Lehigh University Buildings
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Lehigh University
has many buildings, old and new, on its three campus
es. When the university was founded in 1865, it took over several buildings from the surrounding property. One which remains today is Christmas Hall, now part of Christmas-Saucon Hall. In 2010, the university completed the construction of a new multidisciplinary facility for Science, Technology, Environment, Policy, & Society (STEPS). The 135000 square feet (12,541.9 m²) $62.1 million green building is located on the southwestern corner of the Maginnes lawn.
overlooking Bethlehem's Southside. It has expanded many times during Lehigh's history as surrounding land has been purchased and as existing buildings around the campus have been acquired and converted. During recent years, intense work has been done on this campus. This has included the construction, expansion, or renovation of several buildings and significant improvements in traffic flow and pedestrian areas.
building near the center of campus, housing the Visitor Center, the Office of Admissions, and the Alumni Association
. The building is a memorial to the 1,921 Lehigh alumni who served in World War I
and the 46 who died. Plaques commemorating those who served in subsequent wars are situated in the lobby. The building was designed by Lehigh alumni Theodore G. Visscher and James Lindsey Burley.
. Its architecture reflects some changing attitudes towards southside Bethlehem by breaking the tradition of creating a visual wall between the campus and city and instead incorporating a plaza that opens out to the city along the New Street corridor.
, was designated a National Historical Chemical Landmark by the American Chemical Society
in 1994.
campus and pre-dates the founding of the University. The first classes were held here on September 3, 1866. The building served as a chapel, classrooms, and dorms during the university's early years. In 1872 Saucon Hall was built a few feet to the east of Christmas Hall and the two structures were connected by a hyphen
in 1927. It is now home to the Mathematics Department.
offices.
.
physics department, and named after William Deming Lewis. The building was destroyed by fire in 1900 and immediately rebuilt. The fire was due to curtains catching fire near an optics experiment. Due to communication problems, adequate equipment to put out the fire did not arrive until it was too late to save much of the building. It now houses a large lecture hall on the second floor, laboratories on the first and second floors, classrooms on the third floor, offices on the fourth floor, and more classrooms and laboratories on the fifth floor. It is also home to the advanced optics lab. It is part of the Sherman Fairchild
Center for the Physical Sciences, a three-part continuous building consisting of the historic Lewis Lab, the Sherman Fairchild Lab, and the auditorium and hallways (generally considered part of Lewis Lab) that serve as a connector between the two main building sections and the main entrance to the complex.
and built by founder Asa Packer
as a memorial to his daughter, Lucy Packer Linderman. The original rotunda is surrounded except on the south by a major addition constructed in 1929 that was designed by Theodore C. Visscher and James L. Burley. The building houses more than 20,000 rare books
and volumes related to the humanities
and social sciences
. The building was closed for extensive renovations from May 2005 until March 19, 2007 under the architects MGA Partners. The renovations added new classrooms and seminar rooms, a humanities commons, new computer technology, wired and wireless network
ing 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. The renovation also opened up the top floor which had previously been closed to the public.
M&M is currently a freshman-only dorm, coeducation
al by section. The first floor serves as the main entry-way into the building. Located on the left (A) wing is a game room/lounge area with a billiards table
, ping-pong table
, some sofas, and a widescreen
flat-panel plasma television. The right (B) wing of the ground floor has a luggage storage room and two laundry room
s. The top three floors provide residence to about 92 students each, making a total of 276. Each floor has two sections following the A and B layout which are separated by a shared lounge/study area. The sections are referenced by the wing followed by the floor number, i.e. A2 is the A wing of the second floor. Floor numbering is G, 1, 2, 3.
, one of the inventors of the first Packard
automobile, this building is designed in the gothic style
. It currently serves as the headquarters for the P.C. Rosin School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Within the building are several large lecture halls, an exhibit of the first Packard
automobile, and many laboratories.
, however due to the growing class size, in 2007 convocation was moved to the larger Baker Auditorium in the Zoellner Arts Center.
offices, the military science (ROTC) department, the Women's Center, The Center for Academic Success, Office of Multicultural Affairs, The Rainbow Room (LGBT
QA Programs and Outreach), a bank
office, and conference facilities.
from the dining room. The lower floors of the building house offices and service areas.
for upperclass students at Lehigh University
. It houses 145 students from sophomores through juniors in coeducation
al hallways. What makes Taylor different from other upperclassmen living units is its integration with the Healthy Living program. Residents have the option of participating in the program or treating it as a traditional dorm.
