The following buildings are located on Middlebury College's campus in the Champlain Valley in Vermont, United States. [1]
The following buildings are located on Middlebury College's campus in the Champlain Valley in Vermont, United States. [1]
| Image | Name | Year built/opened | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Adirondack House | Remodeled in 1909 after being obtained by the college. [2] 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. | |
 | Allen Hall | 1963 [2] | 1st-year residence hall [2] |
 | Alumni Stadium | ||
 | Atwater Hall A | 2004 [3] | Suite housing for upperclassmen [3] and a popular party space. [4] [5] The Atwater dorms are often referred to as "fratwater" and Atwater is used as a metonym for the party scene at Middlebury. [6] |
 | Atwater Hall B | 2004 [7] | Suite housing for upperclassmen [7] and a popular party space. [4] [5] The Atwater dorms are often referred to as "fratwater," and Atwater is used as a metonym for the party scene at Middlebury. [6] |
 | Atwater Dining Hall | 2005 [8] | 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. |
 | Axinn Center At Starr Library | 2008 [9] | 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. [9] |
 | McCardell Bicentennial Hall | 1999 [2] | Science building; [2] home to an observatory with a 24-inch (0.61 m) optical telescope [10] and a greenhouse. Known colloquially as "BiHall," [11] [12] 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. [13] [14] |
 | Battell Hall | 1950 and 1955 [2] | First 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. [2] |
 | Centeno House | Houses the Parton Center, the college's health center | |
 | Coffrin Hall | 1986 [2] | Primarily a dormitory for sophomores and a few first years [2] |
 | Davis Family Library | 2004 [2] | Built on the site of the former Science Center [2] |
 | Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest | Houses environmental studies offices and classrooms in a LEED Platinum-certified building. [15] | |
 | Freeman International Center | 1970 [2] | A former dining hall, now houses classrooms, the offices for the German, Japanese, and Russian departments, and the Hillel Jewish Center [16] |
 | Gifford Hall | 1940 [2] | Sophomore Dormitory, also houses the Gamut Room performance space and outdoor "gampitheatre"as well as a seminar room. |
 | Hadley Hall | 1969 or 1970 [2] | Sophomore dormitory. On the right side of the image; Milliken Hall is on the left, and Ross Tower is in the middle |
 | Hathaway House | Houses the Charles P. Scott Center for Religious Life and the Chaplain's Office | |
 | Hepburn Hall | 1916 [2] | Dormitory, 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. [2] |
 | Johnson Memorial Building | 1968 [2] | Houses the architecture and studio art departments |
 | Kenyon Arena | 1998 [17] | Hockey arena with a seated capacity of 2,600 |
 | Kelly Hall | 1969 or 1970 [2] | Upperclassmen residence [18] |
 | Kirk Alumni Center | ||
 | LaForce Hall | 2004 [2] | Upperclassmen residence |
 | Lang Hall | 1969 or 1970 [2] | Upperclassmen residence |
 | Le Château | 1925 [2] | Home to the Department of French; also contains classrooms and student housing [2] |
 | Mahaney Arts Center | 1992 [2] | Also home to the Middlebury College Museum of Art, [2] the 370-seat Robison (concert) Hall, the 160-seat Dance Theatre, and 200-seat black box Seeler Studio Theatre [19] |
 | McCullough Student Center | 1912 [2] | Originally a gymnasium; converted into a student center after an expansion and remodel [2] |
 | Memorial Field House | 1949 [2] | Building is a former air base in New York. It was moved to Middlebury by truck and reassembled there. [2] |
 | Middlebury Chapel | 1916 [2] | Chapel 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. [2] |
 | Milliken Hall | 1969 or 1970 [2] | Sophomore dormitory |
 | Munroe Hall | 1941 [2] | Houses classrooms as well as faculty offices for the political science, religion, sociology and anthropology, and economics departments |
 | Old Chapel | 1836 [2] | Administrative building [2] |
 | Painter Hall | 1816 [2] | The 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. [2] |
 | Pearsons Hall | 1911 [2] | Sophomore dormitory |
 | Perkins House | Spanish house | |
 | Peterson Family Athletics Complex | ||
 | Porter House | ||
 | Proctor Hall | 1960 [2] | Contains a dining hall and the college bookstore, as well as the recording studio for college radio station WRMC-FM. [2] |
 | Ridgeline Townhouses | 2016 [20] | 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. [21] 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. [22] |
 | Ridgeline View Suites | 2016 [20] | 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. [21] 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. [22] |
