Chronological List
The following is a chronological listing of the buildings of Syracuse University. This list has been prepared and is maintained by the Syracuse University Archives. To obtain detailed information on any of the buildings listed below, visit the alphabetical list or SU buildings link.
1887 — Holden Observatory
1889 — John Crouse College of Fine Arts
1889 — Tolley Building / Von Ranke Library
1892 — Women's Gymnasium (eventually became Journalism Building)
1895 — Law College
1896 — SU College of Medicine (until 1937), dedicated 1958 as Peck Hall / University College
1898 — Steele Hall
1898 — University Block
1900 — Winchell Hall, Dormitory for Women
1902 — Lyman C. Smith College of Applied Science
1903 — Heating Plant
1904 — Haven Hall, Dormitory for Women
1906 — Yates Castle, Renwick Castle
1907 — Archbold Stadium
1907 — Bowne Hall of Chemistry
1907 — Carnegie Library
1907 — Lyman Hall of Natural History
1907 — Machinery Hall
1907 — Sims Hall, Dormitory for Men
1909 — Archbold Gymnasium
1914 — Photography Building
1914 — Reid Hall opened March, 1914 as Syracuse Dispensary, named Reid Hall in 1958
1915 — Chancellor's Residence / purchased from William Nottingham for Chancellor's use — Constructed 1901/2
1917 — Bray Hall: New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University
1918 — Slocum Hall
1930 — Hendricks Chapel
1930 — Recreation Hall for Nurses
1933 — Louis Marshall Memorial Building: New York State College of Forestry at SU
1937 — College of Medicine: third building, now Upstate Medical Center
1937 — Maxwell Hall of Citizenship and Public Affairs
1937 — James A Ten Eyck Boat House / Onondaga Lake
1948 — Pinebrook Conference Center / Upper Saranac Lake
1952 — Joe and Emily Lowe Art Center
1952 — Robert Shaw Dormitory for Women (Shaw Living/Learning Center)
1952 — New Steam Plant
1953 — Hoople Special Education Building
1953 — Washington Arms, Dormitory for Women
1954 — Women's Building
1954 — Minnowbrook Conference Center / Blue Mountain Lake
1954 — Sagamore Conference Center / Raquette Lake
1954 — Watson and Marion Halls, Dormitories for Men
1954 — Ernest I. White College of Law
1955 — Morris and Fannie Haft Co-operative Dormitory for Women
1955 — Hinds Hall: College of Engineering
1955 — Sherbrooke Apartments purchased by S. U.
1956 — Crouse House
1956 — Brewster House
1956 — Lubin Hall: College of Business Administration Research and Faculty offices. Purchased by SU from Sigma Chi Fraternity and completely renovated
1956 — Mount Olympus: Flint Hall Dormitory for Women
1957 — Baker Laboratory: Forestry College
1958 — Chapel House: purchased by SU from Beta Theta Pi Fraternity in 1957, originally built in 1929
1958 — Mount Olympus: Day Hall Dormitory for Women and Graham Hall
1958 — Regent Theatre
1958 — Continental Can Building: S. U. Press Building
1959 — SU Hospital of the Good Shephard Rehabilitation Center
1959 — Vincent Apartments: purchased by SU constructed 1950/1
1960 — Sadler Hall, Dormitory for Men
1961 — Huntington B. Crouse Classroom Building
1961 — DellPlain Dormitory
1961 — Ambassador and Roosevelt Apartments purchased
1962 — George Leroy Manley Fieldhouse
1962 — Kimmel Dormitory
1963 — Biological Research Building
1963 — Booth Hall Dormitory
1964 — Samuel I. Newhouse Communications Center
1964 — Haven Hall Dormitory for Women
1965 — Lawrinson Dormitory for Men
1966 — Brewster Hall
1966 — Boland Hall
1966 — Toomey / Abbott Towers
1966 — St. Mary's
1966 — Grant Auditorium (College of Law)
1967 — Physics Building
1967 — Forestry College Biological Sciences and Library Building (Moon Library)
1970 — Link Hall Engineering Building
1972 — William B. Heroy Geology Laboratory
1972 — Ernest S. Bird Library
1972 — Ruth Van Arsdale Henry Student Health Center and Hospital of the Good Shepherd
1972 — Skytop Housing Complex Phase I
1972 — Gebbie Clinic: dedicated Nov. 4, 1972
1973 — Newhouse Communications Center II
1973 — Skytop Administrative Services Building
1974 — Skytop Housing Complex Phase II
1974 — Faculty Center (now Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center)
1980 — Carrier Dome
1982 — Hawkins Building
1982 — Comstock Art Facility
1983 — Crouse-Hinds Hall
1984 — Barclay Law Library (College of Law)
1985 — Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center
1985 — Hildegarde and J. Meyer Schine Student Center
1989 — The Center for Science and Technology
1989 — Minnowbrook Lodge
1989 — Lora and Alfred Flanagan Gymnasium
1990 — Paul Greenberg House, Washington, D.C.
1990 — Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer Art Building
1990 — Ann and Alfred Goldstein Student Center
1993 — Melvin A. Eggers Hall
1997 — Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center (formerly Faculty Center)
1998 — MacNaughton Hall (Law School)
2000 — Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion
2005 — Management Building, Whitman School of Management
2007 — Newhouse Communications Center III