This list of Syracuse University buildings catalogs significant buildings and facilities, existing or demolished, owned by or closely associated with Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. The university's archives document the university's buildings back to the start of its operations in rented space in 1871. [1]
Two of the oldest surviving buildings, the Hall of Languages (1873) and Crouse College (1888-89), were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the 1970s. Fifteen of the buildings on the original campus of the university, including those two, termed the Comstock Tract Buildings, were listed on the National Register as a historic district in 1980. [2]
Locations of those having coordinates below may be seen together in a map by clicking on "Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap" at the right side of this page.
Buildings are listed alphabetically.
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Building | Image | Built | Location | Notes | Ref |
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200 Walnut Place (Counseling Center) | 1901 | 200 Walnut Place | The building was first purchased by SU in 1943, then sold to Kappa Phi Delta and then repurchased after the frat chapter folded in 2002. | [3] | |
426 Ostrom Ave (Psychology Research Building) | 1875 | 426 Ostrom Ave | Houses Psychology Research Building of Syracuse University. Purchased by SU in July 1979. | ||
Alibrandi Catholic Center | 1982 | 110 Walnut Place 43°02′35″N76°08′00″W / 43.043134°N 76.133284°W | Named in 1982 in memory of John G. Alibrandi Jr. | [4] [5] | |
Archbold Gymnasium | 1908 | Forestry Drive 43°02′09″N76°08′05″W / 43.035969°N 76.134705°W | Asserted to be the largest college gymnasium in the world when built. Home of the S.U. basketball team before Manley Field House (1962), except for three years while the gymnasium was rebuilt between 1949 and 1952 after a fire. | [2] [6] | |
Archbold Theatre | 1980 | ||||
Barclay Law Library (College of Law) | 1984 | ||||
Belfer Audio Archives | 1982 | ||||
Biological Research Building | 1963 | ||||
Bird Library | 1972 | ||||
Booth Hall | 1963 | Named for Willis H. Booth, who earned an honorary doctorate in law in 1955 and was elected an honorary trustee of the university in 1956. It is a 8-floor coed dormitory building housing 261 students. | [7] [8] | ||
Bowne Hall | 1907 | 43°02′12″N76°08′00″W / 43.03663°N 76.13320°W | |||
Brewster/Boland/Brockway Complex | 1968 2005 | Boland and Brewster Halls were built as dorms in 1968. Boland hall is named after John C. Boland (Class of 1899, Law 1901), and his wife, May L. Boland. Brewster Hall is named after Neal Brewster (Law 1902, SU Trustee) and his wife, Mabel Brewster Pierce. Brockway Hall, constructed in 2005, is named after Perle Brown Brockway (College of Medicine in 1908). | [7] | ||
Carnegie Library | 1907 | Carnegie library funded by $150,000 grant. Built of reinforced concrete, with Ionic order columns supporting a flat pediment. Its main reading room is striking with a high vaulted ceiling, Corinthian pilasters, and a second story gallery. Wainscoting and plaster columns throughout were painted to appear as stone. | [2] | ||
Carriage House | 1914 | 161 Farm Acre Road, South Campus | [9] | ||
Center for International Services (Slutzker Center) | 1894 | The building was acquired from Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity in 1970 after a $1.9 million endowment from Lillian and Emanuel Slutzker. It was formerly called Lillian and Emanuel Slutzker Center for International Services. | [10] | ||
Center for Science and Technology | 1994 | ||||
Chancellor's Residence | 1902 | The brick building was built in 1901-02 by William Nottingham and designed by architect Albert L. Brockway. In 1915, after a monetary donation from John D. Archbold, Syracuse University obtained the property. The former residence of the Chancellor at 604 University Avenue, was ceded to the Nottingham family as part of this transaction. | [11] | ||
Commissary | 1966 | ||||
