Alan B. Miller Hall is located at 101 Ukrop Way at the intersection with Jamestown Road. It is home to the Raymond A. Mason School of Business. The construction of Alan B. Miller Hall was the result of a public-private partnership between William & Mary and the Business School Foundation. Seven years of planning, two years of building, and $75 million dollars came to fruition when the School of Business moved in during Summer 2009. Prior to the opening of the 163,000 sq. ft. Alan B. Miller Hall, the business school had occupied a number of buildings over the years, including portions of Blow Hall, Chancellors Hall (formerly Tyler Hall), Jones Hall, and the Old Gymnasium.

Originally taught within the Economics Department, the first business courses were taught during the 1919-1920 academic year. By 1930, the number of students enrolled in business classes numbered 556. In 1941, President John Stewart Bryan announced the creation of a new Business Administration Department. This new school allowed students to concentrate in different aspects of business including general business, foreign trade, insurance, marketing, banking, and finance.

Over a thousand students (625 undergraduate and 410 graduate students) moved into the LEED-Gold certified building. Alan B. Miller Hall was designed to be fully wired and data-ready at opening. During construction, the Mason School of Business maintained a YouTube channel “Rex Unplugged” documenting the build.

The School of Business has been the home to several enterprising and innovative alumnae who shaped the business world. 1982 graduate Beth Comstock rose through the ranks of TBS, NBC, CBS before becoming the Vice Chair of General Electric. Her accomplishments garnered her places on multiple Forbes lists of powerful women. Amy McPherson, MBA recipient, served as Marriott International’s President and Managing Director of Europe, being named one of the “Women Who Means Business” by Washington Business Journal.

The hall honors for Universal Health Services CEO Alan B. Miller, a trustee on William & Mary’s Endowment Fund, an Alumni Medallion recipient, a Clarke Medallion recipient, and, in 2014, an awardee of an honorary Doctorate of Public Service.

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Adair Hall at 251 Ukrop Way is located near the intersection of Ukrop Way (formerly Campus Drive) and Landrum Drive.

Adair Hall houses an Olympic sized pool, lounge, gymnasium, dance studio, classrooms, and offices for both the Kinesiology Department and the Dance Program at William & Mary. Originally built as a women's physical education building, construction began in 1961, with the dedication ceremony on November 15, 1963. During construction, a ditch on the women's athletic field for the sewerage line to Adair and Yates caved in, killing construction worker Charles S. Taylor and seriously injuring another.

The building was named for Cornelia Storrs Adair (1885-1962), a William & Mary student who was the first woman recipient of the Alumni Medallion in 1934.

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Adair Hall at 251 Ukrop Way is located near the intersection of Ukrop Way (formerly Campus Drive) and Landrum Drive.

Adair Hall houses an Olympic sized pool, lounge, gymnasium, dance studio, classrooms, and offices for both the Kinesiology Department and the Dance Program at William & Mary. Originally built as a women's physical education building, construction began in 1961, with the dedication ceremony on November 15, 1963. During construction, a ditch on the women's athletic field for the sewerage line to Adair and Yates caved in, killing construction worker Charles S. Taylor and seriously injuring another.

The building was named for Cornelia Storrs Adair (1885-1962), a William & Mary student who was the first woman recipient of the Alumni Medallion in 1934.

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Located on Jamestown Road near the Campus Center, the William & Mary Admission Office welcomes more than 25,000 people to campus each year. This building serves as the starting point for the thousands of high school students and their families who visit and tour the Williamsburg campus. Student tour guides working through the admission office conduct more than 1,000 campus tours each year. The admission offices were previously housed in Blow Memorial Hall on Richmond Road.

The building, constructed in 1965, housed the university bookstore until that function moved to its current location on the Duke of Gloucester Street in Merchant's Square in 2001. The building was renovated to accommodate the admissions office in 2007.

