Buildings & Places Directory

Find more information on the buildings and places at Denison, including their use, history, and departments and offices located within them.

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1110 North Pearl

Completed in 2024, North Pearl houses the offices of Information Technology Services, Institutional Advancement, and University Communications.

Advancement Communications | Advancement Information Systems | Alumni & Family Engagement | Annual Fund | Denison University Giving | Digital Strategy & Development | Information Technology Services | Institutional Advancement | Major & Planned Giving | University Communications & Marketing

Arts House

The Arts House is a former sorority house. It offers large open spaces for meeting and gatherings, offices, and a fully equipped kitchen.

Bancroft House

An historic Granville house, used as student housing.

Bandersnatch Coffee House

The Bandersnatch is an eclectic student-run coffee shop and gathering place located in the ground floor of Huffman Hall.

Barclay-Thomsen Field

Barclay-Thomsen Field is a stadium complex home to Denison's men's and women's soccer, with seating for 1,000 spectators and lights for night competitions.

Barney-Davis Hall

Built in the Northern Italian Renaissance Revival style, Barney-Davis houses the English and Environmental Studies academic programs.

English | Environmental Studies | Homestead | Journalism | Sustainability | Sustainability & Environmental Studies

Baseball Field (Big Red Field)

One of the finest facilities in the region, this well-maintained athletic field is home to the Denison University men's baseball team.

Beaver Hall

Located on East Quad, the largest residential quad on campus, Beaver Hall offers suite-style, single, and double rooms.

Beta Theta Pi

Originally built for the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, the classic Tudor-style building houses students. The fraternity holds meetings in the basement.

Brown Hall

An apartment-style residence hall for seniors located on North Quad, named after President Kenneth Brown.

Bryant Arts Center

Bryant Arts is home to the departments of Studio Art and Art History/Visual Culture. The building boasts studios, a foundry, classrooms and computer lab.

Art History & Visual Culture | Visual Arts

Burton Hall

Once home to the Denison music department, Burton Hall has been reclaimed as an air-conditioned student residence hall.

Cemetery

Established in 1833, the College Cemetery is reserved for presidents and professors who wish to be interred on campus.

Chamberlin House

Chamberlin House is apartment-style housing for senior students that previously housed Chemistry and formerly, the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.

Cinema House

The Cinema House is home to faculty and staff offices, a screening room, production equipment, an editing room and media stations.

Cinema

College Town House

Originally built a a residence, the College Town House now serves as event and meeting spaces for campus and community groups.

Crawford Hall

Located on East Quad, Crawford Hall is Denison's largest residence hall and contains double and single rooms.

Curtis Dining Hall

Curtis Dining Hall features cafeteria-style dining, study spaces, and an event space, the Provost's Dining Room.

Dining Services

Curtis East Hall

A residence community located on West Quad with single, double, and triple rooms.

Curtis West Hall

A residence hall with single, double, triple and quad rooms and a quintessential common room with paneled walls, couches, study areas and a cozy fireplace.

Residential Communities and Housing

Davis South Plaza

The Davis South Plaza is a gathering place on the southern side of the Academic quad with views of the Fine Arts Quad and Sugarloaf Hill.

Deeds Field - Piper Stadium

Deeds Field-Piper Stadium currently serves as the home field for the Denison football, field hockey, lacrosse & outdoor track and field teams.

Delta Delta Delta

Delta Delta Delta is currently used for chapter meetings and gathering for the sorority.

Delta Gamma

Delta Gamma is currently use for chapter meetings and gathering for the sorority.

Denison Libraries

The Denison Libraries are home to the William Howard Doane Library, the Seeley G. Mudd Learning Center, and Douthit Hall.

Center for Learning & Teaching | Library

Doane Administration

The Center for Data Reasoning & Visualization will result from a renovation of Doane and a 17,700-square-foot addition in 2025-2026.

Doane Cinema

Built in 1905, Doane Cinema in conjunction with the Eisner Center is home to the Cinema Department.

East Hall

Built in 1953, East Hall is a residential community with single, double, triple, and quad rooms located on East Quad.

Ebaugh Laboratories

Ebaugh Laboratories is an academic building that houses the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Ebaugh Pond

Ebaugh Pond is a research site for student and faculty research that was created in 1934.

Elm Hall (Lower)

Lower Elm Hall is an apartment-style residential community for senior students.

Elm Hall (Upper)

An apartment-style residence hall for senior students located on North Quad.

Facilities Services

Home to the office of the Facilities Services team and hub for planning, operating, maintaining, constructing & renewing campus facilities and grounds.

Events & Facility Rentals | Facilities Services

Fellows Hall

Fellows Hall is home to International Studies, Modern Language, Global Commerce, History, East Asian Studies and Information Technology Services.

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies | Arabic | Chinese | Classical Studies | East Asian Studies | French | German | Global Commerce | History | International Studies | Japanese | Latin American & Caribbean Studies | Modern Languages | Portuguese | Spanish

Gilpatrick House

Built in 1958, Gilpatrick House is home to the Center for Spiritual life.

Spiritual Life

Golf Club

The Denison Golf Club at Granville was built in 1924 and has long been noted as one of the best public courses in the Midwest.

Good Hall

Good Hall is an apartment-style residential community for senior students.

Granville Inn

Built in 1924, the Granville Inn is a mainstay in the village. It boasts state-of-the-art guest rooms, meeting spaces, dining and a ballroom.

Hayes Hall

Hayes Hall is an apartment-style residential community for senior students.

Herrick Hall

Herrick Hall is a performance space on the academic quad that seats about 300 individuals.

Higley Hall

Higley Hall is home to the departments of Communication and Economics, the First-Year Office, and the Academic Resource Center.