Comstock Art Facility | 1982 | ||||
Crouse College | 1884 | [2] | |||
Crouse-Hinds Hall | 1983 | ||||
Ernie Davis Hall | 2009 | Named for Syracuse Orange football legend Ernie Davis who is first Black athlete to receive the Heisman Trophy. It is SU's first dorm building that meets the LEED rating and was considered a high-tech dorm building when first occupied. | [7] | ||
Day Hall and Graham Dining Hall | 1958 | Named for Chancellors James Roscoe Day (1894-1922), and William Pratt Graham (1937-1942), respectively. Located on Mount Olympus. Radio transmitters for the WAER & WJPZ FM are located on the roof of the Day Hall dormitory. | [12] [13] [14] | ||
Day Care Center (M-0 and M-1 Skytop) | 1946 | Childcare Center is a former World War II surplus pre-fabricated steel housing unit that was renovated in 1969 and 1986. | [15] | ||
DellPlain Hall | 1961 | Named after Morse O. DellPlain (SU trustee), who earned an electrical engineering degree from the university in 1903. While the construction was finished in 1959, male students started living there in 1961. | [7] | ||
Dineen Hall | 2014 | The Dineen Hall houses the Syracuse University College of Law on the West Campus expansion area of SU. Announced in November 2010, it is named for the Dineen family, who provided $15 million naming gift for the $90 million building. SU alumnus Richard Gluckman, of the Gluckman Mayner Architects in New York City, was the lead architect. The 200,000 square feet (19,000 m2), five-story building, located at 950 Irving Avenue, was constructed on the site of the Raynor parking lot in 2013. | [16] [17] [18] [19] | ||
Drumlins Country Club | 1926 | ||||
Eggers Hall | 1993 | ||||
Flanagan Gymnasium | 1989 | ||||
Flint Hall | 1956 | Named for SU's fifth Chancellor Charles Wesley Flint. | [7] | ||
Gebbie Clinic | 1972 | ||||
Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center | 1903 | The Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center is a 3-story red brick building which has a Colonial Georgian architecture. The building cost $25,000 to build in 1903 and served as a home to the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, until 1974 when Syracuse University purchased the building from the fraternity and renovated it. The building served as a faculty center, a restaurant, as well as alumni center. Beginning in 2022, the building was repurposed as a visitors' center and hosts the office of admissions. | [20] | ||
Goldstein Student Center | 1990 | ||||
Greenberg House (in Washington, D.C.) | 1990 | ||||
Haft Hall | 1955 | Houses the WAER-fm at 795 Ostrom Ave. Built as a dorm, later used as a sorority house. WAER moved here in 2003. | [14] | ||
Hall of Languages | 1873 | [2] | |||
Haven Hall | 1964 | Named for SU's second Chancellor Erastus Otis Haven. | [7] | ||
Hawkins Building | 1982 | ||||
Hendricks Chapel | 1930 | Shaw Quadrangle 43°02′15″N76°08′06″W / 43.03763°N 76.13512°W | [2] | ||
Henry Health Center | 1972 | ||||
Heroy Geology Laboratory | 1972 | ||||
Hinds Hall | 1955 | ||||
Holden Observatory | 1887 | [2] | |||
Hoople Special Education Building | 1953 | Demolished in January 2017. | [21] | ||
Hospital of the Good Shepherd | 1972 | ||||
Huntington Hall | 1915 | 43°02′29″N76°08′05″W / 43.041306°N 76.134826°W | Originally the site of the Hospital of the Good Shepherd, it was renamed Huntington Hall in 1964 to honor the Frederick Dan Huntington, Episcopal bishop and the founder of the hospital. | ||
Inn Complete (Ski Lodge) | 1913 | Skytop Road, South Campus | Building was renovated as Ski Lodge in 1947 and occupied in March 1948. Renovated as Inn Complete in 2002 for the Graduate Student Organization. | [22] | |
JMA Wireless Dome (Carrier Dome) | 1980 | 43°02′10″N76°08′11″W / 43.036238°N 76.136326°W | Named for donor Carrier Corporation as "Carrier Dome" for more than 40 years, renamed in 2022. | ||
Kimmel Hall | 1962 | [7] | |||
Lawrinson Hall | 1965 | When built Lawrinson Hall was the second-tallest building in Syracuse at 21 stories. Currently the seventh tallest building in the city of Syracuse. Named after William Henry Lawrinson and Elizabeth M. Lawrinson, and their son Ronald K. Lawrinson (none of the Lawrinsons attended SU). | [7] [23] | ||