Taylor, as the building is commonly named, is located next to the McClintic-Marshall House and across from the Trembly Park Apartments. It is shaped in a U divided into three sections. Each of these sections has lounge called either the red, blue, or green lounge. The lounges contain a small kitchen and a television set
. Many of the rooms in Taylor Hall are doubles, interspersed with several singles throughout the building.
Taylor "is one of the earliest concrete structures ever built. It was the gift of industrialist Andrew Carnegie in honor of his friend and associate, Lehigh trustee Charles L. Taylor, Class of 1876." In 1984 the building underwent a complete renovation.
Taylor Stadium
Named after Charles L. Taylor, it was designed by architect Henry Hornbostel
and engineer Charles W. Leavitt. It sat at the intersection of Taylor Street and Packer Avenue, and was demolished in 1987 for the construction of the Rauch Business Center.
," recently underwent a substantial renovation and re-opened in November 2003. 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 upper level houses the Ulrich Student Center, including a movie theater
, post office
, and the studios of WLVR. In 2007 mold was discovered in the floor of the Leeman-Turner Arena. The entire gym floor had to be replaced, which wasn't completed until November. The cost of the repairs is unknown but expected to be "substantial". The building's upper floor was home to the ROTC and AFROTC departments from 1941–1994 and was dedicated as the Ulrich Student Center on 7 April 1995. It is named after Ronald J. Ulrich and Eugene Gifford Grace.
in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
, in the United States
. It opened in 1997, and houses the following facilities:
The venue has had a wide array of performers, including: the New York Philharmonic
and Itzhak Perlman
, the Tuvan throat singers Huun-Huur-Tu and Laurie Anderson
, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, MOMIX, the Aquila Theatre Company, Lily Tomlin
, Bernadette Peters
and Queen Latifah
.
The building was designed by Dagit Saylor Architects in Philadelphia, and is named after Victoria E. and Robert E. Zoellner.
, this 742 acres (3 km²) campus was acquired by Lehigh in 1986 and is home to the College of Education and numerous facilities for the Civil Engineering
, Chemical Engineering
, and Biological Sciences departments.
Corporation, it is also known as the tower building and houses the College of Education, the chemical engineering department, the biological sciences department, as well as a dining room and food services facilities, plus a teleconferencing classroom.
from the other two campuses.
Murray H. Goodman Stadium
A 16,000 capacity stadium, it features a three-tiered press box and limited chair back seating. With views of South Mountain, it has been named "Best Game Atmosphere" by a Patriot League
publication.
, and field hockey
. The complex features natural grass
as well as artificial turf
. Permanent seating, a press box
and lighting are available.
for concerts, sports (including Lehigh's basketball
teams), and other events.
skills. Lehigh's home course for golf meets is the nearby Saucon Valley Country Club
which has hosted the USPGA Senior Open and the LPGA Women's US Open.
Lehigh University
Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...
has many buildings, old and new, on its three campus
Campus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...
es. When the university was founded in 1865, it took over several buildings from the surrounding property. One which remains today is Christmas Hall, now part of Christmas-Saucon Hall. In 2010, the university completed the construction of a new multidisciplinary facility for Science, Technology, Environment, Policy, & Society (STEPS). The 135000 square feet (12,541.9 m²) $62.1 million green building is located on the southwestern corner of the Maginnes lawn.
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| CO | Coppee Hall |
| CU | Chandler Ullmann Bldg |
| CX | Coxe Hall |
| DR | Drown Hall |
| FM | Fairchild-Martindale Lib |
| FR | Fritz Lab |
| GR | Grace Hall |
| IA | Iacocca Hall |
| IL | IMBT Lab |
| LA | Lamberton Hall |
| LI | Linderman Library |
| LL | Lewis Lab |
| MG | Maginnes Hall |
| MO | Mohler Building |
| MU | Mudd Building |
| NV | Neville Hall |
| PA | Packard Lab |
| PH | Philosophy Building |
| PR | Price Hall |
| RB | Rauch Business Center |
| SI | Sinclair Lab |
| ST | STEPS* |
| TA | Taylor Gym |
| UC | University Center |
| WB | Wilbur Workshop |
| WH | Whitaker Lab |
| WI | Williams Hall |
| XS | Christmas Saucon Hall |
| ZA | Zoellner Arts Center |
Asa Packer Campus
The original campus contains most of Lehigh's academic and residential buildings and sits on the north slope of South MountainSouth Mountain (eastern Pennsylvania)
South Mountain is a colloquial name applied to features in the mountain range extending south and south west from the Lehigh Valley to the Lebanon Valley regions of Pennsylvania. At times, it also been known as Durham Hills, Reading Hills, and the Lehigh Mountains...
overlooking Bethlehem's Southside. It has expanded many times during Lehigh's history as surrounding land has been purchased and as existing buildings around the campus have been acquired and converted. During recent years, intense work has been done on this campus. This has included the construction, expansion, or renovation of several buildings and significant improvements in traffic flow and pedestrian areas.