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Alan B. Miller Hall is located at 101 Ukrop Way at the intersection with Jamestown Road. It is home to the Raymond A. Mason School of Business. The construction of Alan B. Miller Hall was the result of a public-private partnership between William & Mary and the Business School Foundation. Seven years of planning, two years of building, and $75 million dollars came to fruition when the School of Business moved in during Summer 2009. Prior to the opening of the 163,000 sq. ft. Alan B. Miller Hall, the business school had occupied a number of buildings over the years, including portions of Blow Hall, Chancellors Hall (formerly Tyler Hall), Jones Hall, and the Old Gymnasium.

Originally taught within the Economics Department, the first business courses were taught during the 1919-1920 academic year. By 1930, the number of students enrolled in business classes numbered 556. In 1941, President John Stewart Bryan announced the creation of a new Business Administration Department. This new school allowed students to concentrate in different aspects of business including general business, foreign trade, insurance, marketing, banking, and finance.

Over a thousand students (625 undergraduate and 410 graduate students) moved into the LEED-Gold certified building. Alan B. Miller Hall was designed to be fully wired and data-ready at opening. During construction, the Mason School of Business maintained a YouTube channel “Rex Unplugged” documenting the build.

The School of Business has been the home to several enterprising and innovative alumnae who shaped the business world. 1982 graduate Beth Comstock rose through the ranks of TBS, NBC, CBS before becoming the Vice Chair of General Electric. Her accomplishments garnered her places on multiple Forbes lists of powerful women. Amy McPherson, MBA recipient, served as Marriott International’s President and Managing Director of Europe, being named one of the “Women Who Means Business” by Washington Business Journal.

The hall honors for Universal Health Services CEO Alan B. Miller, a trustee on William & Mary’s Endowment Fund, an Alumni Medallion recipient, a Clarke Medallion recipient, and, in 2014, an awardee of an honorary Doctorate of Public Service.

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Althea Hunt Hall, a co-ed freshman dormitory at William & Mary, is located at the intersection of Grigsby Drive and South Boundary Street. It was formerly used as an infirmary and hospital.

The building was completed by September 5, 1930, after being proposed earlier that year. The hospital was a two-and-a-half story brick building, with the south side designated for women and the north side for men. The building was designated on June 8, 1934 as the David King Infirmary.

The infirmary was used by the male students from 1938 until 1965, when the second and third floors were converted into dormitory rooms. The infirmary was renamed James Madison Hall in 1973 and was fully converted into a residence hall. A new David King Infirmary was built just west of the Lodges and the former hospital was renamed Althea Hunt Hall after Althea Hunt, the legendary professor and director of the William & Mary Theatre, 1926-1957.

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The Alumni House, formerly known as the Bright House, is located at the intersection of Richmond Road and College Terrace near the north end of Zable Stadium. Since 1973, the building has housed the Alumni Association, and its rooms are available to rent for special occasions, such as weddings, dinners, and formal dances. David Turner's bronze sculpture "Canada Geese" graces the Alumni House side garden bordering Richmond Road.

The Alumni House was built on land purchased from William & Mary in 1847 by Samuel F. Bright. The building was constructed in the 1850s in the Italianate style featuring a prominent decorative gable. The university rented the house in 1919-1920 to lodge professors. In 1923, the university purchased 274 acres of the Bright farm surrounding the building but not the house itself. From 1925 to 1943, the building served as the Kappa Alpha fraternity house. William & Mary purchased the house in 1946 for use as a men's dormitory, and, from 1947-1971, the building was turned into faculty apartments. In 1972, the Alumni Association rented two apartments in the building with the idea of having all Alumni Association offices under one roof. A major interior and exterior renovation, the construction of a large addition and dramatic landscape improvements resulted in the present complex, dedicated in October 1975.

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Robert Andrews Hall of Fine Arts, located at 605 Jamestown Road, is the home to the Department of Art & Art History. It was added to the rear of Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall, officially opening on Charter Day 1967.

Andrews Hall houses the Andrew Gallery, highlighting works of fine art created by students, new faculty, and invited artists. Here, visitors can admire paintings, ceramics, sculptures, architectural models, photographs, and other artistic disciplines.

