History of Campus Buildings and LandmarksExisting buildings are noted in red. Razed , destroyed or sold structures are noted in black. References are in italics. For more information on College buildings/landmarks, please visit the Archives. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Academy Building (Franklin and Marshall Academy) Administration Building see: East Hall, Old Main, Stahr Hall Admissions House see: Gerhart House, Wohlsen House
Advisement Center (625 College Ave.)1993 - Named the Advisement Center.1996 - Houses Dean of Freshmen, Dean of Sophomores, Multicultural Affairs, Pre-Healing Arts Advising, Pre-Law Advising, Off-Campus Study. Aeronautical Laboratory see: Keiper Liberal Arts Building
Alumni House/ Huegel Alumni Houseformerly called: Nevin House. President's House.1871 - College cedes 4.5 acres of land (all of campus south of the present library) valued at $5,000 to the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church as it prepares to move from Mercersburg to Lancaster. Houses for Seminary professors and a main building are intended for the site. 1871 - House constructed at a cost of approx. $7,200 as a residence for Seminary president Rev. Thomas Gilmore Apple. Architect: Samuel Sloan, Philadelphia; Builders: Swartzwelder and Morrow, Lancaster. 1918 - House and land (including Gerhart House) purchased from Seminary for $20,000; used by F & M as "College Scholar House." 1918 - Used by Paradise Club. 1919 - Remodeled and modernized at a cost of $7,708.50. Contractor H.L. Wiant, Lancaster. 1919 to 1966 - Used as President's residence. 1967 - Converted to offices and overnight accommodations; named Nevin House. 1984 - Renovated. 1985 April - Rededicated L. James Huegel (1938) Alumni House, and housed Alumni Programs, Bicentennial Office. 1992 - Art department offices move in.
Alumni House Annex/Huegel Alumni House Annex/Guest House (445 College Avenue)ca.1908-Constructed on lot purchased from next door neighbors Joseph H. Dubbs and John B. Keiffer, professors at F&M.2001-Purchased by College for use as a guest house.
Alumni Sports and Fitness Center (ASFC) ( 929 Harrisburg Pike)1993 - Dec. 8 - Groundbreaking. RDG Bussard Dikis and David Lynch & Associates- architects. Cost $13 million.1995 - July 27 - Opened. 1995 - Oct. 27 (Homecoming) - Formal dedication of ASFC. Houses Schnader Field House, Kunkel Aquatic Center/McGinness Pool. Aerial view of the ASFC under construction August 1994.
Appel Infirmary1959 Sep. 13 - Dedication; named for Appel family1963 - 1984 Counseling Center located in building. 1977 - Housed Medical and Counseling Services; Placement Office. 1984 - Contained: Medical Services, Academic Computing, Writing Center. 1991 - Held Health Services, John Marshall Investment Corporation, Writing Center. 1992 - Health Services only. 1996 - Office of Residential Programs moves into lower level. 2000 - Rooms 100 and 102 converted into technology classrooms Arboretum see: Caroline Steinman Nunan Arboretum at Franklin & Marshall College Art Gallery see: Steinman College Center / Phillips Museum of Art, Goethean Hall Arts House see: Murray House Athletic Turf Field see: Tylus Field Baker Campus1963 February - 45 acres purchased of land along Harrisburg Pike from Harrisburg Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church for $136,000. Officially named Charles G. and Miriam R. Baker Memorial Campus. Baker was a local attorney who bequeathed $224,816 to the College in his will.1964 April- Additional 5 acres of land adjacent to Baker tract acquired from School Lane Hills Corporation for $35,000. 1981 April- Additional acreage purchased adjacent to Baker campus from Lancaster Brick Co. at a cost of $285,000.
Barshinger Life Sciences and Philosophy Building2005 Oct. 21- Groundbreaking.
Construction begins on $48.7 million dollar structure named after Ann
Barshinger who donated $10 million toward its construction. Einhorn,
Yaffee, and Prescott, architects. Turner Construction Co., construction
manager.
Benjamin Franklin Residence HallsSouth Ben: Dubbs, Klein, Kunkel, Atlee HallsNorth Ben: Muhlenberg, Mull, Rauch, Schaeffer Halls. 1963 Sept.- 1965 Jan.- Constructed at a cost of 2.5 million. Lee & Theate Associates, architects. John H. Wickersham, Inc. , contractor. 1965 Feb 11- Dedicated. 1964 - 1970 (?) - Housed WFNM radio station 1976 - Housed SAGA Food Service, Laundry Service 1984 - Contained: dining hall, food service, and Ben's Underground 1990 - Summer - minor renovations 2006-2007- Ware College House Commons, an addition to North Ben is constructed. MGA Partners architects. Made possible through $1.5 million gift of Paul (F&M 1972) and Judy Ware. 2007-2008- Bonchek College House Commons, an addition to South Ben is constructed. Made possible through a gift from Lawrence and Rita Bonchek, P'91. Beth Shalom. see: Hillel House.
Black Cultural Center (615 College Ave.)1986 - Black Cultural Center moves to 615 College Ave. from 644 - 646 Race Ave.Boiler House see Central Services Bonchek College House Commons see Benjamin Franklin Residence Hall Book Shop / Store see Diagnothian Hall, Distler House, Steinman College Center, College Square
Late nineteenth century view of the Brew House, razed ca. 1900.
Brooks College House Commons see Marshall-Buchanan Hall
Brooks Tennis Center2005-2006- 8 courts and Epps pavilion constructed at a cost of $1.1 million on site of former Kimmel scrapyard. Derck & Edson Associates, engineers; MM Architects, pavilion designer; Wohlsen Construction, construction manager.2006 June 3- dedicated. Honors Robert J. Brooks Sr (F&M 1966) business executive and member Board of Trustees and Patty Epps, F&M squash and tennis coach and associate director of Athletics. Buchanan Houseformerly called: Janitor's House/ Annex1856-1857 - Constructed at a cost of $1,015. Building used as college janitor's house. 1968 - 81 - Named Annex, used as the Black Cultural Center 1981-1986 - Unnamed building housed Public Relations, Publications, Special Events. 1987 - Classics department moved in, temporarily named Classics House. 1987 - Named after James Buchanan, Trustee.
