank Residence Hall | built for Kirkland College | Building # |
1975 | Peters Observatory | Observatory | Named for Prof. C.H.F. Peters | Building # |
1978 | Saunders Hall of Chemistry | Blood Fitness and Dance Center | former Chemistry Building; renovated; rededicated to A.P. Saunders | Building # |
1978 | Scott Field House (Margaret Bundy Scott Field House) | Scott Field House | Building # |
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1982 | Anderson-Connell Alumni Center (Advancement) | Anderson-Connell Alumni Center (Advancement) | Former Root Art Center | Building # |
1982 | Christian A. Johnson Hall | Christian A. Johnson Hall | former James Library; renovated and rededicated | Building # |
1985 | Campus Safety Office | Campus Safety Office | (approximate date) | Building # |
1988 | Bristol Swimming Pool (William M. Bristol, Jr. Swimming Pool) | Bristol Swimming Pool | Replaced earlier pool in Alumni Gym; renovated 2013 | Building # |
1988 | Schambach Center (Hans H. Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts) | Schambach Center | Building # |
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1989 | Ferry Administration Building | Days-Massolo Center | formerly a faculty/administration residence; renovated and rededicated for Personnel and then for Computer Science | Building # |
1992 | Couper Hall | Couper Hall | former Silliman Hall; rededicated in 1992 | Building # |
1993 | Beinecke Student Activities Village | Beinecke Student Activities Village | Former abandoned salt storage area; the complex includes Fillius Events Barn, Howard Diner and Mail Center. | Building # |
1994 | Woollcott House | Woollcott House | former Theta Delta Chi house; sold to college; renovated and rededicated; student residence | Building # |
1995 | Rogers Estate | Rogers Estate | house of Philip V. Rogers '30, sold to college 1994; made into student housing Fall 1995 | Building # |
1995 | Root Farmhouse | 2017 | Part of Root family property; named after Elihu Root; made into student residence 1995 | |
1996 | Ferguson House | Ferguson House | former Delta Upsilon House; sold to college; renovated and rededicated; student residence | Building # |
1996 | The Little Pub | The Little Pub | former barn and stables for Root property; renovated | Building # |
1998 | Babbitt Pavilion | Babbitt Pavilion | constructed 1998; outdoor social space adjacent to Minor Field | Building # |
1999 | 210 College Hill Road (Philosophy) | 2011 | Philosophy Department starting 1998 or 1999 (previously faculty housing); demolished in 2011 to accommodate the Wellin Museum; philosophy Dept. moved to 202 College Hill Rd. in 2010 | |
2000 | Eells House | Eells House | former Alpha Delta Phi House; sold to college; renovated and rededicated; student residence | Building # |
2002 | ABC House (A Better Chance) | ABC House | Former faculty house (Nile/Cameron house in 1933) purchased by college and renovated for A Better Chance program | |
2003 | Spencer House (Philip Spencer House) | Spencer House | former Chi Psi House; sold to College and renovated; now administration building (Business Office/Human Resources) | Building # |
2004 | Skenandoa House | Skenandoa House | former Psi Upsilon house; built 1922; rededicated as Skenandoa in 2004 | Building # |
2004 | Wertimer House | Wertimer House | former DKE House;rededicated in 2004 as Wertimer;named after Eleanor and Sidney Wertimer | Building # |
2004 | Carriage House | Carriage House | Carriage house/garage for Edward Root house/Root Art Center/Anderson-Connell Alumni Center; converted into office for the vice-president of Administration and Finance | Building # |
2005 | Taylor Science Center (Edward and Virginia Taylor Science Center) | Taylor Science Center | Expansion and renovation; replacement of Dana Wing; opened September 2005; rededication and naming September 2011 | Building # |
2006 | Blood Fitness and Dance Center (Charlean and Wayland Blood Fitness and Dance Center) | Blood Fitness and Dance Center | Complete renovation of Saunders Hall of Chemistry; opened October 2006 | Building # |
2006 | Glen House (Headquarters for the Hamilton Outdoor Leadership Center) | Glen House | Part of Root family estate; Art Studio when Homestead was Root Art Center; renovated 2006 to house Hamilton Outdoor Education Center | Building # |
2006 | Little Squash Center | Little Squash Center | named for Jeff Little '71; opened fall 2006 | Building # |
2006 | Molly Root House | Molly Root House | built for Elihu Root, Jr. 1903; home of Molly and Elihu Root III '36; houses Department of Art History as of Spring 2006; renovations 2008 | Building # |
2007 | Siuda House (Offices of Admission and Financial Aid at Siuda House) | Siuda House (Admission and Financial Aid Offices) | former Sigma Phi house; opened as offices May 9, 2007 | Building # |
2007 | Tolles Pavilion | Tolles Pavilion | Added to Beinecke Student Activity Village; also known as the Annex; dedicated in name of Winton '28 and Patricia Tolles | Building # |
2008 | Kirner-Johnson Building | Kirner-Johnson Building | Expanded and renovated in 2008 | Building # |
2008 | Faculty Artist Studio | Faculty Artist Studio | Barn/garage behind Grant House/Elihu Root House converted to studio in July, 2008 | Building # |
2009 | Sadove Student Center (Sadove Student Center at Emerson Hall) | Sadove Student Center at Emerson Hall | Emerson Hall expanded and renovated in 2009; dedicated to Sadove family | Building # |
2009 | Steuben Field | Steuben Field | Renovated in 2009; natural grass replaced with turf | Building # |
2011 | 202 College Hill Road | 202 College Hill Road (Philosophy Dept.) | previously housed Career Center (which moved to Bristol Campus Center); Philosophy Department moved here in 2011 | Building # |
2011 | Days-Massolo Center | Days-Massolo Center | Opened in 2011; formerly named the Cultural Education Center; previously Ferry Building | Building # |
2012 | Wellin Museum (The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), The Wellin | Wellin Museum | new construction; opened October 5, 2012 | Building # |
2014 | Kennedy Center (Kevin and Karen Kennedy Center for Theatre and the Studio Arts) | Kennedy Center | Opened at Fallcoming 2014; includes Edwin Barrett Lab Theatre and Eugene Romano Theatre | Building # |
2015 | Crow Aviary | Crow Aviary | replaced 3994 Campus Road (residence house) | Building # |
2015 | Morris House | Morris House | Minor Theater renovated to become a residence hall; opened fall 2015 | Building # |
2018 | Johnson Center for Health and Wellness (Joel and Elizabeth Johnson Center for Health and Wellness) | Johnson Center | New construction (replaced Root Farmhouse); groundbreaking August 2017; dedication October 2018 | Building # |