Andrews Hall’s namesake - Reverend Robert Andrews - was appointed the first Professor of Fine Arts in the nation when he was named a Professor of “Moral Philosophy, the Law of Nature and of Nations, and of Fine Arts” in 1779 (Duel, 1966).

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Barrett Hall, 313 Jamestown Road, is located at the eastern intersection of Jamestown Road and Landrum Drive (formerly Old Campus Drive). Originally a dormitory for women, Barrett Hall became co-ed at the start of the 2005-2006 academic year.

Designed by College Architect Charles M. Robinson and built by J.T. Nuckols, Barrett Hall was constructed between 1926 and 1927.

In addition to students, it housed the J. Lesslie Hall Literary Society in the 1920s and a library run by the Y.W.C.A. in the 1930s. In 1945, the university opened a Chinese Room following a donation by Alice Aberdein of a large number of Chinese art and furnishings valued at over $40,000. Containing the finest collection of Chinese art and furnishings in the southern United States, students in search of good luck tossed pennies at the feet of a gold-leafed Buddha statue featured in the room.

Barrett Hall honors Kate Waller Barrett, the second woman to serve on the Board of Visitors. A prominent member in Virginia political and social circles, Barrett was a member in Phi Beta Kappa.

Barrett Hall was the first building on campus named after a woman.

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Blow Memorial Hall was constructed between 1923 and 1925 following a gift to William & Mary from Mrs. Adele Matthiessen Blow in memory of her husband, Captain George Preston Blow, U.S. Navy. The building was referred to as Blow Gym at this time.

While Captain Blow did not attended William & Mary, his father, grandfather, and other family members were alumni, and his grandfather also served on the Board of Visitors. Dramatic growth of the student body during the 1920s and 1930s had made more and larger athletic facilities a necessity soon after the completion of the Blow Gym in 1925. Originally T-shaped, it was substantially enlarged by the addition of a south wing in 1940. Blow Gym remained the home of men’s basketball until William & Mary Hall hosted its first games in December 1970. From the 1970s until the opening of the Recreation Center, Blow Gym continued to serve as a much-needed recreation center for students, faculty and staff.

In 1991, Blow Gymnasium was renovated and converted from a physical education building into a complex for classrooms and offices and was rededicated as Blow Memorial Hall. Blow Hall is home to a number of offices and departments including the Roy R. Charles Center, Sharpe Community Scholars Program, and the Office of the Registrar. These offices moved to Blow after the School of Business moved to new quarters upon the opening of Alan B. Miller Hall in 2009.

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The Botetourt Complex is a collection of small freshman dormitories located on Wake Drive across from Dupont Hall. This complex was originally built to be a new sorority complex but was rejected by the sororities and instead became language houses. Later, the complex was turned into co-ed dormitories.

The renamed "Botetourt Residences" were completed in 1973, and three language houses opened in the complex: Spanish, French, and German. Project Plus moved out of the complex at the end of 1981 and in 1982, the individual buildings were named Spotswood, Fauquier, Dinwiddie, Gooch, and Nicholson. The complex was named in honor of Virginia Colonial Governor, Lord Botetourt, who was Rector of the Board of Visitors and much loved by the students of William & Mary.

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Brown Hall is a co-ed freshman dormitory located at the corner of Prince George Street and North Boundary Street. The current structure was built in 1930 to replace the original Brown Hall, which is now known as the Prince George House.

Brown Hall was named in honor of Mrs. Jane Brown and Cornelia Brown, members of a prominent Methodist family in Virginia. The new Brown Hall was built in 1930 with funds left by Mrs. Edward Brown of Lynchburg under the supervision of trustees for the Board of Home Missions of the Women's Missionary Society of the Virginia Methodist Conference. The building originally served as housing for Methodist female students at William & Mary but eventually opened up to the entire female student body. The designer was Charles M. Robinson, the university architect, and the contractor was J.W. Davis.

Brown Hall was purchased by William & Mary in 1939. At various points throughout its history, Brown Hall also has been an all-male dormitory, housing for Army Specialized Training cadets, and rented space for service men and families living in Williamsburg. In recent years, archeological digs around Brown Hall have unearthed evidence of a building that may have been the Bray School, a school for African Americans in Williamsburg in the 1700s.

