ALEXIS HALL (no longer standing)
Location: Behind Gayley Hall of Chemistry, in present location of Skillman Library
Date Built: Transferred to Lafayette in 1946
Architect: Donald F. Innes, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Builder: Boardman-Smith Corporation, Philadelphia
Alexis Hall was a wartime navy barracks that was transferred from Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, by the Federal Bureau of Community Facilities. This was accomplished by Captain Algert D. Alexis '19, and the building was named for him. It was used as a temporary chemistry building during increased college enrollment after World War II. It was also used by other departments. Alexis Hall was taken down in 1957, after Olin Hall was completed, and the materials were removed by the Presbyterian Church for their use in the Presbytery at Snydersville, Pennsylvania.
ALUMNI HALL OF ENGINEERING
Location: West of Markle Hall, opposite Olin Hall
Date Built: 1952
Architect: Donald F. Innes, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Builder: Collins and Maxwell, Easton
Alumni Hall of Engineering was built to house the various departments of engineering and was named after the many alumni who contributed to its cost.
ALUMNI MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM
Location: East of Markle Hall, back from the corner of High and Hamilton Streets
Date Built: 1922-1924; north end swimming pool completed in 1925
Architect: Welles Bosworth, New York City
Builder: Charles McCaul, Contractors, Philadelphia
Alumni Memorial Gymnasium was built to increase the athletic facilities of the college, and was named in memory of the alumni who died during World War I.
Bailey Health Center, 1975
BAILEY HEALTH CENTER
Location: Southwest corner of High and McCartney Streets
Date Built: 1974-75
Architect: Harbeson Hough Livingston & Larson, Philadelphia
Builder: Ray B. Bracy Construction, Allentown
Bailey Health Center was built as an outpatient clinic and infirmary to replace the Anna Robison Pardee Infirmary. It was named in memory of Carolyn Huntington Bailey, wife of college trustee Ervin G. Bailey, who made a generous contribution toward the building.
Blair Hall, 1867
BLAIR HALL, (OLD) (no longer standing)
Location: Most western building of Dorm Row, on the north side of the Quad
Date Built: 1866; renovated 1899-1900
Architect: Original architect unknown; renovation by Charles Webber Bolton, Class of 1880, Philadelphia
Builder: Unknown
Blair Hall was the first building specifically designed to house students. It was named for John I. Blair, whose gift bought the land on which the residence hall was built. It was razed in 1963.
BLAIR HALL, (NEW)
Location: Rear wing of Alumni Memorial Gymnasium, formerly the swimming pool
Date Built: 1925; redesigned in 1977
Architects: Welles Bosworth, New York City, as part of Alumni Memorial Gymnasium; redesigned by Harbeson Hough Livingston & Larson, architects, Philadelphia
Builders: Charles McCaul, Contractors, Philadelphia, in 1925; Turner Construction Co., Philadelphia, in 1977
Blair Hall was designed as student housing from the area that originally contained the swimming pool of Alumni Memorial Gymnasium. It was named for the former residence hall.
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