Alumni Memorial Building (1925)
The Alumni Memorial Building is a GothicGothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
building near the center of campus, housing the Visitor Center, the Office of Admissions, and the Alumni Association
Alumni association
An alumni association is an association of graduates or, more broadly, of former students. In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools , fraternities, and sororities often form groups with alumni from the same organisation...
. The building is a memorial to the 1,921 Lehigh alumni who served in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
and the 46 who died. Plaques commemorating those who served in subsequent wars are situated in the lobby. The building was designed by Lehigh alumni Theodore G. Visscher and James Lindsey Burley.
Campus Square (2002)
A relatively new complex of buildings on the northern edge, Campus Square consists of apartment style undergraduate housing, the university bookstore, retail space, and a parking garageMulti-storey car park
A multi-storey car-park is a building designed specifically to be for car parking and where there are a number of floors or levels on which parking takes place...
. Its architecture reflects some changing attitudes towards southside Bethlehem by breaking the tradition of creating a visual wall between the campus and city and instead incorporating a plaza that opens out to the city along the New Street corridor.
Centennial Complex (1965, 1971)
The six "Upper Centennials" (Congdon, Emery, Leavitt, McConn, Smiley and Thornburg) were built in 1965 for the university's 100th anniversary. They were originally 44 man upperclass residences, which selectively recruited rising freshman to join them. The Centennials competed in intramurals, had social dues and parties, elected officers and had a similar structure to the Greek fraternities. They proved so popular that construction of six more was started in 1969 (the "Lower Centennials"). However, the introduction of co-education resulted in three of the new ones becoming Lehigh's first female residences in 1971 and the remaining three becoming non-selective men's residences.Chandler-Ullmann Hall (1883, 1938)
These adjoining buildings formerly were the William H Chandler Chemistry Building (1883) and the Harry M. Ullmann Chemistry Laboratory (1938). William Chandler was appointmented 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. The building was home to the Department of Chemistry until it moved into the new Seeley G. Mudd Building in 1976; currently the Department of Art, Architecture and Design and the Department of Psychology are located in Chandler-Ullmann. The structure is considered by some architectural historians to be the first "modern" laboratory because of its system of ventilation and the design of its laboratories. The building, which won a prize for design at the Paris Exposition of 1889Exposition Universelle (1889)
The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was a World's Fair held in Paris, France from 6 May to 31 October 1889.It was held during the year of the 100th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, an event traditionally considered as the symbol for the beginning of the French Revolution...
, was designated a National Historical Chemical Landmark by the American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 161,000 members at all degree-levels and in all fields of chemistry, chemical...
in 1994.
Christmas-Saucon Hall (1866, 1872)
Originally a church, Christmas Hall is the oldest structure on the Lehigh UniversityLehigh University
Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...
campus and pre-dates the founding of the University. The first classes were held here on September 3, 1866. The building served as a chapel, classrooms, and dorms during the university's early years. In 1872 Saucon Hall was built a few feet to the east of Christmas Hall and the two structures were connected by a hyphen
Hyphen
The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes , which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign which is also longer...
in 1927. It is now home to the Mathematics Department.
Coxe Hall (1910)
Named after Eckly Brinton Coxe, it was originally a mining laboratory. 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 AbroadStudy abroad
Studying abroad is the act of a student pursuing educational opportunities in a country other than one's own. This can include primary, secondary and post-secondary students...
offices.
Drown Hall (1908)
Originally the student center and later home of the business school before the creation of Rauch Business Center, Drown Hall is now the home of the English Department. It also has a student writing help center in the upper floor. It was named after university president Thomas Messinger DrownThomas Messinger Drown
Thomas Messinger Drown was the fourth University President of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.-Background:...
.
