List of Lehigh University buildings
During recent years, several buildings have been constructed, expanded, or renovated and there have been efforts to improve traffic flow and pedestrian areas on and around the campus.
[3] The northern edge of campus, Farrington Square consists of apartment style undergraduate housing, the university bookstore, retail space, and a parking garage.
Its architecture reflects some changing attitudes towards South Bethlehem by breaking the tradition of creating a visual wall between the campus and city.
[4][5] The six "Upper Centennials", which include the Congdon, Emery, Leavitt, McConn, Smiley, and Thornburg building, were built in 1965 for the university's 100th anniversary.
They proved so popular that construction of six more was started in 1969, and were named the "Lower Centennials", including Beardslee, Carothers, Palmer, Stevens, Stoughton, and Williams.
William Chandler was appointed as professor of chemistry in 1871 and retired in 1905; during this time he guided the department and gained a national reputation for his work.
[6] The building served many functions in the first years, including those of a chemical laboratory, a library, chapel, classroom space, dorm rooms, and the president's office.
The building completed massive renovations in 2004 and was turned into the Baer International Center, housing the ESL Department, the Global Union, and the Study Abroad offices.
In addition to multiple testing machines, Fritz Lab included laboratories for soil mechanics, sanitation, structural models, hydraulics, and concrete research.
The lab allowed undergraduate and graduate students to study subjects such as reinforced concrete, the modeling of dams, and the strength of novel structural materials.
The building's lower level, renamed Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall, seats 2,200 and is also used for intramural and club sports, concerts and lectures.
The renovations added new classrooms and seminar rooms, a humanities commons, new computer technology, wired and wireless networking spaces for students working on team projects, a cafe, new climate control systems to preserve the collections and provide a comfortable environment for students, faculty and staff, and also enhanced building access and navigation for handicapped users.
It reads: Albert Bristol Maginnes "Alumnus and Trustee of Lehigh University, he excelled in many fields: the law, athletics, music and the fine arts.
The company worked on significant projects including the George Washington Bridge, locks for the Panama Canal, and the Cathedral of Learning.
An interesting structure which forms an integrated complex with the Mudd building to the East, it is constructed of mirror-like glass and reddish brown brick.
Corresponding with president C. R. Richards, and Eugene G. Grace, head of Bethlehem Steel, it was decided he would aid with the design and construction of the new laboratory for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.
In 1958, during the Whitaker administration, and as part of a more general effort to modernize and update much of the campus, a massive three story stone addition was placed on the south, or mountain, side.
From the exterior, it is difficult to see where the old building leaves off and the new begins, for as W. Ross Yates notes, the administrators took care to preserve many of the lineaments of the original structure.
In the university's initial form, a wrought iron fence with stone pillars surrounded the entire campus, which was bound by Brodhead ave, university drive, Taylor street and East Packer ave with the sole entry and exit point being a gate located at the then northern edge of campus, where the Philosophy Buildings stands.
The state-of-the-art equipment residing here includes an electron spectrometer for chemical analysis (ESCA), one of ten in the world, and the department's unique nuclear magnetic resonance imaging facility.
The 135,000 square feet (12,500 m2) building on the corner of Packer Avenue and Vines Street was designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson architects, and opened in August 2010.
It housed 176 upperclass students in four-person apartments that have one double and two single bedrooms, plus a kitchen, furnished living room/dining room and a private bathroom.
The complex was intended to be temporary housing and has a design which contains no internal load bearing walls, allowing for the university to reconfigure the floor plan at any time.
[31][32] The demolition would be further delayed until after the COVID-19 pandemic, as Trembley was used to quarantine infected students due to its proximity to the health and wellness center, and its apartment styled structure allowing for easy conversion to single residents.
Following a period of renovation, the building was rededicated in the fall of 2015; it now houses offices from Student Affairs and, academic departments including modern language and literature, religion studies, sociology, anthropology.
[39] In 2019 the school announced, and executed, the rapid demolition of Park House, turning the site into the northern half of the "Bridge West" development, constructing the large, and modern, Singleton, Hitch, and Maida dorms on the former location.
It comprises roughly 10 acres, and was attained by Lehigh as an exercise and sporting field during the university's extensive property purchasing and swapping initiatives in the 1950s to 1960s.
The land, embracing six hundred acres, was obtained during the complex expansion days for Steel, being the early post War period (1950s - 1960s).
[42] As part of the 2015 renovations the grass infield was replaced with synthetic turf as well as new permanent grandstand seating and a modern cable and netting backstop.
[42] In 2017 Lehigh started work on phase two of the renovations, which where completed later that year which included a new scoreboard, batter's eye, and outfield wall, as well as a pavilion and donor recognition plaza.