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The Bryan Complex is a group of dormitories at William & Mary located across from Zable Stadium and named for John Stewart Bryan, former William & Mary President and Chancellor. It houses 324 undergraduate upperclassman and consists of five dormitories: Bryan Hall, Stith Hall, Dawson Hall, Camm Hall, and Madison Hall, all of which are named after William & Mary presidents.

Bryan Hall, Dawson Hall, and Stith Hall were built in 1953 and Camm Hall and Madison Hall in 1959. The Bryan Complex housed the Marshall-Wythe School of Law from 1955 to the fall of 1967 when it moved to the Old Library (now Tucker Hall). On February 6, 1959, the radio station WBE began operating from the third floor of Bryan East. Various portions of the Bryan Complex have been used for many other purposes over the decades, including as classrooms, the Geology Department, the law library, Virginia Center for Archaeology, the laboratory of the Anthropology Department, a conservation laboratory, and the Tidewater Cultural Resource Center.

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The Campus Center, located at 104 Jamestown Road, is an L-shaped building situated between the Reves Center and Taliaferro Hall. It is the home of a number of administrative offices, including the Center for Student Diversity and the Dean of Students, as well as student-run organizations, such as the Flat Hat News and Alma Mater Productions (AMP). Notably, the Campus Center contains the Marketplace, one of the three main dining halls operated by William & Mary's Dining Services.

The building itself was originally opened under the name Trinkle Hall in 1926, a replacement to the Dining Hall that opening in 1914 and was destroyed by fire in 1925. The Wigwam, which operated from 1942-1986, served as a bookstore, soda shop and coffee shop and was located where the Marketplace stands today. In 1983, a $1.2 million renovation of Trinkle Hall was proposed to transform the building into a student activities center and to alleviate overcrowding at the Commons Dining Hall. The 23,000-square-foot complex was renamed the Campus Center with the Great Hall (the former large dining hall) being renamed Trinkle Hall. Today, Trinkle Hall is a large, multipurpose space that can be accessed through the Campus Center.

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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 American on the football team. Warren Winston was recognized for his incredible contributions to the team. He started all three seasons he was eligible to play and received a game ball in 1971 for his performance against Davidson College. After graduating, Winston served as a graduate assistant coach for William & Mary for one season. After attending graduate school at Virginia Commonwealth University, Winston taught sociology and served as an assistant coach at Bowie State.

At the 2017 Homecoming game against James Madison and in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary of African Americans in Residence, Warren Winston served as an honorary captain of the football team.

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Chancellors Hall is located at 300 James Blair Drive between James Blair Hall and Tucker Hall. Formerly known as Rogers Hall, Old Rogers Hall, and Chancellors Hall, it was renamed Tyler Hall in 1988 after U.S. President John Tyler and his son, William & Mary President Lyon Gardiner Tyler Sr. The first Tyler Hall was built in 1916 and is today the Reves Center. In 2021, the Board of Visitors approved reverting Tyler Hall back to its previous name of Chancellors Hall.

Chancellors Hall hosts the Departments of Government and Economics and the International Relations and Public Policy Programs. During its lifetime, it has been the academic hub for famous alumnae, such as White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki ('00), Ambassadors Shari Villarosa ('78) and Janet Sanderson ('77), Council of Economic Advisors Chair Christina Romer ('81), Securities and Exchanges Chair Mary Jo White ('70), and US Representative Dina Titus of Nevada ('77).

The building was planned as a science hall in memory of William Barton Rogers. In 1923, an application was made to the General Education Board for a donation of $150,000 to begin a campaign to raise $300,000 - $200,000 for building and $100,000 for equipment. In June 1924, the Board donated $100,000 contingent on the College providing the remaining $200,000.

"The Romance and Renaissance of the College of William & Mary in Virginia" (1924) includes a proposal for the construction of the William Barton Rogers Science Hall to replace the Penniman Building. A 1921 sketch of the proposed building by architect Charles M. Robinson is included.