E.W. Fairchild-Martindale Library and Computing Center (1969, 1985)
A high technology edifice near University Square, is of modern design and houses science and engineering holdings, the Media Center, library and technology services staff, a computer center, and the Digital Media Studio. The original part of the library, now FM-S, was constructed in 1969 as the Mart Science and Engineering Library, named after Leon T. Mart, Thomas L. Mart, and Clara W. Mart. An addition that more than doubled the size of the library was completed in 1985 and the library was renamed after Harry T. Martindale, a Lehigh alumni, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Edmund W. Fairchild, founder of a business-publications and communications empire. The center contains three very powerful supercomputers known as the HPC group: Altair,Inferno,and Blaze.Lewis Laboratory (1895)
Lewis Lab is 235 feet (71.6 m) in length and 5 stories high. The building is home to the LehighLehigh University
Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...
physics department, and named after William Deming Lewis. The building was destroyed by fire in 1900 and immediately rebuilt. The fire was due to curtains catching fire near an optics experiment. Due to communication problems, adequate equipment to put out the fire did not arrive until it was too late to save much of the building. It now houses a large lecture hall on the second floor, laboratories on the first and second floors, classrooms on the third floor, offices on the fourth floor, and more classrooms and laboratories on the fifth floor. It is also home to the advanced optics lab. It is part of the Sherman Fairchild
Sherman Fairchild
Sherman Mills Fairchild was an inventor and serial entrepreneur who founded over 70 companies namely Fairchild Aircraft, Fairchild Industries, Fairchild Aviation Corporation and Fairchild Camera and Instrument. Fairchild made significant contributions to the aviation industry and was inducted into...
Center for the Physical Sciences, a three-part continuous building consisting of the historic Lewis Lab, the Sherman Fairchild Lab, and the auditorium and hallways (generally considered part of Lewis Lab) that serve as a connector between the two main building sections and the main entrance to the complex.
Linderman Library (1877)
Designed by Philadelphia architect Addison HuttonAddison Hutton
Addison Hutton was a Philadelphia architect who designed prominent residences in Philadelphia and its suburbs, plus courthouses, hospitals, and libraries, including the Ridgway Library and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania...
and built by founder Asa Packer
Asa Packer
Asa Packer was an American businessman who pioneered railroad construction, was active in Pennsylvania politics, and founded Lehigh University.-Early life:...
as a memorial to his daughter, Lucy Packer Linderman. The original rotunda is surrounded except on the south by a major addition constructed in 1929 that was designed by Theodore C. Visscher and James L. Burley. The building houses more than 20,000 rare books
Book collecting
Book collecting is the collecting of books, including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever books are of interest to a given individual collector. The love of books is bibliophilia, and someone who loves to read, admire, and collect...
and volumes related to the humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
and social sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
. The building was closed for extensive renovations from May 2005 until March 19, 2007 under the architects MGA Partners. The renovations added new classrooms and seminar rooms, a humanities commons, new computer technology, wired and wireless network
Wireless network
Wireless network refers to any type of computer network that is not connected by cables of any kind. It is a method by which homes, telecommunications networks and enterprise installations avoid the costly process of introducing cables into a building, or as a connection between various equipment...
ing 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. The renovation also opened up the top floor which had previously been closed to the public.
McClintic-Marshall House (1957)
McClintic-Marshall House, commonly referred to as M&M, is a four story, H-shaped building composed of sandstone. This dormitory was completed in 1957 by architect Frederick Larson. The structure was built in memory of Howard H. McClintic and Charles D. Marshall who both graduated from Lehigh University as Civil Engineers in 1888.M&M is currently a freshman-only dorm, coeducation
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
al by section. The first floor serves as the main entry-way into the building. Located on the left (A) wing is a game room/lounge area with a billiards table
Billiards table
A billiard table or billiards table is a bounded table on which billiards-type games are played. In the modern era, all billiards tables provide a flat surface usually made of quarried slate, that is covered with cloth and surrounded by vulcanized rubber cushions, with the whole elevated above...