Buchanan Parkowned by City of Lancaster Parks and Recreation. (Although not owned by the College, its close proximity makes it of interest.)Land originally part of the James Hamilton (founder of Lancaster) estate. 1875 - Land owned by Henry Franke, a local brewer, who lived at 230 North Prince St. 1886 - Land owned by a V. Suitman. Presumably farm land. According to the 1886 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Lancaster, a tobacco barn exists on the property immediately adjacent to the F&M campus. The property is separated from F&M by a fence. 1892-1894 - City purchases the 22.5 acre Suitman tract for $20,500 and builds a 15 million gallon reservoir on the property. 1894 Oct 14 - Reservoir bursts as it is being filled, spilling 11 million gallons of water through the west end. Reservoir abandoned. 1905 March 25 - City council passes ordinance dedicating the 22 acre property as Buchanan Park. 1925- City builds 1 million gallon standpipe/water tank to increase water pressure to west end, followed by a second tank in 1932. (see Water Towers) 1928 June 1 - Statue of James Buchanan dedicated in Buchanan Park on the 60th anniversary of his death. Cost of $25,000 paid through a bequest by the late Dulon F. Buckmiller, a Lancaster lock manufacturer. Charles Grafly of Philadelphia, sculptor. 1962 February - To allow for campus expansion, F&M attempts to broker a deal with the City to trade Brookside Twin Pools, located adjacent to Long's Park, (which it has an option to purchase) for Buchanan Park. After public outcry, the city rejects the deal. 1976 April- City allows F&M to construct a service road between the North end of Buchanan Park and the Campus. This allows vehicle access to the rear of Old Main from Race avenue. 1996- Two watertanks razed Buchanan Statue (Buchanan Park) see Buchanan Park.
Business Office (644-646 Race Ave.)formerly called: Student Affairs House.1982 - First appears in Names and Numbers as RA, housing Chaplains, Black Cultural Center, and the Women's Center. 1985 - Called the Student Affairs House, housed the Black Cultural Center, Campus Ministries, Success Program, and the Women's Center. 1986 - Student Affairs House: Campus Ministries, Black Cultural Center, and the Women's center. 1986 - Development takes over the building. 1994 - Centennial Athletic Conference, Sabbatical Offices, Emeriti Offices. 1995 - Commonwealth Partnership, HEDS Consortium, and Central Pennsylvania Consortium added. 1999/2000- Houses Business office Campus Art
Bronze sculpture of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)1983-1984- Commissioned by the Philadelphia Regional Alumni Council of F&M. 1986- October 24 dedicated. Located near the front of Keiper Liberal Arts building. By Philadelphia artist Arlene Love. Known unofficially as Ben-in-the Box
By modern artist George W. Rickey 1907-2002. Donated by Robert Sarnoff,
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, 1967-1972. Formally located in the
area known as Spalding plaza until moved to the Kneedler Sculpture Garden
in 2002.
Campus Ministries House (619 College Ave.)1986 - Campus Ministries moves to 625 College Ave. from 644-646 Race Ave. - Houses Campus Ministries, Volunteer Services, and the Women's Center.1990 - Campus Ministry moves to 619 College Ave. 1993 - Houses Campus Ministries and Volunteer Services. 1994 - Houses Campus Ministries, Community and Public Service, Pre-Law Advising. 1996 - Pre-Law advising moves to 623-625 College, Advising Center. 1997 - Campus Ministries and the Office of Community and Public Service move to Steinman College Center.
Caroline Steinman Nunan Arboretum at Franklin & Marshall CollegeFebruary 2007 - College Campus officially designated an arboretum in honor of Caroline Steinman Nunan, emerita trustee and honorary degree recipient, 2003.Carolyn and Robert Wohlsen Center for the Sustainable Environment see Central Services Central Heating Plant/Boiler House see Central Services
Central Services Building1925 - original portion constructed
as Central Heating plant/Boiler house; Charles Zeller Klauder, architect.
Herman Wohlsen, builder. Chapel. see Old Main
Chi Phi Fraternity- Zeta Chapter1854 - Chapter founded by Joseph Dubbs; second oldest fraternity at F&M; first house located at 415 W. James St. shared by the Mull family.1896 - Located on the NW. corner of Duke & Frederick Streets. ca. 1909 - Located at 415 W. James St. Sold house in 1928 to a Dr. Ursprung. 1928- rented temporary house at 429 N. Charlotte St. 1928-29 - Chapter house built at 603 Race Ave. Designed by Walter T. Karcher and Livingston Smith, Philadelphia architects. D.S. Warfel, builder. Cost approx. $45,000. ca. 1943 - Dispensary located in chapter house during WW II. 1997 - Building repaired and renovated. 2004 - Zeta chapter celebrates its 150th anniversary. College Building see: Old Main. College Center see: Steinman College Center.
College Row2006 May 3- Construction begins on $30 million, 200,000 sq. ft. College housing and retail complex. Project is joint venture between College and private developer, Campus Apartments, Philadelphia. Alexander Construction, contractor. Elkus Manfredi, architects. Most of the five acre lot was the former site of the Federal Mogul manufacturing plant. (see Warehouse)2007 August- College housing opens. Initial retail venues include Iron Hill Brewing Company and Fillings Menswear.
College Square (931 Harrisburg Pike)1991 August - $5.2 million building opens containing: College Development and Special Events, Follett Bookstore Copy Print Aleyah's Blue Parrot Cafe Lebanon Valley College Evening Division offices, Suds & Duds Laundromat/Dry Cleaners Food Court (Steak Attack, Sal's Pizzeria, Mau Mau Chinese Restaurant, Gourmet Pretzel Galley, and Charleston Chicken) The Grandstand Sports Bar & Pizzeria Sporting Goods Store West Coast Video Kelley's Hands & Tans - nail and tanning salon Owned & operated by the John Marshall Investment Corporation.1992 - John Marshall Investment Corporation moves into College Square Housing. 1993 - 24-hour MAC machine installed. 1995 - The Grandstand replaced by Doc Holliday's Steakhouse and Saloon 199? - West Coast changes their name to Video Vibes 199? -Video Vibes closes 199? - Lancaster Legal Bagel & Deli opens in old Video Vibes space 1997 - Doc Holliday's restaurant owners replace lower level food court with Gibraltar, a new Mediterranean restaurant.