In March 1926, plans were approved by the Board of Visitors for the building committee. The contract was awarded to Harwood Construction Company for $202,000. The cornerstone was laid August 28 by the Williamsburg Lodge of Masons (Flat Hat).

The building opened in Fall 1927, housing the chemistry, physics, and psychology departments.

A fire burned the roof, dormer story, and third floor of the building in 1930, causing $70,142 worth of damage. Temporary roofing was set up on the west end of the hall until June, ensuring classes could be held while construction continued on a permanent roof for the east side. A 1972 basement fire caused $30,000 in damage.

Chancellors Hall was used in 1975 to house the Development Office, the Metropolitan Criminal Justice Center, the National Center for State Courts, the Anthropology Department, the Adult Skills Program, and the Publication Office. It was renovated in Summer 1980 for the School of Business.

From 1975 - with the completion of the new Rogers Hall - until 1982, this building was known as Old Rogers Hall. The building was renamed Chancellors Hall in 1982 and dedicated as the business school on President's Day - February 5, 1982. Three years later, the basement was renovated to house the Professional Resources Facility, a research library, and office space. On June 24, 1988, the building was rededicated as Tyler Hall, with the former Tyler Hall becoming the Wendy and Emery Reves Center for International Studies. The Departments of History and Philosophy were previously housed in Chancellors Hall, while the English Department was in Chancellors before moving into the Wren Building and eventually into Tucker Hall. The School of Business left Chancellors Hall in July 2009, moving into its new home, Alan B. Miller Hall.

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Chancellors Hall is located at 300 James Blair Drive between James Blair Hall and Tucker Hall. Formerly known as Rogers Hall, Old Rogers Hall, and Chancellors Hall, it was renamed Tyler Hall in 1988 after U.S. President John Tyler and his son, William & Mary President Lyon Gardiner Tyler Sr. The first Tyler Hall was built in 1916 and is today the Reves Center. In 2021, the Board of Visitors approved reverting Tyler Hall back to its previous name of Chancellors Hall.

Chancellors Hall hosts the Departments of Government and Economics and the International Relations and Public Policy Programs. During its lifetime, it has been the academic hub for famous alumnae, such as White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki ('00), Ambassadors Shari Villarosa ('78) and Janet Sanderson ('77), Council of Economic Advisors Chair Christina Romer ('81), Securities and Exchanges Chair Mary Jo White ('70), and US Representative Dina Titus of Nevada ('77).

The building was planned as a science hall in memory of William Barton Rogers. In 1923, an application was made to the General Education Board for a donation of $150,000 to begin a campaign to raise $300,000 - $200,000 for building and $100,000 for equipment. In June 1924, the Board donated $100,000 contingent on the College providing the remaining $200,000.

"The Romance and Renaissance of the College of William & Mary in Virginia" (1924) includes a proposal for the construction of the William Barton Rogers Science Hall to replace the Penniman Building. A 1921 sketch of the proposed building by architect Charles M. Robinson is included.

In March 1926, plans were approved by the Board of Visitors for the building committee. The contract was awarded to Harwood Construction Company for $202,000. The cornerstone was laid August 28 by the Williamsburg Lodge of Masons (Flat Hat).

The building opened in Fall 1927, housing the chemistry, physics, and psychology departments.

A fire burned the roof, dormer story, and third floor of the building in 1930, causing $70,142 worth of damage. Temporary roofing was set up on the west end of the hall until June, ensuring classes could be held while construction continued on a permanent roof for the east side. A 1972 basement fire caused $30,000 in damage.

Chancellors Hall was used in 1975 to house the Development Office, the Metropolitan Criminal Justice Center, the National Center for State Courts, the Anthropology Department, the Adult Skills Program, and the Publication Office. It was renovated in Summer 1980 for the School of Business.