, ping-pong table
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
, some sofas, and a widescreen
Widescreen
Widescreen images are a variety of aspect ratios used in film, television and computer screens. In film, a widescreen film is any film image with a width-to-height aspect ratio greater than the standard 1.37:1 Academy aspect ratio provided by 35mm film....
flat-panel plasma television. The right (B) wing of the ground floor has a luggage storage room and two laundry room
Laundry room
A laundry room is a room where clothes are washed. In a modern home, a laundry room would be equipped with an automatic washing machine and clothes dryer,and often a large basin, called a laundry tub, for hand-washing delicate articles of clothing such as sweaters, and an ironing board...
s. The top three floors provide residence to about 92 students each, making a total of 276. Each floor has two sections following the A and B layout which are separated by a shared lounge/study area. The sections are referenced by the wing followed by the floor number, i.e. A2 is the A wing of the second floor. Floor numbering is G, 1, 2, 3.
Packard Laboratory (1929)
Named after James Ward PackardJames Ward Packard
James Ward Packard was an American automobile manufacturer who founded the Packard Motor Car Company and Packard Electric Company with his brother William Doud Packard.-Life and career:...
, one of the inventors of the first Packard
Packard
Packard was an American luxury-type automobile marque built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana...
automobile, this building is designed in the gothic style
Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
. It currently serves as the headquarters for the P.C. Rosin School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Within the building are several large lecture halls, an exhibit of the first Packard
Packard
Packard was an American luxury-type automobile marque built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana...
automobile, and many laboratories.
Packer Memorial Church (1887)
Packer Memorial Church is an Episcopal church on campus. On Sundays, Roman-Catholic mass is usually held at 9:00 pm in the chapel. It is also available for weddings in which at least one of the parties is a Lehigh University student or alumnus. It used to be the location of the freshman convocation which is held during orientation at the beginning of each school yearAcademic term
An academic term is a division of an academic year, the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. These divisions may be called terms...
, however due to the growing class size, in 2007 convocation was moved to the larger Baker Auditorium in the Zoellner Arts Center.
Packer Hall, the University Center (1868)
When it was first built, it housed a chapel, classrooms, offices, drafting rooms, and dormitories. It was the first building specifically built for Lehigh University. It now houses student and faculty dining facilities, food courts, deans'Dean (education)
In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
offices, the military science (ROTC) department, the Women's Center, The Center for Academic Success, Office of Multicultural Affairs, The Rainbow Room (LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
QA Programs and Outreach), a bank
Bank
A bank is a financial institution that serves as a financial intermediary. The term "bank" may refer to one of several related types of entities:...
office, and conference facilities.
The Quad (1938-1948)
Previously called the "Freshman Quad", the classic collegiate stone residence halls of Dravo House, Drinker House, and Richards House now house both upperclass and freshman residents.Rathbone Hall (1972)
Completed in 1972 and named after Monroe Jackson Rathbone, it is modern in appearance and seems to hang off the mountain, being built in a very steep section and having ground floor access to each of its floors. The main part of the building is one of Lehigh's dining halls, offering sweeping views of the Lehigh ValleyLehigh Valley
The Lehigh Valley, known officially by the United States Census Bureau as the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area and referred to locally as The Valley and A-B-E, is a metropolitan region consisting of Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, and Carbon counties in eastern Pennsylvania and...
from the dining room. The lower floors of the building house offices and service areas.
Rauch Business Center (1990)
Home of the university's College of Business and Economics, comprises 115000 square feet (10,683.8 m²) of floor space on five stories and also houses the Career Services Office, and the Perella Financial Services Lab. Opened in 1990 on the site of the former Taylor Stadium. It is named after Philip Rauch.Sayre Park (1997)
The upper half of the Packer Campus is Sayre Park, commonly called "The Hill". Originally parkland this area has now houses all Greek houses as well as the Sayre Park Residential Complex which houses 146 upperclassmen in 3 residential buildings and one common building.STEPS Building (2010)
The 135000 square feet (12,541.9 m²) building on the corner of Packer Avenue and Vines Street was opened on August 2010. STEPS stands for "Science, Technology, Environment, Policy and Society," and contains classrooms and laboratories mostly for the Earth & Environmental Science, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chemistry and Biology departments. STEPS is supposed to represent “science in sight” so many of the labs are open. The Open style of the building is meant to represent and foster the open discussion from the various departments in the building. It contains many "green" features, including low flush toilets, heat shields to recycle energy from fume hoods, exhaust fans, and green roof to prevent soil runoff and hold in heat/AC. Outside STEPS there is a petrified tree stone that is over 360 million years old.Taylor College (1907)
Taylor College is a dormitoryDormitory
A dormitory, often shortened to dorm, in the United States is a residence hall consisting of sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often boarding school, college or university students...
for upperclass students at Lehigh University
Lehigh University
Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...