Counseling Center (701 College Ave.)formerly called: Alumni House, Dean's Residence.1984 May - Counseling Center moved to 70l College Ave. from Appel Infirmary. Also houses Career Services. Daniel Scholl Observatory see: Scholl Observatory, Grundy Observatory. Dean's Residence see: Counseling Center, Gerhart House.
Diagnothian Hall(Built to house Diagnothian Literary Society, moved from Mercersburg in 1853 to F&M. Charter granted April 17, 1854.)1856 Jul. 20 - Cornerstone laid in a dual ceremony with Goethean Hall cornerstone laying. Society held meetings in the Odd Fellows Lodge until complete. Architects- Thomas and James M. Dixon, Baltimore. John Evans, contractor. Cost approx. $7,650 including furnishings, carpets, drapes and fresco decorations. Frescoes by Francis George of Baltimore at a cost of $610. The College donated $1000 and loaned $1000 interest-free for the construction of the hall. 1857 July 29- Building dedicated. Rev. George B. Russel, guest speaker. 1880 Fall - Renovated at a cost of $1478. 1889-90- Renovated a second time due to inferior workmanship. 1918 - Housed canteen and Y.M.C.A.. 1926 - 1959 - Houses Campus bookstore ca. 1970 - Housed Post Office and Classrooms. 1977 - Housed Special Programs and the Music Dept.. 1979 - Housed Audio-Visual Center and the Music Dept.. 1985 - Contains only the Music Department. 2000 - 2001- Houses College Dispatch Office. 2001-Renovated to house Registrar's office Students and faculty meet outside of the Campus bookstore in Diagnothian Hall ca. 1957.
Dietz-Santee Hall (Residence Hall)1924- Construction begins. Cornerstone laid Dec 12. Financed from $105,000 bequested by Mary E. Santee in 1923 in memory of Charles Santee (her father and member of the Board of Trustees 1858-1898) and Jacob Y. Dietz (member of the Board of Trustees 1889-1902 and fiance of Mary Santee); Charles Zeller Klauder, architect. Herman Wohlsen, builder.1985 - Renovated. 1990 - Summer: minor renovations. Dietz -Santee Hall shortly after completion in 1925.
Distler Houseformerly called: Gymnasium, Old Gym, Campus House.1891 - Constructed as a gymnasium; contained bowling alley, lockers, and dressing rooms in basement and a gymnasium on main floor; cost $7,000. James. H. Warner, architect. McLaughlin and Gesell, Contractors. 1892- Gymnasium opened. Gymnasium outfitted with $985 of A.G. Spalding Co. equipment. Bowling alley equipment paid for by H.S. Williamson. ca. 1920 - Basketball court added. 1926- Gymnasium replaced by the new Biesecker Gym. Building remains unused until student initiative results in the building being remodeled as a student recreation hall. 1927 January 21- Dedicated as the Campus House. Contains billiard room, bowling alley, and student lounges. Cost of remodeling $1,500. $1,000 of furniture and equipment is donated. ca. 1943 -1945 -Remodeled (cost $32,000); Main floor used as mess hall for the ROTC units; new cooking and refrigeration equipment installed. Basement used as a canteen/snack bar. 1960 Sept. - Main floor opens as the Campus Bookshop. (Ken White Associates, architects). The new Bookshop replaces the old bookstore located in Diagnothian Hall. Bookstore remains in building until June 1976 when moved to the College Center. 1976-1977 - Remodeled (cost $216,000+); Bookstore and Canteen removed. Security Services, Registrar, Financial Aid, and the Business Office added. Dedicated October 1, 1977 as Distler House, named for former President Theodore A. (Prexy) Distler. 1978 - Added Classics Department. 1979 - Added Special programs. 1980 - Added Continuing Education, evening division. 1982 - Security moves out of building (into Marshall-Buchanan) 1983 - Added Housing, Residential Programs. 1984 - Added Summer School, Student Life, and the Classics Commons. 1985 - Added Commonwealth Partnership, Study Abroad. 1986 - Classics/Classics Commons, Study Abroad move; College Controller added. 1989 - Houses Registrar, Student Aid, Business Office, Gifted Students Program, Continuing Education, Summer School, College Controller. 1991 - Houses Registrar, Business Office, Summer School, College Controller. 1992 - Personnel office is added. 1999-2001- Registrar and Business offices move. Partially renovated for student union use as Distler Student Union which opens September 27, 2001. 2003-2004 - Completely renovated for use of Barnes and Noble Campus bookstore. Atrium addition and cafe added. Ueland, Junker, McCauley, Nicholson- architects. Opens August 2004. 2004 October- Dedicated.
Dormitories. (see under name of building)
Educational Services (623-625 College Ave.)1988 - Houses Dean of Freshmen, Associate Dean of Students, Minority Student Adviser, Assistant to the Dean of Students, Residential Programs.1992 - Houses Dean of Freshmen, Residential Life, Associate Dean of Students, Minority Student Adviser, Assistant to the Dean of Students, Study Abroad. Fackenthal Laboratories see Harris Center Fackenthal Library see: Shadek-Fackenthal Library.
1930 July 3- Groundbroken. Fackenthal Pool ca. 1941. Federal Mogul property see: College Row; see Warehouse (501 Harrisburg Pike) Franklin College. (original buildings.) see: Brew House, Store House, Lancaster County Academy.