 | Robert A. Jones '59 House (RAJ) | Home to the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs (RCFIA) [23] | |
 | Ross Dining Hall | 2004 | |
 | Self Reliance | 2009 [24] | Middlebury College's first house built for the Solar Decathlon competition [24] |
 | Service Building and Biomass Gasification Plant | The $12 million biomass gasification plant, opened in 2009, boils and gasifies wood chips to provide steam heating and electricity to the college [25] | |
 | Starr Hall | 1860 [26] | Rebuilt in 1865 after a fire in 1864 [26] |
 | Stewart Hall | 1956 [2] | First Year Residence hall [2] |
 | Sunderland Language Center | 1965 [2] | Language classrooms and offices; also houses the 272 seat Dana Auditorium, used for lectures, movie screenings, and other events [19] |
 | Alexander Twilight Hall | 1867 [27] | 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. [27] |
 | Virtue Field House | 2015 [28] | Contains a 200-meter indoor track [28] in a LEED Platinum-certified building. [29] |
 | Voter Hall | 1913 [2] | Houses 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. [30] |
 | Warner Hall | 1901 [2] | Houses the economics and mathematics departments |
 | Wright Hall | Houses the 350-seat Wright Theatre [19] | |
 | Emma Willard House | 1811 [2] | Used as the college's admissions building. National historic site [2] |
 | Forest Hall | 1936 [2] | Dormitory, 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. [2] |
| Natatorium | 1996 [2] | ||
 | 118 South Main Street | Houses the Center for Creativity, Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship (CCISE), also known as the "Innovation Hub" [31] | |
| 121A South Main Street | |||
 | 75 Franklin Street | Bread Loaf offices | |
 | Bowker Barn | Staff offices | |
| Brainerd Commons House | |||
 | Carr Hall | 1951 [32] | Houses the Anderson Freeman Center, a student center that works to promote a welcoming and inclusive environment for minority and first-generation students [32] |
 | Chellis House | Home to the gender studies department and the Women's and Gender Studies Resource Center | |
 | Farrell House | Faculty offices, used by the economics department as of 2019 | |
 | Hesselgrave House | Faculty offices | |
 | Kitchel House | 1867 [33] | Home to Middlebury's Center for Careers and Internships' [33] |
| Marble Works Offices | Houses finance, human resources, and business services departments in a building off the campus itself | ||
| Nichols House | |||
| Old Court House | In the town of Middlebury, off the campus itself | ||
| President's House | |||
 | Public Safety | ||
| Center for Community Engagement | |||
 | Wonnacott Commons House | ||
 | 107 Shannon Street | Senior housing (house behind the church) | |
| 220 College Street | |||
 | 248 College Street | Senior housing | |
 | 23 Adirondack View | Events staff offices | |
 | 33 Adirondack View | ||
| 48 South Street | A dormitory, formerly home to the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity/social house before it was shut down in 2015 due to a hazing violation [34] | ||
| 637 College Street | Russian house | ||
 | 70 Hillcrest Road | Home to the Queer Studies House (QSH, pronounced "kwish"), an academic interest house for students interested in queer studies, since 2008 [35] | |
 | 99 Adirondack View | ||
 | Bowker House | Xenia social house | |
 | Brackett House | 1997 [36] | Tavern social house |
 | Brooker House | 1997 [37] | Outdoor interest house and home to the school's Mountain Club |
| Chinese House | |||
 | French House | ||
| Hadley House and Barn | Used to host college guests [38] | ||
 | Hebrew House | ||
| Homer Harris House | |||
| Homestead House | |||
| InSite Solar Decathlon House | 2013 [39] | Middlebury's second house built for the Solar Decathlon; LEED Platinum certified [40] | |
 | Japanese House | ||
| Jewett House | Wellness House | ||
 | Longwell House | Italian house | |
 | Max Kade Center for German Studies at the Deanery | German house | |
| McKiney House | |||
 | Meeker House | Dormitory | |
| Munford House | Dormitory | ||
 | PALANA House | PALANA (Pan-African, Latino, Asian, and Native American) is the Intercultural Academic Interest House for students interested in diversity and intercultural issues | |
| Palmer House | 1997 [41] | ||
 | Portuguese House | ||
 | Prescott House | 1997 [42] | Chromatic social house, formerly home to Alpha Delta Phi fraternity/social house until its suspension in 2013. [43] |
 | Ross Tower | Dormitory. Ross Tower is on the left of the image, and Milliken Hall is on the right. | |
 | Sperry House | Arabic house | |
 | The Mill | Social house | |
 | Turner House | Senior housing | |
| Weybridge House | Food studies special interest house | ||
| David W. Ginevan Recycling Center |
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