Part 1: Campus Profile - SUNY Cobleskill

SUNY Cobleskill Facilities Master Plan – Phase 1 Report
November 2011
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
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No. 48, Brickyard Point
No. 58, Turf Grass
No. 59, Field House
No. 60, Carriage House
No. 100, Child Care
Center
Brickyard Point
Building No. 48
This facility is used as a student recreation center. The
upper floor has a lounge that is equipped with a fireplace,
pool table and a DVD Theater with a large flat screen
panel. Most of the lower floor serves as a night club and
social/dance center featuring “DJs” and live entertainment
where non-alcoholic beverages and snacks are served. The
building also contains the Student Government Office and
the headquarters of the Student Medical Response Team.
Equine Training Center
Building No. 49
The expansive, high-ceilinged interior of the building was
appropriate for its previous use as an indoor riding arena.
Since the new riding arena was constructed as part of the
Equestrian Center up the hill, this building has been used as
much-needed housing space for horses.
Horse Barn
Building No. 50
Formerly referred to as Livestock Housing, this building is
used as a horse barn.
Fish and Wildlife House
Building No. 51
This small wood structure is currently being used by the
Fisheries and Wildlife Department for office space and
storage.
Central Maintenance Storage
The building was originally a Department of Transportation
Garage. It is now used by the Fisheries and Wildlife
Department as classroom and storage space. The Facilities
Department also stores equipment in part of the building.
Maintenance Storage
The building is used for storage space.
Volatile Storage Building
This building, located on the northeast side of Wheeler
Hall, is an unoccupied space used for storing science lab
chemicals.
Turf Grass
Building No. 58
The building was reportedly constructed through the efforts
of a faculty member. Formerly used for storage, a portion
of the facility is now used as a classroom
Field House
Building No. 59
The Field House is located adjacent to the College’s athletic
courts and fields on the east side of the campus.
Carriage House
Building No. 60
This 117-year old building appears to have been used as a
barn at one time. The College uses it for storage
Walter’s Barn
The building is used as a heifer barn and for storing farm
machinery.
New Dairy Barn Complex
Building No. 93
Completed in 2002, the state-of-the-art dairy facility is
located on a hill northwest of the Mackey Service Center.
The complex includes a 200-cow free-stall barn, a hospital
barn, observation areas, offices, bunker silos, and a
milking parlor with a computerized system that monitors
the health, movement and production of each cow. The
manure handling system flushes the barn into a system that
separates solids from liquids and recycles both for reuse
through crop irrigation and composting.
Child Care Complex
Building No. 100
One of the facility owned by the campus, the Child Care
Center is located northeast of the Curtis Mott Building,
adjacent to the large campus commuter parking lot. The
Center is licensed by the New York State Department of
Social Services and accredited by the National Academy of
Early Childhood Programs. The Center is licensed to care
for 91 children between the ages of two months to twelve
years. Students in SUNY Cobleskill’s Early Childhood
Practicum spend 20 hours per week for eight weeks working
in the Center’s classrooms.
Center for Environmental Science and Technology
Building No. 104
This newly constructed building has been occupied since
2010. The facility includes an energy research and
demonstration laboratory, science research laboratories,
classrooms, and adaptable training and learning spaces.
Residential buildings on campus include:
Pearson Hall (Building No. 31)
Vroman Hall (Building No. 33)
Wieting Hall (Building No. 34)
Dix Hall (Building No. 35)
Draper Hall (Building No. 36)
Davis Hall (Building No. 43)
Parsons Hall (Building No. 44)
Porter Hall (Building No. 45)
Ten Eyck Hall (Building No. 46)
Fake Hall (Building No. 47)
Other buildings include:
Hay Storage (Building No. 18)
Trailers (Building No. 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D)
Greenhouse (Building No. 53)
Arena (Building No. 102)
Buildings to be Demolished
A number of buildings are slated to be demolished make way
for the new Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources:
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Plant Science Lab (Greenhouses)
Hodder Hall
Hay Storage
Old Dairy Barn
Fish Hatchery
Animal Husbandry
Meat Processing
Livestock Housing
The Carriage House, one of the oldest existing structures on
the campus, is to be relocated.
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