. It houses 145 students from sophomores through juniors in coeducation
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
al hallways. What makes Taylor different from other upperclassmen living units is its integration with the Healthy Living program. Residents have the option of participating in the program or treating it as a traditional dorm.
Taylor, as the building is commonly named, is located next to the McClintic-Marshall House and across from the Trembly Park Apartments. It is shaped in a U divided into three sections. Each of these sections has lounge called either the red, blue, or green lounge. The lounges contain a small kitchen and a television set
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
. Many of the rooms in Taylor Hall are doubles, interspersed with several singles throughout the building.
Taylor "is one of the earliest concrete structures ever built. It was the gift of industrialist Andrew Carnegie in honor of his friend and associate, Lehigh trustee Charles L. Taylor, Class of 1876." In 1984 the building underwent a complete renovation.
Taylor Gymnasium (1907)
The Taylor Gymnasium is home to the Lehigh Athletics Administrative and Coaches offices. It houses the Welch Fitness Center, Basketball Courts, Swimming Pools, Studio (Multi-purpose room), Locker Rooms, Penske Lehigh Athletics Hall of Fame, the Athletics Partnership, Athletic Store, and Youth Camps/Clinics Office. This building is named after Charles L. Taylor, although it sits on a street named Taylor, after the U.S. President.Taylor StadiumTaylor Stadium (Lehigh)Taylor Stadium was a stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It hosted the Lehigh University Engineers football team until they moved to Goodman Stadium in 1988. The stadium held 20,000 people at its peak and was opened in 1914. The stadium was funded partially by the wife of Bethlehem Steel...
(1914-1987)
Named after Charles L. Taylor, it was designed by architect Henry HornbostelHenry Hornbostel
Henry Hornbostel was an American architect.He designed more than 225 buildings, bridges, and monuments in the United States; currently 22 are listed on the National Register of Historic Places....
and engineer Charles W. Leavitt. It sat at the intersection of Taylor Street and Packer Avenue, and was demolished in 1987 for the construction of the Rauch Business Center.
Ulrich Student Center / Grace Hall (1942, 1994)
Grace Hall is home to Lehigh's nationally ranked wrestling and women's volleyball programs. The facility, known as "The Snake PitSnake pit
Snake pits are places of horror, torture and even death in European legends and fairy tales. The Viking warlord Ragnar Lodbrok is said to have been thrown into a snake pit and died there, after his army had been defeated in battle by King Aelle II of Northumbria...
," recently underwent a substantial renovation and re-opened in November 2003. 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 upper level houses the Ulrich Student Center, including a movie theater
Movie theater
A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....
, post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
, and the studios of WLVR. In 2007 mold was discovered in the floor of the Leeman-Turner Arena. The entire gym floor had to be replaced, which wasn't completed until November. The cost of the repairs is unknown but expected to be "substantial". The building's upper floor was home to the ROTC and AFROTC departments from 1941–1994 and was dedicated as the Ulrich Student Center on 7 April 1995. It is named after Ronald J. Ulrich and Eugene Gifford Grace.
Whitaker Laboratory (1960)
Built in 1960 and named after Martin Dewey Whitaker, it was originally the metallurgy and chemical engineering building. The Metallurgy Department has since become the Materials Science and Engineering Department, and is now the sole department in the building. Whitaker Lab consists of two major wings, the south wing a two floor section containing three lecture halls and the main entrance to the building, and the north wing, which is five floors high and contains offices, classrooms, and labs. The two wings are connected by an elevated walkway on the third floor. It is connected to the Mudd Building by an underground tunnel on the first floor.Zoellner Arts Center (1997)
Zoellner Arts Center is a 105000 square feet (9,754.8 m²) arts center located on the campus of Lehigh UniversityLehigh University
Lehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...
in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie,...
, in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It opened in 1997, and houses the following facilities:
- Baker Hall - a 946-seat auditorium with multi-purpose proscenium stage, suited for concerts, stage productions, ceremonies and lectures.
- Diamond Theater - a small 309-seat 3/4 thrust theater with steeply raked stadium seating suited for theatrical and small music groups.
- Black Box Theater - a smaller 125-seat theater
- A two-story art gallery
- Additional facilities including several rehearsal rooms, recording studio, dance studio, practice rooms, scene shop, costume shop, dressing rooms and green room, classrooms, music library, box office, faculty and staff offices, and three large lobbies and a 345-car parking deck attached to the building.