Life Sciences Complex | 2008 | The five-story, 230,000–square feet, Life Sciences Complex hosts the biology, chemistry, and biochemistry departments. Designed by Ellenzweig Associates of Cambridge, MA, Life Sciences Complex cost $107 million and was the largest building project in the university's history up to that point. The extension was dedicated on November 7, 2008. The Milton atrium, named for Jack and Laura Milton (class of 1951), bridges the old Center for Science and Technology to the new Life Sciences Complex. | [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] | ||
Link Hall | 1970 | ||||
Lubin House | 1876 | Built in 1876. Donated by Joseph Lubin in 1964. | |||
Lyman C. Smith Hall | 1902 | [2] [29] | |||
Lyman Hall of Natural History | 1907 | [2] | |||
Lyons Hall | 1971 | Oren Lyons Hall was home to the Phi Sigma Sigma sorority until 1971. The university bought the building in 1974 and renamed it in 2007 after Oren Lyons, an Onondaga Nation faithkeeper and All-American lacrosse goalie for Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse team. | [7] | ||
M-17 Skytop | 1959 | ||||
Machinery Hall | 1907 | [2] | |||
MacNaughton Hall (Law School) | 1998 | ||||
Management Building, Whitman School of Management | 2004 | 721 University Avenue 43°02′32″N76°08′03″W / 43.04214°N 76.13405°W | |||
John A. Lally Athletics Complex (Manley Field House) | 1962 | 1301 E. Colvin St 43°1′30″N76°7′39″W / 43.02500°N 76.12750°W | |||
Marion and Watson Halls | 1954 | Named for Frank J. Marion (class of 1890, university trustee) and Thomas J. Watson (of IBM, University trustee). | [7] | ||
Marshall Square Mall | 1981 | ||||
Maxwell Hall | 1937 | [2] | |||
Menschel Media Center | 1999 | 316 Waverly Avenue | Robert B. Menschel Media Center is located in the former Watson Theater Complex. | [30] | |
Minnowbrook Lodge (Minnowbrook Conference Center) | 1900 | Blue Mountain Lake | Acquired by SU in 1954. | [31] | |
Moon Library (Forestry College) | 1967 | ||||
More House (St. Thomas More Chapel) | 1905 | 110 Walnut Place 43°02′34″N76°07′59″W / 43.042855°N 76.133158°W | Original Catholic Chapel was built in 1905 on nearby private land and was made available to Syracuse students in 1939 by the Rev. Ryan Gannon. Alibrandi Catholic Center building addition was built in 1982. | [32] | |
National Veterans Resource Center | 2020 | 43°02′26″N76°08′11″W / 43.040611°N 76.136300°W | The National Veterans Resource Center at the Daniel & Gayle D’Aniello building houses the Institute for Veterans and Military Families. The building was designed by SHoP Architects in 2016, and the construction finished in spring 2020. The $64 million facility was funded entirely with philanthropic gifts. The four-story, 126,000-square-foot complex has space for a variety of veteran-related organizations and houses a 750-seat auditorium, a cafe, a gallery, a research center, and a banquet hall that turns into a lounge/study area. The facility serves Regional Student Veteran Resource Center, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs "Vet-Success on Campus", the National Center of Excellence for Veteran Business Ownership, Veteran Business Outreach Center and Accelerator, and Syracuse University's Office of Veteran and Military Affairs, and offices for the Army and Air Force ROTC. | [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] | |
Newhouse Communications Center I | 1964 | ||||
Newhouse Communications Center II | 1974 | ||||
Newhouse Communications Center III | 2007 | The third addition to the Newhouse communications center, this building has the First Amendment to the United States Constitution etched into the windows. The building also includes a 350-seat auditorium, a dining facility and a media research center. The construction costs of the building was approximately $30 million with $17.5 million coming from the Samuel I. Newhouse foundation, which was one of the largest private donations in the school's history. | [40] | ||