Franklin-Meyran Hall (Residence Hall)1924- Construction begins. Cornerstone laid Dec 12. Funded by the citizens Lancaster City to memorialize Benjamin Franklin and Franklin College & through $50,000 given by L. A. Meyran (Member Board of Trustees); Charles Zeller Klauder (Phila.) architect. Herman Wohlsen, builder.1968/69 - Converted into office space. 1977 - Housed: Religious Studies, Philosophy, English, Economics, Business Administration Departments. 1980 - English Department moves to Keiper Liberal Arts Building. 1985 - Renovated and converted from academic offices back to dormitory space. 1990 - Summer: minor renovations. 1999 - Summer: renovated and changed back to offices for Music and Theater, Dance & Film departments; also, music practice rooms, video editing labs and conference room. Building physically attached to Barshinger Center during renovations.(see Hensel Hall)
French House (548 W. James St.)1984 Fall - established.Gerhart Houseformerly called: Dean's Residence.1871 - College cedes 4.5 acres of land (all of campus south of the present library) valued at $5,000 to the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church as it prepares to move from Mercersburg to Lancaster. Houses for Seminary professors and a main building are intended for the site. 1871 - Gerhart House constructed as residence for Seminary professor Rev. E.V. Gerhart at an approx. cost of $7,200. Architect: Samuel Sloan, Philadelphia; Builders: Swartzwelder and Morrow, Lancaster. 1918 - Gerhart House and land (including Alumni House) sold back to Franklin and Marshall College for $20,000. ca. 1930 - Used as Dean's residence. ca. 1970 - College Scholar House. ca. 1975 - Admissions House 1982 - Housed Anthropology, Sociology, Education departments. 1983 - Houses Anthropology and Sociology.
Goethean Hall(Built to House Goethean Literary Society, moved from Mercersburg to F&M in 1853. Society meetings held in Fulton Hall, among other locations, until new hall constructed.)1856 Jul. 20 - Cornerstone laid. John D. Bohring/Boering, contractor. Architects probably Thomas and James M. Dixon of Baltimore. The College donated $1000 and loaned $1000 interest-free for the construction of the hall. 1857 Jul. 28 - Unfinished building dedicated. 1857-ca. November- work stops on building due to financial problems. 1859 June- Building completed. 1861 May to June - Rooms on first floor used by surgeons of the 15th PA regiment from Camp Johnston (emergency recruitment camp NW of Lancaster City) for "sleeping apartments". 1893- Steam heat added. 1900- Renovated. ca. 1970 - Housed art gallery. 1977 - (possibly previously as well) Government Offices; John Crain Kunkel Center for the Study of Government. Interior of Goethean Hall, 1889. Green Room Theater see Keiper Liberal Arts Bldg
Grundy Observatory (Baker Campus, off Wilson Drive)1966-67 - Constructed at a cost of $125,000. Lee & Thaete Associates, architects. Herman Wohlsen's Sons, Inc., contractors.Construction made possible by a $100,000 grant from the Grundy Foundation of Philadelphia. Named after Joseph Ridgway Grundy (1863-1961) Republican delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900, 1908, 1920, 1924, 1944; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1929-30.
Grundy Observatory shortly after completion, November 1967.
Gymnasium. see: Biesecker Gymnasium, Distler House., Mayser Physical Education Center., Fackenthal Swimming Pool. Hackman Physical Sciences LaboratoryFormerly known as Pfeiffer Science Complex.1966 August - Construction began (cost $4.045 million.) William Lee, Architect. Wohlsen Construction, contractor. Was to be named Elmer H. Bobst Science Center. 1968 Fall- Completed. 1969 Sept. 19 - Dedicated to Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer. [note: Elmer H. Bobst, trustee, was President of G. & L. Pfeiffer Research Foundation.] 1977 - Housed Geology, Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy, Classics, HAPOS. 1992 - Houses Astronomy, Chemistry, Geosciences, Student Telephone Service, Physics. 1997- Pfeiffer reopens after renovations; to be renamed William M. Hackman Physical Sciences Laboratory.
Harris Center for Business, Government, and Public Policyformerly known as Fackenthal Laboratories1928 Dec 19- Groundbreaking.
Funded by $200,000 gift by (and named after) Benjamin Franklin Fackenthal,
Jr. (President of Board of Trustees 1915 - 1941); cost ca. $250,000
including biology equipment; Charles Zeller Klauder, architect. D.S
Warfel, builder. A brick arcade (removed in 1963) connected it to Biesecker
Gymnasium. Fackenthal Lab under construction 1929.
Harrisburg Pike Pedestrian Bridge1991 July- Pre-fabricated bridge installed and Williamson parking lot improvements completed at a cost of $400,000. David Lynch and Associates, architects; Warfel Construction, contractor.
Hartman GreenFormer site of Hartman Hall (see below) and the Hartman Oval (so named due to the oval driveway in the area that led from College Avenue to Hartman Hall and circled back to College Avenue.ca. 1975-1976- Created after the demolition of Hartman Hall and the Oval. 1978- Dedicated as Hartman Green, named after Edwin M. Hartman, principal of the F&M Academy and namesake of Hartman Hall.
Hartman Oval see: Hartman Green and Hartman Hall Hensel Hall/ Barshinger Center for Musical Arts1925- Construction begins. Cornerstone laid November 13. Named after William Uhler Hensel (F & M Trustee, 1890-1915); Charles Zeller Klauder, architect. Cost $650,0001927 Feb. 4 - Dedicated. 1927-1937- Mainstage for F&M plays until Green Room in Keiper Hall built 1937- Used for lectures, special events, commencements, concerts, etc. 1998-2000- Extensively renovated at a cost of $8 million. Ann Beha Architects-architect. Major funding provided by Ann and Richard Barshinger (F&M 1943). 2000 March 25- (re)dedicated as the Ann and Richard Barshinger Center for Musical Arts. View of original interior of Hensel Hall before extensive alterations of 1999-2000.
Herman Art Center1969-1970 - Constructed; named after Jacob Leon Herman (F & M 1916). Cost $600,000. Architects: Fisher, Nes, and Campbell- Baltimore, MD. Only half of the original plan constructed due to lack of funds.1970-Sept 17- Dedicated during convocation ceremonies. 2001- Renovated and air conditioning added 1970 view of recently completed Art Center.
also known as Beth Shalom (1972-1974) Huegel Alumni House and Alumni House annex. see: Alumni House.
