CHATEAU CHAVANIAC
Location: On Paxinosa Ridge, north of the College.
Date Built: 1932-1935
Architect: Donald F. Innes, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Builder: Unknown
The Chateau was built as a private retreat by Allan P. Kirby '15, and named after the birthplace of the Marquis de Lafayette. It was presented to the College by the F.M. Kirby Foundation in 1984.
COLTON CHAPEL
Location: South side of Quad
Date Built: 1916; renovated 1965-67
Architect: Carrère & Hastings, New York City
Builder: F. L. Hoover & Sons, Philadelphia; renovation by Turner Construction Co., Philadelphia
Colton Chapel, the college chapel, was built with a gift from Mary R. Colton in memory of her husband John Milton Colton. The interior of the Chapel was gutted by fire in 1965. It was renovated and rededicated in 1967.
Architectural essay on Colton Chapel
DANA ENGINEERING LABORATORY
Location: North of Alumni Hall of Engineering
Date Built: 1912; renovated in 1982
Architect: Original architect unknown; renovation by Spillman Farmer Shoemaker Pell & Whildin, Bethlehem
Builder: Original builder unknown; renovation by R.J. Kroener, Eddington, Pennslyvania
Originally built for the mechanical engineering department in 1912, Dana Engineering Laboratory also housed the chemical and electrical engineering departments. In 1982, it was renovated and connected to Dana Hall of Engineering and Alumni Hall of Engineering. It was renamed the Eleanor Dana Engineering Laboratory after the wife of Charles A. Dana, whose Dana Foundation supported numerous campus projects.
DANA HALL OF ENGINEERING
Location: East end of Alumni Hall of Engineering
Date Built: 1964-66
Architect: Harbeson Hough Livingston & Larson, Philadelphia
Builder: Turner Construction Co., Philadelphia
Dana Hall of Engineering was built as an addition to Alumni Hall of Engineering, and was named for major contributor Charles A. Dana.
EAST HALL (no longer standing)
Location: Northeastern corner of campus, present site of Gates Hall
Date Built: 1873-74
Architect: Unknown
Builder: Unknown
East Hall was a student residence hall. It was razed in 1930 to make way for Gates Hall.
Easton Hall, 1926
EASTON HALL
Location: Southwest edge of campus, overlooking Easton
Date Built: 1925-26, renovated in 1966
Architects: Thomas Martin & Kirkpatrick, Philadelphia, assisted by A.D. Chidsey, Easton, and Day & Klauder, Philadelphia; renovations by Harbeson Hough Livingston & Larson, Philadelphia
Builder: Bechtel & Bechtel, Easton
Easton Hall is a student residence hall, built as the Centennial gift to the College by the citizens of Easton.
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