From 1975 - with the completion of the new Rogers Hall - until 1982, this building was known as Old Rogers Hall. The building was renamed Chancellors Hall in 1982 and dedicated as the business school on President's Day - February 5, 1982. Three years later, the basement was renovated to house the Professional Resources Facility, a research library, and office space. On June 24, 1988, the building was rededicated as Tyler Hall, with the former Tyler Hall becoming the Wendy and Emery Reves Center for International Studies. The Departments of History and Philosophy were previously housed in Chancellors Hall, while the English Department was in Chancellors before moving into the Wren Building and eventually into Tucker Hall. The School of Business left Chancellors Hall in July 2009, moving into its new home, Alan B. Miller Hall.

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Chandler Hall is a dormitory located between Kate Waller Barrett Hall and Grace Warren Landrum Hall. The dormitory is currently co-ed but originally functioned as a women’s dorm. Upon construction, it completed the trio of women’s dorms which included Jefferson Hall and Kate Waller Barrett Hall; arcades were constructed to connect the three buildings. The dorm is named for J. A. C. Chandler, president of William & Mary from 1919-1934. Chandler oversaw the expansion of the university from a small, struggling liberal arts university for men to a modern coeducational institution of higher learning.

In 1930, plans were presented to the Board of Visitors for a third women's dormitory to accommodate approximately 150 women in double and single rooms with suites and kitchenettes. William & Mary architect Charles M. Robinson designed the dormitory, which opened for use in the summer of 1931 and housed summer school students. The second and third floors of the building were available for sororities to use as well. For the 2014-2015 academic year, Chandler Hall underwent a massive renovation project to update the dorm.

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The Sherman and Gloria H. Cohen Career Center is located between Walter J. Zable Football Stadium and the Sadler Center. This is the first independent building for the Career Center at William & Mary. The center features an open reception area and resource lounge, comfortable and spacious interview rooms, and a presentation room equipped with technology that develops career awareness and skills necessary for career development. A ceremonial groundbreaking took place at the site on Friday, December 5, 2008. The $7.9 million facility was dedicated in the fall of 2010.

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The Commons, often referred to as the "Caf" by the students, is a large dining hall on Ukrop Way between the Randolph Complex and William & Mary Hall. The "Caf" is the university’s only free-standing dining facility.

The building was designed by Architect Hubert L. Jones, and the Commons opened to students in September 1967. The dining facility underwent large-scale renovations in 1987 and 2005. During the 2005 renovation, William & Mary pitched a temporary dining tent on Yates Field and called it the "UnCommons." Students quickly dubbed it "deCaf".

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The Crim Dell is a small pond located between old and new campus. The wooded pond is a favorite spot on campus for many, and most iconically for its bridge. The Crim Dell was dedicated on May 7, 1966, and was named for John W. H. Crim, class of 1901.

On October 20, 1934, Matoaka Park (the area that is now the Crim Dell), officially opened during the inauguration of John Stewart Bryan as the 19th President of William & Mary. At this time, Matoaka Park was a space adjoining campus. As a result of the 1959 Student Pond Project, the pond was expanded by the students. In 1965, the Crim Dell Bridge, built in a Chinese style, was constructed over the lily pond. The Wildflower Refuge Amphitheater was built across the road from the Crim Dell in 1979.

According to legend, if you walk across the bridge by yourself, you are destined to be alone, never to fall in love for the rest of your life. If you walk across the bridge with a significant other and share a kiss in the middle of the bridge, you are destined to be together forever. However, if the relationship does not work out, you both must return to the top of this bridge and the woman must break the spell by throwing the man off the bridge into the water. Additionally, all students walk across the Crim Dell Bridge with their entire graduating class as part of the Commencement walk at William & Mary.

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DuPont Hall is a dormitory located on New Campus at William & Mary. As many as 264 students can be housed in double suites on three floors. Until recently, the building served as a co-ed dormitory for freshman undergraduates. DuPont currently houses upperclassman.

Construction on DuPont Hall began in 1963 when the Harry B. Graham Co. received a $996,997 contract. The Board of Visitors named the building for Jessie Ball du Pont, benefactress of William & Mary and daughter of Thomas Ball, an alumnus. The official dedication ceremony for the dormitory was held on May 8, 1966. The dormitory went coed and began to house freshman men in 1976.

