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Lemon Hall & Carroll F. S. Hardy Hall, Constructed 2004-2006
These two buildings, originally named Jamestown North and Jamestown South, are the first buildings on William & Mary's campus to be named after African-American individuals. The rededication ceremony took place in the Fall of 2016. Lemon Hall…
Tucker Hall
The Tucker family serves as a prime example of the varying opinions on slavery held by the faculty at William & Mary. Tucker Hall is named for St. George Tucker, who studied law at William & Mary under George Wythe (who also taught Thomas…
Cary Field
A year after Janet, Karen, and Lynn began their studies at the university, Warren Winston began his college football career at William & Mary in 1968. He was the university's first African American scholarship athlete, and the first African…
Western Union Building
The Western Union Building, which was built in 1930, is home to William & Mary's ROTC Program. Michael K. Powell, son of former Secretary of State Colin Powell, attended William & Mary on a ROTC Scholarship. Before graduating in 1985,…
Washington Hall
In the mid-twentieth century, Washington Hall was the home of William & Mary's education courses. This is where, during the summer of 1951, Hulon Willis Sr. began his master's degree and became the first African American to attend…
James Blair Hall
Over the years the law school has had many homes. While Edward August Travis '54 and Miriam Carter attended, the program was housed in James Blair Hall. Though Edward August Travis began his studies a few months after the first African American…
Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall
William & Mary prides itself of being the home of Greek letter organizations. Phi Beta Kappa's Alpha Chapter has called William & Mary its home since the honor fraternity's founding in December of 1776. Phi Beta Kappa is considered,…
Thomas Jefferson Statue
The statue of Thomas Jefferson was a gift from University of Virginia in 1992. Jefferson was a student at the university from 1760-1762 and his drawings of the Wren building aided the university in its rebuilding after one of its several fires.…
Wren Building
William & Mary held people enslaved from its inception to the Emancipation Proclamation. The enslaved were an integral part to the university's every day operations. Additionally, the enslaved worked on Nottoway Plantation, which was owned…
Jefferson Hall, Constructed 1921
In the Fall of 1967 Janet Brown, Lynn Briley and Karen Ely began their freshmen year at William & Mary. They lived together in the newly renovated basement of Jefferson Hall. Unbeknownst to them, that Fall they became the first African American…
Site of the Ku Klux Klan Flagpole
In 1926, William & Mary was gifted and accepted a flagpole by the Ku Klux Klan. The unveiling ceremony was allegedly attended by thousands of individuals, many of whom were members of the KKK themselves. Originally erected here at the corner of…
The Bray School
The Bray School was run in the Dudley Diggs House and was originally located where Brown Hall stands today. The Bray School, which was named after Reverend Thomas Bray and operated by Anne Wager, was created "for the instruction of Negro…
Phi Beta Kappa Hall
Home to William & Mary's Department of Theatre and Speech, Phi Beta Kappa Hall has played host to many notable female alumna and incredible performances.
Glenn Close '74 honed her acting skills at Phi Beta Kappa Hall. Close…
Muscarelle Museum of the Arts (Lamberson Hall)
When Doris Lamberson moved to Williamsburg in the mid-1970s, she was already a good friend of Thomas Graves, William & Mary's President at the time. She worked to update the President's House and is credited with adding a separate…
Grace Warren Landrum Hall
Grace Warren Landrum served as both the Dean of Women and a professor of English during her twenty-year tenure at William & Mary. Landrum was a member of both the American Association of University Women and Phi Beta Kappa.
The construction…
Martha Wren Briggs Amphitheatre at Lake Matoaka
Located on the edge of Lake Matoaka, the Martha Wren Briggs Amphitheater is host to many campus events. Known as the Common Glory Stage and Matoaka Amphitheater in the past, the venue was renamed in 2016 after Martha Wren Briggs made a gift of the…
Kate Waller Barrett Hall, Constructed 1927
The first building on campus to be named for a woman, Kate Waller Barrett Hall has served as a dormitory since construction was completed in 1927. In fact, the building was a women's dormitory until 2005, when it became co-ed.
Kate Waller…
Cornelia Storrs Adair Hall
Cornelia Storrs Adair Hall, which is currently home to the Kinesiology and Dance Department, was also named after a notable female alumna. Cornelia Storrs Adair attended William & Mary from 1921-1923. Adair was also inducted into Phi Beta Kappa…
Martha Barksdale Athletic Fields
Dedicated to athlete and alumna Martha Barksdale in 1975, Martha Barksdale Athletic Fields are used by club and intramural sports teams at William & Mary. Barksdale was the first woman to graduate from the university, as she was a part of the…
Jefferson Hall
William & Mary's first black residential students matriculated in 1967. Karen Ely, Janet Brown, and Lynn Briley - all women - lived together in the newly renovated basement of Jefferson Hall. Since then, African American representation at…
Sorority Court
Sororities played a unique role in helping women matriculate into W&M after the university began accepting women in 1918. The Panhellenic sororities that have a presence at the university today - Alpha Chi Omega, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta,…
Wren Building
While the Wren Building has been integral to William & Mary's campus since 1700, women have only studied at W&M for the past 100 years. As we celebrate the Women’s Centennial at the university in 2018-2019, the university will recognize…
Chancellor's Hall (formerly Tyler Hall), Constructed 1926-1927
Chancellor's Hall is home to William & Mary’s Government and Economics Departments as well as the International Relations and Public Policy programs. In line with William & Mary’s commitment to public service, there are countless alumnae…
Miller Hall (Mason School of Business)
Miller Hall is where many William & Mary women have found their first support networks as they entered into the business world. The Mason School of Business has many female professors in addition to support organizations for women in business,…
Spring, Dedicated 1979
"Spring" is a sculpture by J. Seward Johnson that was installed at William & Mary in 1979. At some time prior to 1991, the letter held by the figure Tina in the sculpture was broken off.
A transcription of the letter from…
Keck Lab, Dedicated 2001
Dedicated in October 2001, the William & Mary Keck Environmental Field Laboratory is an academic facility that provides instructional and research support for environmental programs at William & Mary and at the Virginia Institute of Marine…
James Monroe Statue, Dedicated 2015
The James Monroe statue, located outside Tucker Hall just south of the Senior Walk, was dedicated on April 23, 2015. The statue was a gift of William & Mary alumni Carroll and Patty Owen in honor of the class of 1962.
The bronze statue shows…
Fraternity Complex A, Constructed 2012-2013
The Fraternity Complex is a 187-bed complex consisting of eleven 17-bed fraternity houses and a community building. Opened for residents in fall of 2013, this complex is located across the street from William & Mary Hall. As of 2014, this segment…
Sorority Court, Opened 1929
Sorority Court is the complex of sorority houses at William & Mary. It opened in 1929 and is located on Richmond Road, with two of the houses facing Armistead Avenue. Residence is open to a limited number of upperclassman women in sororities.…
Tribe Square, Constructed 2010-2011
Tribe Square, located across Richmond Road from Blow Memorial Hall, opened in the fall of 2011. Tribe Square is a mixed-use building that offers 56 upper level students a unique living opportunity at William & Mary.
The first floor of Tribe…