The Buildings of Fairfield University
The Remarkable Growth of Fairfield University's Campus
. . . is related in four instalments on this home page and is taken from the video and its accompaning book by Joseph F. MacDonnell, S.J.: If These Stones Could Speak and can be viewed here on the web, due to the work of Peter Sarawit of the Media Center, by pressing the following title If These Stones Could Speak
The lower southwest Campus
The top of Round Hills
Berchmans & Xavier
Our 50 buildings
10 original buildings are numbered I through X
22 university buildings were later constructed
2 others not part of the University were built:
St. Ignatius and The Center for Financial Studies
15 townhouses plus one private home,(Chardin)
The 10 original buildings are:
I McAuliffe Hall (Jennings mansion -1896)
II Robert Bellarmine Hall (Lashar mansion - 1921)
III Robert Southwell Hall (Sturges' lodge pre-1920)
IV Maintenance barn(1922)
V Playhouse (1922)
VI {St. Robert's Jesuit Residence} (pre 1920)
VII Harrison house
VIII-X Dolan Commons (3 buildings) (1928)
Bellarmine
The 24 buildings built after 1942 (including
St. Ignatius # 17 and Financial center # 19) are:
#1 John Berchmans Hall (1947)
#2 Francis Xavier Hall (1948)
#3 Ignatius Loyola Hall (1955)
#4 Peter Canisius Hall (1957)
#5 Aloysius Gonzaga Hall (1957)
#6 Alumni Hall (Gym 1959)
#7 Edmund Campion Hall (1964)
#8 John Francis Regis Hall (1965)
#9 Barone Campus Center (1966)
#10 Isaac Jogues Hall (1968)
#11 Nyselius Library (1968)
#12 Central Utility Facility (1970)
#13 Bannow Science Center (1970)
#14 Stanislaus Kostka Hall (1971)
#15 Peter Claver Hall (1972)
#16 Nursing (1977)
#17 {St. Ignatius Jesuit Residence} (1977)
#18 Recreational Complex (1979)
#19 {Center for Financial Studies} (1979)
now The Charles F. Dolan School of Business
#20 Carmen Donnarumma Hall (1981)
Townhouses #1-7 (1982)
Townhouses #8-10 (1984)
Townhouses #10-15 (1987)
#21 Quick Center for the Arts (1989)
#22 Egan/Loyola Chapel (1990)
#23 Locker Building (1995)
#24 The Levee (1995)
Map of the campus
The story of these buildings, told in four instalments, is taken from the book If These Stones Could Speakand can be viewed here on the web, due to the work of Peter Sarawit of the Media Center, by pressing the following title
Fairfield University's Ur-history
Fairfield University's Early Struggles
Fairfield University's Growth from 1945-1965
Fairfield University's Growth from 1965-1995
Also more information about Fairfield University is found in the book:
Why are Fairfield University's Buildings named after Dead Jesuits?
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Dolan School of Business
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