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The Earl Gregg Swem Library is located on Landrum Drive between Millington Hall and Small Hall. William & Mary has been consistently ranked in the top 10 in the Princeton Review rankings of best university libraries in recent years. The library is named for Earl Gregg Swem (1870-1965), William & Mary’s librarian from 1920-1944. The first library building on campus was dedicated in 1909 and opened simply as the Library. That building is today known as Tucker Hall.

By the early 1950s, concern mounted about the threatening inadequacies of the library that is now Tucker Hall (the university’s first library was housed in the Wren Building). With the expansion of campus under President Davis Y. Paschall, land was finally available for the new library. Construction began in 1964, and the dedication ceremony took place during Charter Day exercises in 1966.

By the 1980s, the need for additional shelving resulted in an addition made to all four floors of the front of the building. A decade later, there were critical space needs for Special Collections, computers, and group study rooms. In 1998, ground was broken for two three-story pavilions which were added to the east side of the library. The larger pavilion features a spacious reading room on the first floor and compact shelving throughout; the smaller houses rare books, university archives, and the papers and memorabilia of Chief Justice Warren E. Burger. As it presently stands, the Earl Gregg Swem Library was rededicated on Charter Day, 2005.

The original statue of Lord Botetourt that stood in the Wren Yard until 1958 is currently located in the Botetourt Gallery on the ground floor. A number of portraits and sculptures by Carl Roseberg are also on display throughout the library. Notable resources within Swem Library include the Media Center and the Special Collections Research Center.

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Ewell Hall, originally called Phi Beta Kappa Hall, is located on Old Campus at 221 Jamestown Road, across the Sunken Garden from Tucker Hall. It served as a memorial to the Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) academic honor society founded by five students at William & Mary in 1776. (The Phi Beta Kappa Society grew into a prestigious national honor society which persists to this day.) The plans to construct the first Phi Beta Kappa Hall were proposed by President Julian A. C. Chandler in 1919, approved by the Board of Visitors in 1923, and executed beginning in December 1924. Opened in 1926, to mark the 250th anniversary of PBK’s founding, the building held assembly space, an auditorium, guest rooms for members of PBK, and two rooms important to the history of PBK: a recreation of the Apollo Room at the Raleigh Tavern where the organization held its first meetings, and the Francis Phelps Dodge Room, named for a benefactor of the society.

Phi Beta Kappa Hall was part of the expansion of campus after William & Mary admitted women in 1918 and began to plan a modern campus to meet the needs of a new model of co-education. The ensemble of buildings planned by architect Charles M. Robinson and landscape architect Charles F. Gillette situated a core of six academic buildings and six residential halls connected by unifying landscape features. This is one of only three buildings not designed by Robinson in executing his new campus plan. Instead, architects John Kevan Peebles and Finlay Forbes Ferguson designed the building. The cornerstone for the building was laid on June 3, 1925, and the building was dedicated on November 27, 1926.

Throughout the years the building has housed, among other things, a movie theater, a radio station, converted women’s dormitory rooms, and the National Office of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. gave $250,000 to William & Mary in 1954 for the reconstruction of PBK Hall after a fire on December 29, 1953. The Music Department moved into the north wing in 1955 from its former location in the Williamsburg Methodist Church, and an addition to the department was virtually completed by 1958. The building was renamed Ewell Hall in 1957, when the Phi Beta Kappa name and memorial moved to a new auditorium building further west on Jamestown Road. It has since housed the music department and main administrative offices for Arts & Sciences, with the addition of various wings to accommodate the university’s ever-growing need for space.

Since 1859, different buildings have been named on campus for Benjamin Ewell. The first Ewell Hall – the old College Hotel on the south side of Jamestown Road – was purchased by William & Mary in 1859 to serve as student housing. When Benjamin Ewell died in 1894, the hotel was renamed in his honor. When that building was torn down in 1927, the name Ewell Hall moved to a science building that stood on the north side of campus until 1932.

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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 of the complex is home to Sigma Pi, Delta Chi, Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Alpha, and Kappa Sigma.

