List of Eastern Michigan University buildings

With the addition of departments and the large educational enrollment after WWII, the school became Eastern Michigan College in 1956.

[2] Today, the university is composed of an academic and athletic campus spread across 800 acres (3.2 km2), with 122 buildings.

[4] The Ypsilanti Water Tower, built in 1889,[3] while not strictly speaking part of the campus, does border EMU on two sides; the north side of the water tower faces Welch Hall across Cross Street, while the east side of the tower faces a campus parking lot (formerly the site of the EMU gymnasium) across Summit Street.

The building features extensive use of natural lighting and stair treads, furnishings, and furniture made of recycled materials.

The Library (1967-1997) Roosevelt High School (1924-1969) EMU has several administrative buildings that also serve as student life locations.

Bruce T. Halle Library houses one of the largest collections of children's literature in the United States.

The building has as an automated retrieval system (the ARC) capable of housing 1 million items.

In 2008, Bruce Springsteen performed at Oestrike Stadium in support of Barack Obama during his presidential campaign.

"Big Bob's"Lake House hosts yearly events in University Park.

Many residence halls were built after World War II and named after influential professors and EMU presidents.