Style Manual
General Usage Questions
C16. College Buildings
The following are the correct names of campus buildings and special rooms
as they should appear in external communications.
- Acopian Engineering Center (as of 2002 use this instead of Alumni Hall of
Engineering and Dana Hall of Engineering)
- Allan P. Kirby Sports Center
- Alumni Center (see Robert E. '32 and Hazel E. Pfenning Alumni Center under "Pfenning")
- Alumni Hall of Engineering (first reference); Alumni Hall acceptable thereafter,
but not AHE (as of 2002 transformed into Acopian Engineering Center)
- Alumni Memorial Gymnasium (Note: as of 2002 Alumni Gym transformed into
Oechsle Hall, the new center for psychology and neuroscience.)
- Blair Hall (Note: as of 2002 transformed into Robert E. '32 and Hazel E. Pfenning
Alumni Center)
- Bailey Health Center (first reference); health center acceptable thereafter
- Bergethon Room (in Marquis Hall)
- Bourger Plaza (outside Pfenning Alumni Center)
- Buck Racquetball and Squash Courts
- Cherry Room (110 Pfenning Alumni Center)
- College Store
- Colton Chapel
- Dana Hall of Engineering (first reference); Dana Hall acceptable thereafter
(as of 2002 transformed into Acopian Engineering Center)
- David A. Portlock Black Cultural Center
- Easton Hall
- Evans Room (109 Pfenning)
- Farber Hall
- Farinon College Center (first reference); Farinon Center, college center acceptable
thereafter
- P T Farinon House (space between "P" and "T" but no periods)
- Fisher Field
- Fretz House
- Gagnon Lecture Hall (Hugel 100)
- Gates Hall
- Richard A. and Rissa W. Grossman Gallery (first reference); Grossman Gallery
acceptable thereafter [in Williams Visual Arts Building]. Exhibit space outside
the Grossman Gallery is informally referred to as "hallway gallery."
- Hamilton House
- Hillel House
- Hogg Hall
- Hugel Science Center
- Jaqua Auditorium (Hugel 103)
- Jesser Hall (west wing of South College)
- Johnson Room (108 Pfenning Alumni Center)
- Max Kade Center for German Studies (in Pardee Hall)
- Kamine Gym (inside of Allan P. Kirby Sports Center)
- Keefe Hall
- Keefe Common Room (not Keefe Commons)
- Kirby Hall of Civil Rights (first reference); Kirby Hall acceptable thereafter
- Kirby House (must always use full name)
- Kirby Field House (Note: incorporated into new Allan P. Kirby Sports Center, do not
refer to it as a separate structure; use Allan P. Kirby Sports Center instead)
- Kunkel Hall
- Landis Atrium (in Farinon Center)
- Limburg Theater (in Farinon Center)
- Markle Hall
- Marlo Room (2nd floor of Farinon Center)
- Marquis Hall
- McKeen Hall
- McKelvy House
- Metzgar Fields
- Morris R. Williams Center for the Arts (first reference); Williams Center acceptable
thereafter
- Oechsle Hall
- Olin Hall of Science (Note: incorporated into Hugel Science Center, do not refer to
Olin Hall, use Hugel Science Center instead)
- Ord Memorial Steam Plant (first reference); steam plant acceptable thereafter
- Pardee Auditorium
- Pardee Hall
- Pesky Family Chapel and Multipurpose Room (2002 addition to Hillel House)
- Plant Operations
- Robert E. '32 and Hazel E. Pfenning Alumni Center on first reference, Pfenning
Alumni Center thereafter
- President's House
- Printmaking Studio/Experimental Printmaking Institute
- P T Farinon House (residence for first-year students)
- Quad (the central open area, technically a quadrangle but everyone calls it "the Quad")
- Ramer Hall
- Reeder House
- Reeves House
- Ruef Hall
- Ruef Natatorium
- Simon Center (see William E. Simon Center for Economics and Business Administration)
- Simon Wing (of Skillman library)
- Skillman Library (first reference); Skillman or the library acceptable thereafter
- Soles Hall
- South College-Jesser Hall
- Sullivan House
- Underground Gallery (Dean of Students office, 1 Markle Hall)
- Van Wickle Hall
- Watson Hall (must always use full name)
- Watson Courts (must always use full name)
- Williams Center (see Morris R. Williams Center for the Arts)
- William E. Simon Center for Economics and Business Administration
- Williams Visual Arts Building (need to use full name to ensure distinction from
Williams Center for the Arts)
- Wilson Room (102 Pfenning Alumni Center)
Because the Class Notes section of Lafayette Alumni News is lengthy, some exceptions are made to the general style guide in regard to abbreviations, punctuation, and other matters. This section is a guide to those exceptions as well as other style reminders.
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