Ice Rink during demolition 1994. Infirmary see: Appel Infirmary, East Hall.
International House (611 College Ave.)formerly Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity.ca. 1975 - Zau Beta Tau entered into rental agreement of 611 College Ave from F&M. 1988 - Property claimed by F&M (post deregulation of fraternities and sororities). 1990 - Renovated and converted into housing for international students. Janitor's House. see: Buchannan House. John Joseph International Center (701 College Avenue)2006- Constructed on site of razed Career Services house. Named after John Joseph, F&M professor of history 1961-1988. Made possible through $500,000 gift by Andrew Schindler, F&M 1972. Tippetts/Weaver Architects, architect. Cost $975,000. Construction completed August 28.2006 Oct. 6- Dedicated. Kaufman Lecture Hall see Hackman Physical Sciences Laboratory.
Keiper Liberal Arts Buildingalso called: Liberal Arts Bldg.1936- Construction begins. see footage Cornerstone laid November 16. Funded by Caroline S. Keiper in memory of husband Lanious B. Keiper (member of Board of Trustees 1910-1917); W. H. Lee, Architect (Phila.). Houses Little Room (later Green Room) Theater 1937 Oct 16- Dedicated during F&M Sesquicentennial celebration. ca 1943 to 1946 - Houses Aeronautical Laboratory containing flight simulators located on 3rd fl. & basement. 1977 - Housed Language Departments, Drama, Green Room Theatre, Audio-Visual Center. 1977 - Green Room Theatre renovated (cost $175,000.) 1979 - Audio-Visual Center moved to Diagnothian Hall. 1980 - Renovations.; English and Art Departments added. 1984 - Housed: Languages, Arts, Drama, English, Green Room Theatre, Study Abroad. 1992 - Writing Center moves in. 1994 - Theatre, Dance and Film department included. 1993 - Tree falls on Keiper breaking several windows. 2007 - Green Room Theatre entrance vestibule and terrace restored. Warfel Construction, contractor.
Klehr Center for Jewish Life (645 College Avenue)2008- Constructed at a cost of $2 million to replace old Hillel House. Jacobs/Wyper architects; Wohlsen Construction, contractor. Named after trustee Susan Kline Klehr í73 and Leonard M. Klehr, Esq. í72, major donors. 2008 October 24- Dedicated
Kneedler Sculpture Garden2002- Constructed to honor retired College president Richard Kneedler.2003 April- Dedicated. Contains etched glass and stainless steel sculpture entitled Perspective.
Lee J. Fox, Jr. Memorial Courts Liberal Arts Building see: Keiper Liberal Arts Building. Library see: Martin Library of the Sciences, Shadek-Fackenthal Library. Watts de Peyster Library Literary Society Buildings see: Diagnothian Hall , Goethean Hall . Main Building see: Old Main Academy Building. (Franklin and Marshall Academy).
Marshall-Buchanan Hall (Residence Hall)1956 - Constructed at a cost of $715,000 to house 216 students. Dedicated October 20, 1956. William Lee, architect. D.S. Warfel, contractor.1976 - Housed Campus Ministry; Lecture Hall. 1978 - Lecture Hall converted to Dance Studio. 1981 - Housed Security Services and the Dance Studio. 1982 Oct 23 - Mary Sachs Study and Reception Room dedicated. 1990 - Summer: minor renovations. 1990 - Oct. F&M Children's Center to replace Marshall-Buchannan 'Pit'. 1995 - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered & Allies Resource Center opens in room 012 of the Buchannan basement. Sometime between 1995 and 2001 - LGBT&A moves from 012 Buchanan to 17 Buchanan 2001 Spring -Mi Gente Latina Resource Center opens in room 010, Buchanan 2001 Fall - The College Dispatch relocates their offices from Diagnothian Hall to 019 Marshall-Buchanan 2008- Announcement of plans to construct Brooks College House Commons (for students of the formerly named MBT House) to be constructed through a gift of Robert J. Brooks F&M '66 and Susan C. Brooks.
Marshall College See also: Theological Seminary-Mercersburg
1836- established in Mercersburg, PA. by the German Reformed church. Classes
held and housing located in Theological Seminary building.
Marshall Gate1896-97 - Brick gateway to campus constructed in conjunction with landscaping/grading improvements made for 1000 feet along College Avenue. The gateway and grading replaced the College's old wooden fence along College Avenue.1975 Sept. 20- Gateway rededicated the Marshall Gate in honor of Henry J. Marshall (1898-1967) a distinguished alumni (Class of 1919) and trustee.
Martin Library of the Sciences1988 Fall- 1990 Fall - Constructed; Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott (Boston, MA), architect. Houses the science library, academic computing, and computer services.1991 Apr. 12 - dedicated to Aaron J. Martin (F&M 1950, former Chairman / Board of Trustees)
Charles W. Mayser Physical Education Centersee also: Distler House.
Fackenthal Swimming Pool.
Biesecker Gymnasium. Construction of Mayser Center, 1961. Meyran Hall. see: Franklin-Meyran Hall.
1872 June- Marble obelisk erected by the Class of 1872. Dedicated during the June 26 1872 Class Day excercises. Located between Harbaugh Hall and Diagnothian Hall, roughly the present site of Keiper Hall. Dedicated to the Greek historian Xenophon's work Cyropaedia.
Murray Arts House (560 West James St.)1984 Fall - Established as Arts House; formerly Phi Kappa Psi house.1988 Oct. 21 - Renamed Murray House in honor of Paul G. Murray (F & M 1916). Museum (F & M). see Goethean Hall, East Hall, Stager Hall , Steinman College Center, North Museum. Nevin House see: Alumni House. Nevonia see: President's House (1205 Marietta Ave.) New Academy Building see: Hartman Hall. North Campus (opposite F&M on Harrisburg Pike) see Ice Rink, College Square, Alumni Sports and Fitness Center, Warehouse, Brooks Tennis Center, Athletic Turf Field.
