List of Brown University buildings
Academic Facilities

List of Brown University buildings

Section Title: Academic Facilities
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Building	Image	Architect	Constructed	Notes	Reference

Alumnae Hall	-	Andrews, Jones, Biscoe and Whitmore	1927	Built of brick with limestone trim, was designed to accommodate the social and religious activities of the Women’s College. Its main entrance is a balustraded stone terrace on the campus leading to an auditorium on the main floor.

Applied Math Building	-	Architecture Research Office	2015	Provides office space for applied mathematics faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and visitors, as well as meeting and seminar rooms.

Arnold Laboratory	-	Clarke & Howe	1915	Built with a donation from Dr. Oliver H.

Barus and Holley Building	-	Sherwood, Mills and Smith	1963–1965	Named for faculty member and physicist Carl Barus and engineer Alexander Lyman Holley (class of 1853), Barus and Holley is home to the University's Physics Department and School of Engineering.

Barus Hall	-	1900

88 Benevolent Street	-	1867	Location of the studios and offices for WBRU

Blistein House	-	1867	Named for Elmer Blistein, Professor of Shakespeare; first Jew to graduate from Brown and first to teach there.

333 Brook Street	-	1900

341 Brook Street	-	1895

68½ Brown Street	-	2001

70 Brown Street	-	2001

Dyer House	-	John Holden Greene	1822

Edward W. Kassar House	-	1884	Originally built for Nancy Bishop, the University acquired the house in 1977 and named the building in honor of Edward W.

Engineering Research Center	-	KieranTimberlake	2018	This three-story facility features a 4,000-square-foot clean room for nanotechnology and electronics research. It has 20 lab modules which support large, collaborative research groups.

Feinstein House	-	1917

Frederick Lippitt and Mary Ann Lippitt House	-	1865

Friedman Hall	-	Gould and Angell	1891	Originally built as "Wilson Hall," the building was extensively renovated in 2017-2018 and re-dedicated as Friedman Hall.

Thomas Whitaker house	-	John Holden Greene	1821

155 George Street	-	1930

180 George Street	-	Philip Johnson	1961	The Computing Laboratory was built to house an IBM7070 computer. The building was reassigned for the use of the Applied Mathematics Division with the opening of the Center for Information Technology in 1988.

182 George Street	-	Angell and Swift	1885	The Henry and Elizabeth Pearce Estate. Designed by Providence architects Angell and Swift in the Romanesque Revival style, after Henry Hobson Richardson.

Giancarlo Laboratories	-	Payette Associates	2001	The Giancarlo Laboratories bears the name Charles Giancarlo (class of 1979) of Cisco Systems, Inc.. The laboratory provides the main entrance into the engineering buildings and adjoins the Barus and Holley Building and Prince Engineering Laboratory.

Giddings House	-	1908

Granoff Center for the Creative Arts	-	Diller Scofidio + Renfro	2011	A 38,815 square-foot, three-story, interdisciplinary arts center

Grant Recital Hall	-	1845

190 Hope Street	-	1865

Horace Mann House	-	Richard Upjohn	1854	Built for Seth Adams, Jr. in 1854, this brick Italianate double house (or duplex) building at 47-49 (formerly 24-26) George Street was designed by Richard Upjohn, first president of the American Institute of Architects.

Jerimoth Hill property	JerimothHill2.JPG	N/A	N/A	In 1953, Walter Raymond Turner (class of 1911) donated a 5-acre (20,000 m2) plot of land (as well as an easement to access the land from Route 101) atop Jerimoth Hill to the University.

Lincoln Field Building	-	1903

List Art Center	-	Philip Johnson	1971

Lyman Hall	-	1891

W. Duncan MacMillan Hall	-	Koetter, Kim & Associates	1998	The building was named for Whitney Duncan MacMillan, the principal benefactor. It houses facilities for chemistry, geology and environmental sciences research and instruction.

Manning Hall	-	1834

29 Manning Street	-	1938

37 Manning Street	-	1897

Marston Hall	-	1926

Maxcy Hall	-	1895

Mencoff Hall	-	1844

Metcalf Research Laboratory	-	1930

Morrison-Gerard Studio	-	1845

Nicholson House	-	Stone and Carpenter	1878–1879	Originally built for Francis W. Goddard, Nicholson House is named in honor of Mr.

Paolino Building	-	1850

Partridge Hall	-	1894	Currently houses the Brown Center for Students of Color (BCSC), which was formerly known as the Third World Center.

Prospect House	-	1875

Prince Engineering Laboratory	-	Sherwood, Mills and Smith	1962	Part of the engineering complex, Prince Engineering Laboratory is named for Frank John Prince (director of the Universal Match Corporation of St.

Rhode Island Hall	-	Tallman & Bucklin	1840, 2009	Rhode Island Hall, so named because the majority of the funds for erecting the building came from Rhode Island residents, was originally built to house classrooms and laboratory space for the Departments of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Geology, and Natural History.

222 Richmond Street	Brown Alpert Medical School Med-Ed Building.JPG	1928	Converted to Medical Education building for Alpert Medical School, opened in 2011.

Robinson Hall	-	1878	Originally built as a library. That use ended when the John Hay Library was built. Currently houses the Economics Department.

Rochambeau House	-	1929

Salomon Center	-	1862

Sayles Hall	-	Alpheus C. Morse	1881	Romanesque; memorial to William Clark Sayles

70 Ship Street	-	1912	Home to the Laboratories for Molecular Medicine.

Shirley Miller House	-	1915

Sidney E. Frank Hall for Life Sciences	-	The Ballinger Company	2006	A five-story, 169,000-square-foot glass and brick structure devoted to the study of human biology. It is named for liquor magnate Sidney Frank, Brown Class of 1942, and the university's largest donor up to that time.

Smith-Buonanno Hall	-	Stone, Carpenter & Willson	1907	Built as the women's gymnasium and originally known as Sayles Gym. Extensively renovated in 2000 by KITE Architects.

121 South Main Street	-	Edward Larrabee Barnes	1984	Purchased in 2005, 121 South Main Street is an 11-story building located along the Providence River in Providence's central business district.

Steinert Hall	-	1966

Stephen Robert Hall	Toshiko Mori	2019	280 Brook Street. Part of the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.

T.F. Green Hall	-	1959

135 Thayer Street	-	1928

151 Thayer Street	-	19??

Walter Hall	-	1857

70 Waterman Street	-	1859

85 Waterman Street (formerly known as Hunter Laboratory)	-	1958 (Renovated 2014)	Hunter Laboratory went through major renovations in 2014 by Toshiko Mori Architects, which focused on making the building more environmentally friendly.

131 Waterman Street	-	1852

133 Waterman Street	-	1885

137 Waterman Street	-	1910

Watson Center of Information Technology	-	1988

Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs	-	Rafael Viñoly	2001	111 Thayer street

Wilbour Hall	-	Stone, Carpenter & Willson	1888	Named for Charles Edwin Wilbour

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Wilbour Hall named for Charles Edwin Wilbour at Brown University.

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