Prior to 2013, "the Units", now known as Green and Gold Village, housed the fraternities. This complex was constructed 1965 and 1968 and housed fraternities until the recent opening of the new complex, after which it has housed freshmen.

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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 of the complex is home to Sigma Pi, Delta Chi, Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Alpha, and Kappa Sigma

Prior to 2013, "the Units", now known as Green and Gold Village, housed many fraternities. Twelve fraternities relocated to this complex in 1968. Today, Green and Gold Village houses freshmen.

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The Green & Gold Village is a co-ed freshman housing complex at William & Mary comprised of three buildings: Griffin, Eagle, and Lion. Up to 428 residents can occupy the complex directly across Ukrop Way from William & Mary Hall.

The buildings that now make up the Green & Gold Village were constructed between 1965 and 1968 and served as the university's fraternity complex until the opening of the current one in 2013. The first 4 fraternities to occupy the complex, Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, Kappa Alpha, and Keplar (a colony of the Sigma Chi Fraternity), began to take residence in the fall of 1967. Several other fraternities began to slowly occupy the units throughout the 1967-1968 academic year, with the last ones taking residence in the fall of 1968.

Each hall in the three buildings has a full kitchen and lounge on the first floor, as well as laundry machines and large lounges for study and recreation in the basement.

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Originally built as Jamestown North, Hardy Hall is located at 700A Landrum Dr. It was constructed alongside Lemon Hall (Jamestown North) in 2006 at the cost of $29 million. This project added 128,000 square feet of new living space for 380 students - 200 in Hardy Hall. Within the residence are reading rooms, game rooms, and lounges.

In April 2016, the Board of Visitors voted unanimously to rename Jamestown North Hardy Hall in honor of the late Dr. Carroll FS Hardy, a former Associate Vice President of Student Affairs. She also founded STEP, a program to help underrepresented high school seniors develop math, writing, and study skills. She also established the Hulon Willis Foundation for African American students and alumni, worked to increase diversity of William & Mary's student body through six summer enrichment programs for students in grades 8 to 12, and helped create and support 15 multicultural student organizations at William & Mary.

This renaming made Lemon and Hardy Halls the first buildings on campus named for people of color.

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Originally built as Jamestown North, Hardy Hall is located at 700A Landrum Dr. It was constructed alongside Lemon Hall (Jamestown North) in 2006 at the cost of $29 million. This project added 128,000 square feet of new living space for 380 students - 200 in Hardy Hall. Within the residence are reading rooms, game rooms, and lounges.

In April 2016, the Board of Visitors voted unanimously to rename Jamestown North Hardy Hall in honor of the late Dr. Carroll FS Hardy, a former Associate Vice President of Student Affairs. She also founded STEP, a program to help underrepresented high school seniors develop math, writing, and study skills. She also established the Hulon Willis Foundation for African American students and alumni, worked to increase diversity of William & Mary's student body through six summer enrichment programs for students in grades 8 to 12, and helped create and support 15 multicultural student organizations at William & Mary.

This renaming made Lemon and Hardy Halls the first buildings on campus named for people of color.

For more (including 3 images) view the original article

Originally built as Jamestown North, Hardy Hall is located at 700A Landrum Dr. It was constructed alongside Lemon Hall (Jamestown North) in 2006 at the cost of $29 million. This project added 128,000 square feet of new living space for 380 students - 200 in Hardy Hall. Within the residence are reading rooms, game rooms, and lounges.

In April 2016, the Board of Visitors voted unanimously to rename Jamestown North Hardy Hall in honor of the late Dr. Carroll FS Hardy, a former Associate Vice President of Student Affairs. She also founded STEP, a program to help underrepresented high school seniors develop math, writing, and study skills. She also established the Hulon Willis Foundation for African American students and alumni, worked to increase diversity of William & Mary's student body through six summer enrichment programs for students in grades 8 to 12, and helped create and support 15 multicultural student organizations at William & Mary.

This renaming made Lemon and Hardy Halls the first buildings on campus named for people of color.

For more (including 3 images) view the original article