North Museum1951 May 13 - Groundbreaking. see footage1951-1953 - Constructed; named for Hugh M. North and funded in part by North family ($230,400). 1953 Oct. 11 - dedication. 1984 - Housed the Planetarium and the College Art Collections. 1992 - North Museum also housed the Gifted Students Program. 1992- College Collections moved to Rothman Gallery in the College Center. 1993 - Franklin and Marshall turns control of the North Museum over to the North Museum Corporation. 1993 - Planetarium renovations. Students pose in front of the recently completed North Museum while moving specimens from the former Stahr Hall museum, 1953. Observatory see: Scholl Observatory, Grundy Observatory. Obstacle Course ca. 1944 - constructed for use by Navy V-12 and V-5 programs; located on Williamson Field. Old Academy Building see East Hall (Franklin and Marshall Academy). Old Gym see: Distler House.
Old Main(F&M) also called: College Building, Recitation Hall.1854 January- Construction began. Haden Patrick Smith, contractor. Dixon, Balburnie & Dixon of Baltimore, MD, architects. 1854 Jul. 24 - Cornerstone laid. 1856 May 16- Dedicated. (cost $18,020 contract price plus $3,582.00 material cost overruns and $425.19 labor overrun.); first building of Franklin and Marshall College on present campus; gothic revival architecture; listed on National Register of Historic Places. 1856 - College Chapel located on second floor of Old Main. 1856 to 1873 - Some rooms used by Preparatory Department of F & M College. 1865- St. Stephens Reformed congregation organized. Worshipped in College chapel. 1871 to 1894 - Rooms in building used by Theological Seminary after their move from Mercersburg, PA.. 1873 - Back wing constructed and Chapel enlarged. $5,000 cost. John Adam Burger, builder.  ca.
1888- 10 stained glass windows and provision for four additional,
special memorial windows, added to College chapel through
efforts of students. One memorial window commemorates the
Heidelberg catechism. A fifth memorial window commemorates
John Williamson Nevin who died in 1886. 1892- Class of 1857 adds stained glass window, a memorial to B. Franklin and J. Marshall, to College chapel. 1906 - Described as containing seven lecture rooms, YMCA room and College Chapel. 1906 - Chapel renovated at a cost of $2,000; Frescoes by J.H. Lamb of New York added; New carpeting and opalescent windows installed; paid for by St. Stephen's congregation. 1910 - Dual stairway replacing old curved stairway and additional fire exits constructed. 1918 - Used as a barracks during World War I. 1928 - St. Stephens congregation (worshipping in College chapel) dissolved. 1975 - Interior renovated (cost $442,000) for central administration offices. 1977 - Administrative area named William F. Brossman Center for College Administration. - Housed Nevin Chapel, Administrative Offices: President, Vice Presidents of: Finance, Administration, Deans, Development, Public Relations, Publications. 1979 - Publications moved to Central Services building. 1978 - Added Vice President for Budget and Planning. 1980 - Publications moved back in addition to Special Events. 1983 - Houses College Controller. 1984 - Houses: Nevin Chapel, Brossman Center for Administration, Development. 1986 - Old Main holds: Nevin Chapel, Brossman Center for Administration, Public Relations, Personnel, Gifted Children's Program, FOCUS, Special Events, Study Abroad. 1988 - Graphics department added. 1989 - Entrance foyer and stairwell restored; Commonwealth Partnership moves in. 1991 - Chapel Renovated; renamed Harold T. Miller (F&M 1947) Lecture & Recital Hall;; Central Pennsylvania Consortium added. 1992 - Nevin Chapel rededicated as Miller Lecture & Recital Hall; Office of International Students and HEDS Consortium added. 1995 - Old Main houses Harold T. Miller Lecture and Recital Hall, President, V.P. for Alumni Programs and Development, V.P. of the College/Dean of Educational Services, Administrative V.P., V.P. for Finance, V.P. for Educational Services/Dean of Students, College Relations, Office of International Students, Publications.
Other Room Theatre (715 N. Pine St.)1985 - Moves from Stahr hall to North Pine Street. Pfeiffer Science Center See Hackman Physical Sciences Laboratory
Philadelphia Alumni Writers House (631-633 College Ave.)2004 March-September- Constructed to house special interest Writers house. Architect-Wendy Tippetts (F&M 1978) of Tippetts/ Weaver Architects.2004 Oct. 22- Dedicated as Philadelphia Alumni Writers House after Philadelphia-area alumni who contributed a large endowment for programs. Dodge Reading room, funded by Dodge family, named after Arthur B. Dodge Jr. (F&M 1947) Phillips Museum of Art See Steinman College Center Physical Plant/Power Plant See Central Services
President's House "Nevonia" (1205 Marietta Avenue)1933 - Built in the Colonial Revival style. Owned by Ralph Hull, Vice President of PPL2002- June 14 , Purchased by the College at a cost of $1.1 million. Named "Nevonia" after 19th-century F&M president John Williamson Nevin who lived nearby and for whom students during his presidency referred to themselves as "Nevonians" and the College as "Nevonia".
Protest TreeBetween 1880-1920- White Ash tree (Fraxinus americana) located near Distler House planted. While documented tree plantings occurred in 1880 and 1885, period photos from 1892, 1902, and 1906 are unclear in showing this tree in this location. The tree is clearly documented in a 1930s view of Distler (Campus) House and appears to be of some age (approx 8-12 inches in diameter).Late 1950s or early 1960s- The tree's proximity to a large campus bulletin board and central location results in students beginning to use the tree to post protests of campus food, College administration policies, the Vietnam war, and in favor of coeducation.
1871, June 28 - Dedicated to Frederick Augustus Rauch (1806-1841) first president of Marshall College from 1836-1841. Sculpted by Davoust Kern of Mercersburg, Pa. The monument symbolically represents Rauch as the Christian philosopher and contained finely detailed relief sculptures of a seated Dr. Rauch studying philosophical and theological texts.