- It is also home to the Music and Theater Departments.
The venue has had a wide array of performers, including: the New York Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"...
and Itzhak Perlman
Itzhak Perlman
Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-born violinist, conductor, and instructor of master classes. He is regarded as one of the pre-eminent violinists of the 20th and early-21st centuries.-Early life:...
, the Tuvan throat singers Huun-Huur-Tu and Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson is an American experimental performance artist, composer and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles. Initially trained as a sculptor, Anderson did her first performance-art piece in the late 1960s...
, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, MOMIX, the Aquila Theatre Company, Lily Tomlin
Lily Tomlin
Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin is an American actress, comedienne, writer, and producer. Tomlin has been a major force in American comedy since the late 1960's when she began a career as a stand up comedian and became a featured performer on television's Laugh-in...
, Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters is an American actress, singer and children's book author from Ozone Park, Queens, New York. Over the course of a career that has spanned five decades, she has starred in musical theatre, films and television, as well as performing in solo concerts and recordings...
and Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
Dana Elaine Owens , better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American singer, rapper, and actress. Her work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy...
.
The building was designed by Dagit Saylor Architects in Philadelphia, and is named after Victoria E. and Robert E. Zoellner.
Mountaintop Campus
Originally built as the Homer Research Labs of Bethlehem SteelBethlehem Steel
The Bethlehem Steel Corporation , based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was once the second-largest steel producer in the United States, after Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based U.S. Steel. After a decline in the U.S...
, this 742 acres (3 km²) campus was acquired by Lehigh in 1986 and is home to the College of Education and numerous facilities for the Civil Engineering
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
, Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
, and Biological Sciences departments.
Iacocca Hall (1958)
Originally built as the Homer Research Labs of the Bethlehem SteelBethlehem Steel
The Bethlehem Steel Corporation , based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was once the second-largest steel producer in the United States, after Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based U.S. Steel. After a decline in the U.S...
Corporation, it is also known as the tower building and houses the College of Education, the chemical engineering department, the biological sciences department, as well as a dining room and food services facilities, plus a teleconferencing classroom.
Imbt Laboratories
This building hosts the Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS) Engineering Research Center and the Energy Research Center.Murray H. Goodman Campus
Primarily a sports campus, it contains most of Lehigh's athletic facilities and its only on-campus graduate housing. The Goodman Campus sits on the relatively flat lands of Saucon Valley south of South Mountain and across Interstate 78Interstate 78
Interstate 78 is an Interstate Highway in the Northeast United States, running 144 miles from Interstate 81 northeast of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, through Allentown, Pennsylvania, and western and northern New Jersey to the Holland Tunnel and Lower Manhattan in New York City.I-78 is a major road...
from the other two campuses.
Murray H. Goodman StadiumGoodman StadiumGoodman Stadium is Lehigh University's 16,000-seat stadium located on its Goodman Campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1988, replacing Taylor Stadium, which stood in the main academic campus from 1914 until 1987...
(1988)
A 16,000 capacity stadium, it features a three-tiered press box and limited chair back seating. With views of South Mountain, it has been named "Best Game Atmosphere" by a Patriot LeaguePatriot League
The Patriot League is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I) for a number of sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision...
publication.
Ulrich Sports Complex (1999)
A dual field complex for men's and women's soccer, men's and women's lacrosseLacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, and field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
. The complex features natural grass
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
as well as artificial turf
Artificial turf
Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...
. Permanent seating, a press box
Press box
The press box is a special section of a sports stadium or arena that is set up for the media to report about a given event. It is typically located in the section of the stadium holding the luxury box. In general, newspaper writers sit in this box and write about the on-field event as it unfolds...
and lighting are available.
Stabler Arena & Convocation Center (1979)
A 6,000 capacity arenaArena
An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...
for concerts, sports (including Lehigh's basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
teams), and other events.
Rauch Field House (1977)
Provides indoor practice fields, an indoor running track, and locker rooms for the various teams.Mulvihill Golf Learning Center (2007)
Provides a driving range, practice bunkers, and putting greens for developing golfGolf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
skills. Lehigh's home course for golf meets is the nearby Saucon Valley Country Club
Saucon Valley Country Club
Saucon Valley Country Club is a country club located near both Allentown and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. The club's facilities include three 18-hole golf courses and a six-hole beginners course. The Old Course has hosted five United States Golf Association tournaments, including the 1992 and...
which has hosted the USPGA Senior Open and the LPGA Women's US Open.