Cowell College features seven dormitory buildings which are named after American historians, and architecturally reminiscent of English schools.

Each apartment houses six or seven students in several bedrooms that share a living room, kitchen, and bathrooms.

This building, located behind the Humanities and Social Sciences complex, now houses mostly teachers and graduate students, in addition to the Soviet Apartment, a communal living experiment occupied by students of the Russian language course.

For example, residential staff has in the past hosted a series of events each year known as the Cowell Olympics.

Cowell's library, housing a small private collection of books, and another popular study spot, is named in his honor.

[citation needed] Dating from the days of the old ranch, Cowell houses a Printing Press.