Sponsored by the Synod of the Reformed Church and the F&M Alumni Association. Recitation Hall see: Old Main
Richards Hall
Roschel Performing Arts Center2001-2003- $12.4 million center constructed to house 302 seat mainstage theater, costume and scene shops and dance studios for the Theater, Dance, and Film department. Incorporated parts of the Mayser Center and the old Fackenthal Pool. R. M. Kliment & Frances Halsband- architects. Named after Robert Roschel (F&M 1954). Warfel Construction Co., builder.2003 Oct. 24- Dedicated. Rothman Gallery see Steinman College Center Santee Hall see: Dietz-Santee Hall.
Schnader Hall (Residence Hall)1959 - Constructed.1990 - Summer: minor renovations
1884-1886 - Constructed; funded by $10,000 gift from Mrs. James Hood and
named in memory of her father, Daniel Scholl; dedicated on Jun. 16 1886. Total
cost $13,579 (Building cost- $3,000 for building plus $2,000
steel dome constructed by Grubb & Sons, Dublin Ireland. Equipment cost-$8,579 total
including $4,199 for 11" Respold Telescope (Hamburg, Germany) with $2,200
lens manufactured by Alvin Clark & Sons, Cambridge, MA and $2,180 for chronometer,
chronograph,
transit, clock and other misc. equipment.) View of the Scholl Observatory on its original site shortly before moving in 1925. Franklin-Meyran Hall is seen under construction in the foreground. Science Building see: Stager Hall. Sculpture see: Campus Art.
Shadek-Fackenthal Libraryformerly called Fackenthal Library1937 April- Construction begins see footage. Built on site of former Watts de Peyster Library; named after and funded by B. F. Fackenthal, Jr. (F & M Trustee) 1937 July 28- cornerstone laid; W. H. Lee, Architect (Phila.) D.S. Warfel, builder. see footage 1938 May 31 - Fackenthal Library dedicated. Cost $250,000. Lobby contains Mural "Research, Practical and Philosophical, Looks to the Past and Future in Generations of Men" painted by John C. Wonsetler of Moylan, PA. 1979 - Housed the Writing Center. 1981-1983 - Enlarged and renovated at a cost of $4.1 million. 1983 Oct. - Dedication of renovation and addition; renamed Shadek-Fackenthal Library after Arthur Shadek, member of Board of Trustees and major donor to library renovation. 1984 - College Archives and Academy Room opened (built as part of the renovations). 1991- Smoker's room removed. Spalding Plaza
1985-April 9, Dedicated to Keith Spalding former F&M president.
Stager Hallformerly called: Stahr Hall, Science Building, Administration Building.1900-1902 - Constructed in Beaux Arts style at a cost of $59,000 on former site of Harbaugh Hall; Designed by C. Emlen Urban; built by George Gesell; groundbreaking May 7, 1900, cornerstone laid June 13, 1900. 1902 Jun. 11 - Dedication. Address by Edgar F. Smith, vice-provost Univ. of Penn. Chemical Laboratory donated by Milton S. Hershey at a cost of $5,000; Biology Department ($5,000) donated by family of Bernard Wolff, Jr.; Geological Department and President's office furnished by Charles F. Rengier; Anatomical room furnished by Dr. John L. Atlee (F&M 1896); Photographic darkroom donated by Paul Heine. 1906- Housed chemistry, biology, physics, geology laboratories, lecture halls, the college museum and the president's office. 1929 - Remodeled ($30,000.); contained classrooms, administrative offices, physics lab. 1935 Nov. 9 - name changed to Stahr Hall [John Summers Stahr President, F & M, 1890 - 1909]. 1952 - New red-brick wing additions constructed, new roof installed, new electrical services ($285,000). Remodeling of original structure deferred due to lack of funds. 1953 - Museum moved from Stahr Hall to North Museum building. 1958 - Renovation of old portion of building and refacing of entire structure in red-brick completed. 1960 - Renovation. 1977 - Housed: Education, Mathematics, Sociology, Anthropology, History, Other Room Theatre. 1982 - Housed: Mathematics, History, Writing Center, Other Room Theatre. 1984 - Mathematics, History, Religious Studies, Philosophy, Economics 1985 - Jan. - Business Administration added. 1984-1985 - Extensive renovation at a cost of $1.8 million, David Lynch and Associates, architects. Now holds Mathematics, History, Religious Studies, Philosophy, Economics, Business Administration, and Instructional Media Services. 1988 - Oct. 20 - Re-dedicated Stager Hall after Henry Stager (Hon. F & M 1987); contains Stahr auditorium. 1993 - Feb. 5 - New Language Resource Center dedicated. Instructional Media Services now Academic Technology Services and the LRC. 1994 - Three new 'smart' classrooms open; S102, S105, S215 equipped with new technology. Stahr Hall see: Stager Hall above
Steinman College Centeralso known as the College Center.1973 Sept.- Construction begins. Minoru Yamasaki, architect. Wohlsen Construction, contractor. Constructed at a cost of $4.6 million. 1973 October 5 - Formal groundbreaking ceremony held. 1976 May 29 - Building opens. Initially housed: Campus Bookstore and Post Office, Gamerooms, Common ground, etc. 1977 November 18 - College announces that College Center will be named after John F. and J. Hale Steinman. 1978 October 19 - Formally dedicated to John Frederick Steinman and Col. James Hale Steinman. 1980 - Housed: Bookstore, Dana Room, Buchanan Room, The Common Ground, Post Office. 1984 - Listing now includes Booth Ferris Room on the 2nd floor. 1985 - Contains: Dana Room, Buchanan Room, Campus Post Office, Bookstore, Booth-Ferris Room, Common Ground, Armstrong Room, Band Room. 1987 - Steinman also gets Mailing Services. 1989 - College Center now also houses WFNM, Oriflamme, and College Entertainment Committee Offices. 1992 - Bookstore moved to College Square - basement space converted into Rothman Art Gallery. Women's Center also added. 1994 - College Reporter office located on 2nd floor, unknown how long/previous location, if any. 1996- Locks changed after theft of master key. 2000-Rothman Gallery, Dana Room and other spaces joined and renovated at a cost of $800,000 to become Phillips Museum of Art. David Lynch Associates, architects. 2000 March 25- Phillips Museum of Art dedicated. Named after Virginia and Thomas G. Phillips (F&M 1954) major donors. 2003- Buchanan Room reopens after renovation.