Academic Resource Center | Accessibility & Disability Services | Communication | Economics | First-Year Experience | Student support and resources

Homestead

The Homestead is a student-run community with a focus on sustainability. It is home to an "earth ship" and houses 12 students in total.

Homestead

Huffman Dining Hall

Huffman Dining Hall is a campus dining hall on East Quad that uses local food sources and offers food options for every diet.

Huffman Hall

A residential hall located on East Quad, Huffman Hall houses students in single, double, triple, and suite-style rooms.

Community Values & Student Conduct

Kappa Alpha Theta

Kappa Alpha Theta is currently used for chapter meetings and gathering for the sorority.

Kappa Kappa Gamma

Kappa Kappa Gamma is currently used for chapter meetings and gathering for the sorority.

Kappa Sigma

Built in 1958 for the Kappa Sigma fraternity, this building now houses first-year students in single and double rooms.

Kienzle-Hylbert Stadium

A state-of-the-art lacrosse and soccer facility, with a multi-use synthetic turf field, press box, permanent bleachers, lighting, and scoreboard.

King Hall

A residence hall with double, triple and quad rooms located on South Quad that was originally part of the Shepardson College.

Knapp Hall

Built in 1968, Knapp Hall is home to eight academic departments and a performance space.

Anthropology | Anthropology & Sociology | Black Studies | Educational Studies | Neuroscience | Philosophy | Philosophy, Politics, & Economics | Political Science | Politics and Public Affairs | Psychology | Religion | Women's & Gender Studies

Lamson Lodge

Lamson Lodge is a gathering space featuring a fireplace, patio, volleyball courts and outdoor space.

Main Entrance

The Main Entrance was constructed in 1931 to celebrate the centennial of the college's founding.

Monomoy Annex

Originally the carriage house for Monomoy Place, the annex now serves as staff housing.

Investment Office

Monomoy Place

The historic Monomoy Place hosts formal and informal gatherings for alumni, family, and friends of the college.

Moon Hall

Moon Hall is a social lodge for Denison students, set on the North Quad. Two large buildings with open layouts each can hold 75 to 150 students.

Morrow House

Morrow House is a residence hall with double rooms.

Moshier-Huchison House

Moshier-Huchison is a residence hall for students with single and double rooms built in 1952 for the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity.

Mulberry House

Mulberry House is home to a 1100 square foot lab with tools to help artists explore intersections of their disciplines.

MIX Gallery

Myers Hall

Myers Hall is an apartment-style residential community for senior students.

Nest, The

Originally built as a bowling alley, the Nest now serves as a casual dining, hang-out, and event space.

Dining Services

Olin Science Hall

Built in 1994, this building houses the departments of physics, astronomy, geosciences, mathematics and computer science.

Actuarial Science | Astronomy | Computational Science | Computer Science | Data Analytics | Earth and Environmental Sciences | Geosciences | Mathematics | Physics

Pi Beta Phi

Located in Granville, the Pi Beta Phi house serves as a chapter and gathering space for the sorority.

Polly Anderson Field Station

The Polly Anderson Field Station, erected in 1995, houses a large laboratory for class meetings, research space for students and faculty, and a telescope.

Practice Fields

The Practice Fields are used for collegiate sports and some of them provide additional space for intramural sports.

Pratt Hall

Pratt Hall is an apartment-style residential community for senior students.

President's House

The President's House is home to the university president and serves as a reception space for Denison-related gatherings.

Preston House

A residence hall located on North Quad with single and double rooms built in 1928 for the fraternity Phi Delta Theta.

Recycling Center

This facility on Pearl Street offers recycling for the Granville community. Recycling of electronics: Monday - Friday, 10 am - 1 pm only.

Reese House

Reese House (formerly Beth Eden) is home to the Office of the President, Provost, Finance & Management, Business Services, and Registrar.

Accounting | Business Services | Controller's Office | Finance & Management | President's Office | Provost's Office | Purchasing | Registrar

Rose House

Given to Denison in 1917, Rose house serves as a residence hall for students.

Sawyer Hall

Built in 1925, Sawyer Hall is a residential community with single, double, and suite-style rooms on East Quad.

Schaff House

A residential community with almost all single rooms located on North Quad.

Shaw Hall

A residence hall with a mix of single, double, triple and suite style rooms located on East Quad built in 1939.

Global Living Community

Shepardson Hall

Named in honor of Dr. Shepardson, president of the women's college that merged with Denison, Shepardson is a suite-style residence hall.

Shorney Hall

A residence hall with single and double rooms on West Quad.

Sigma Chi

Built in 1930 for the Sigma Chi Fraternity, this building is home to administrative staff and Emeriti Faculty.

Silverstein Hall

Silverstein Hall is comprised of apartments for Denison seniors, enabling every senior student the option of living in apartment-style housing.

Smith Hall

A residential community, Smith Hall has double and triple room options.

Softball Field

A softball field used for intercollegiate practice and competition for the Big Red softball team.

Stone Hall

Stone Hall is an apartment-style residential community on South Quad.

Sunset House

Originally built for the American Commons Club, this building houses students in single rooms on North Quad.

Swasey Observatory

Built in 1909, the Swasey Observatory is home to a 9-inch refracting telescope, an astronomy library and dark rooms.

Talbot Hall of Biological Science

Home to the department of Biology, Talbot hall was built in 2003 as part of the academic quad expansion.

Biology

Taylor House

Built in 1959, Taylor House houses students in apartment-style rooms.

Whisler Hall

Whisler Hall is home to human resources, student accounts, mail services, and copy center.

Business Services | Denison Copy Center | Human Resources | Student Accounts | Student Accounts & Financial Aid | Title IX

Wright Hall

A senior residential community, Wright Hall houses students in four-person apartments.

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