RAMER HALL
Location: West of March Field, next to Farber Hall
Date: 1991
Architect: Spillman Farmer Shoemaker Pell & Whildin of Bethlehem
Builder: Alvin H. Butz Inc., Allentown
Ramer Hall is a student residence hall. It is named for trustee Lawrence J. Ramer '50 and his wife, Ina Lee Brown Ramer, who made possible its construction.
Location: In the area bounded by Van Wickle, Kirby Hall and Phi Delta Theta
Date Built: 1834
Originally a shop for the mechanical part of the manual training program during the college's first decade, it was built by Lafayette students under the supervision of President George Junkin. It became the refectory when manual labor was dropped in 1839. It was razed in 1872.
RUEF HALL
Location: South of the west wing of South Hall, east of Easton Hall
Date Built: 1965-66
Architect: Harbeson Hough Livingston & Larson, of Philadelphia
Builder: Turner Construction Co., Philadelphia
Ruef Hall was built as a student residence, and named for John W. Ruef '01.
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