Student Aid (617 College Ave.)1992 - Student Aid moves into 617 College Ave. from Distler House.
Student Life Building (619 College Ave.)1985 - Housed the Dean of Freshmen and Residential Life1986 - Added Associate Dean of Students, Minority Student Adviser/Alternative housing Coordinator, Assistant to the Dean of Students. 1988 - Offices move to 623-625 College Ave. (Educational Services)
Tennis Courts
The Studio (New St.)1977 - Housed art.1987 - Termed the "New Street Studio"
Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church-Mercersburg See also: Marshall College. 1835-1836 - Moves from York, PA to Mercersburg. The affiliated classical school becomes Marshall College. Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church-Lancaster (later, Lancaster Theological Seminary)Note: not an F&M property but historically affiliated.
1871- Theological Seminary moves to Lancaster from Mercersburg, Pa. Four and
one-half
acres
of
College
land
on
southern end of campus ceded to Seminary for the construction of professors'
houses and
a main building. Two houses constructed (see Alumni House and Gerhart House)
but
main building is never built.
Thomas Hall (Residence Hall)1967 June-Construction begins.1968 Fall- Completed at a cost of $1.3 million. Housed 171 students. 1973 - Dedicated to Mr. & Mrs. Clyde E. Thomas (F&M 1912). 1985 - Renovated. 2001 -New fire alarm system installed to remedy problem of alarms not being heard inside suites.
"T.S." stone markerLocated behind Alumni House near Buchanan Park boundary. This survey marker denoted the boundary between Theological Seminary and College land. The approx. four acres below the marker, extending to Buchanan Avenue and bounded by College Avenue and Buchanan Park (the present site of Gerhart and Alumni houses, Herman Arts and the North Museum), was ceded to the Seminary by the College in 1871. In 1898, the Seminary sold a 50 foot strip of land adjacent to the College back to the College for $1.00 after the Watts-de Peyster Library was inadvertently built over part of the Seminary land. (The original Seminary land extended as far north as the south wall of Buchanan House). The T.S. marker was apparently placed in 1898 to avoid future confusion. In 1918 the Seminary sold the four acres and the houses constucted for Seminary professors (see Alumni house and Gerhart house) back to the College for $20,000.
Tylus Field2007- All-weather synthetic turf athletic field constructed on the site of the former Kimmel Scrapyard along Harrisburg Pike.2008- Pavilion constructed and dedicated October 11 as Ken Gramas '88 Memorial Pavilion in memory of Kenneth Gramas F&M 1988. 2009 May- Named Tylus Field through gift of Ginger and Kevin Tylus parents of Kelsey Tylus (F&M 2009) and supporters of F&M Division III athletics. Ware College House Commons see: Benjamin Franklin Residence Hall
Warehouse (501 Harrisburg Pike )
1991 June- Building purchased as part of
former Bearings Company
of
America
(Lancaster
Bearings
Company) and
Federal-Mogul
Corporation 3.1 acre complex. Warehouse (415 Harrisburg Pike)2005- College receiving warehouse moves into this building, once part of the Champion Forge and Blower Co. complex.
Weis Hall (Residence Hall)1988 June - 1989- Constructed at cost of $5.7 million. Architects: Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbott. D.S. Warfel, Inc builder.1989 Summer - Opened. 1990 Sep 14 - Dedication; named for Robert F. & Patricia Ross Weis, major donors.
Whitely Psychology Laboratory (629 Lancaster Ave.)1968 Summer - Construction began (cost $500,000); named after Paul Leroy Whitely (Professor, Psychology).December 2007- Razed. Dedication ceremonies for the Whitely Building, 1968.
Williamson Field and Grandstand1894 Feb- F&M Athletic and
Field Association formed under the leadership of Henry S. Williamson.
Plans made to improve the existing F&M Athletic Field established
in the early 1890s on the College grounds. (The earliest F&M Football
games in the late 1880s and early 1890s were played at Lancaster's McGrann's
Park).
View of Williamson Grandstand before the replacement of the old wooden press box, ca. 1965.
Wohlsen House (637 College Ave.)1929 - Land sold to Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity by Herbert C. Miller. House presumably constructed at this time.1929 to 1980 - Occupied as Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity house. 1981 May- Purchased by College for $90,000. 1981 Nov.- Summer 1982 - Renovation. Architect: David Lynch Associates. Wohlsen Construction Co., builder. 1982 Sep - Dedicated and named after Robert S. Wohlsen (F & M 1950); cost ca. $400,000; contains Admissions Office moved from Gerhart House. 1984 - Contains Admissions, Educational Development Institute, College Gifted Program. 1985 - Admissions, FOCUS, Gifted Children's Program. 2004- Renovated.
Writers House see: Philadelphia Alumni Writers House. Return to College Archives Return to Campus Map 1992 May 22: C.B. Brown 1997 revision: Coralina A. Daly '98 2001 revision: J.L. Garner, III '02 Last updated 05/19/09 mrl |
Brew House (Franklin
College; located at Mifflin St., west of Duke St.)
East Hall ( Academy Building, Franklin & Marshall
Academy)
Fackenthal Swimming Pool
Harbaugh Hall
(dormitory)
Hartman Hall
Ice Rink
Lancaster
County Academy (Franklin College) 
Monument to Cyropaedia
President's House (former locations)
Quonset
Huts
Rauch
Monument
Scholl Observatory
Store House (Franklin
College. located at N. Queen St., near James St.)
Originally built as a government storehouse for military supplies.
Water Towers (owned by the City of Lancaster Water Department, located in Buchanan Park.) Popularly known on campus as "George" and "Martha".
Watts
de Peyster Library