Physical Plant | 1949 | 285 Ainsley Drive | |||
Physics Building | 1967 | 43°02′13″N76°08′05″W / 43.03705°N 76.13467°W | |||
Syracuse Stage/Regent Theatre Complex | 1919 | Acquired by SU in 1958. | |||
Sadler Hall | 1960 | Sadler is named after John W. Sadler (class of 1896) and his sister Nettie M. Sadler (class of 1900). They donated nearly half a million to SU. | [7] | ||
Schine Student Center | 1985 | The Hildegarde and J. Meyer Schine Student Center was dedicated on October 18, 1985. SU announced renovations to the Schine Student Center as part of the Campus Framework plan and began the work in spring 2019. The newly renovated student center officially reopened on February 8, 2021. | [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] | ||
Sensory Research | 1988 | 621 Skytop Road | [46] | ||
Shaffer Art Building | 1990 | 43°02′12″N76°07′57″W / 43.03674°N 76.13242°W | |||
Shaw Hall | 1952 | The dorm is named for Robert Shaw and his wife May M. Shaw, who donated $1.5 million towards the construction of the building. The building was designated as a Women's residence hall and served as a Living Learning Community after 1975. Shaw has had several renovations since the late 1980s, including the addition of new wings and a dining hall. Five residential floors of the building house around 475 students. | [7] | ||
Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center | 1985 | [47] | |||
Sims Hall | 1907 | [2] | |||
Skybarn | 1977 | ||||
Skytop Administrative Offices | 1973 | ||||
Skytop Housing Complex Phase I | 1972 | ||||
Skytop Housing Complex Phase II | 1974 | ||||
Slocum Hall | 1919 | Houses the School of Architecture. The five-story building — is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Designed by Syracuse University School of Architecture professors Frederick W. Revels and Earl Hallenback and funded by philanthropist Mrs. Russell Sage as a memorial to her father. Construction began in April 1916 but, due to World War I and labor shortages, it was not completed until October 1918. When officially opened in 1919, the Architecture Department of the College of Fine Arts, founded in 1873, shared the building with the Joseph Slocum School of Agriculture and the School of Home Economics and the School of Business. | [2] | ||
Steam Station | 1927 | ||||
Steele Hall | 1898 | [2] | |||
Syracuse Center of Excellence | 2010 | ||||
Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion | 2000 | 511 Skytop Road 43°0′52″N76°06′59″W / 43.01444°N 76.11639°W | |||
William P. Tolley Administration Building | 1889 | Built as the Von Ranke Library, the building was converted to administrative use in 1907. It was designed by Archimedes Russell, it is a Romanesque style building of red brick, with circular towers. | [2] | ||
University College | 1926 | 700 University Avenue | formerly a residence hall named for Grover Cleveland, who served on SU Board of Trustees 1883–1885. | ||
Walnut Hall | 1989 | Former chapter house of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. Purchased by Syracuse University in 1997 | |||
Washington Arms | 1953 | ||||
The Nancy Cantor Warehouse | 2006 | A former storage warehouse of the Syracuse-based Dunk and Bright Furniture Company in Downtown Syracuse was purchased by SU in 2005. It was renovated for classroom, gallery, and studio use at a cost of $9 million. The renovation was designed by Syracuse alumnus Richard Gluckman of New York City-based Gluckman Mayner Architects. In 2013, the Warehouse was named in honor of departing president Nancy Cantor. | [48] [49] [50] | ||
White Hall | 1954 | Ernest I. White Hall was the home of the Syracuse University College of Law from 1954 to 2015. It later became home of the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics. The building houses the Grant Auditorium, which was built in 1966. | [51] [52] [19] | ||
Winnick Hillel Center for Jewish Life | 2003 | ||||
Women's Building | 1954 | ||||
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