Whitman College Campus Map 2019

23 Amphitheatre
46 Anderson Hall (residence hall)*
31 Asian Studies House (interest house)*
33 Baker Center (Alumni Relations and Annual Giving)*
14 Baker Ferguson Fitness Center/Harvey Pool
4 Beta Theta Pi (fraternity house)
41 Bike Shop
40 Boyer House (Communications)*
17 Bratton Tennis Center
48 Cleveland Commons (dining hall)*
15 College House (residence hall)*
50 Community Service House (interest house)*
18 Cordiner Hall (auditorium)
38 Dance Studio*
32 Das Deutsche Haus (interest house)*
27 Environmental House (interest house)*
30 Fine Arts House (interest house)*
43 Fouts Center for Visual Arts*
3 Gardens (Organic and Water-Wise)
51 Global Awareness House (interest house)*
39 Glover Alston Center*
44 Hall of Music (includes Chism Recital Hall)*
7 Hall of Science (includes Brattain Auditorium)
13 Harper Joy Theatre
(includes Alexander and Freimann stages)*
36 Hunter Conservatory (includes Kimball Theatre)*
10 Jewett Hall (residence/dining hall)*
21 Lakum Duckum
29 La Casa Hispana (interest house)*
28 La Maison Française (interest house)*
11 Lyman House (residence/dining hall)*
22 Maxey Hall (social sciences, includes Maxey Auditorium)*
20 Memorial Building (administration)*
47 Multi-Ethnic Center for Cultural Awareness
(MECCA/interest house)*
8 Olin Hall (humanities/mathematics and
computer science)*
25 Penrose House (Admission)*
12 Penrose Library*
2 Phi Delta Theta (fraternity house)
1 Physical Plant
35 Prentiss Hall (residence/dining hall)*
37 Reid Campus Center (bookstore/café)
9 Sheehan Art Gallery
19 Sherwood Athletic Center
(includes climbing wall)*
42 Sherwood House (president’s residence)*
6 Sigma Chi (fraternity house)
45 Stanton Hall (residence hall)*
5 Tau Kappa Epsilon (fraternity house)
26 Welty Health Center (counseling and health services)*
34 William O. Douglas Hall (residence hall)*
16 Whitman Technology Services/Security*
49 Writing House (interest house)*
*Gender inclusive restroom available in this building.
E. SUMACH ST.
TUKANON ST.
NORTH OF CAMPUS
TUKANON ST.
E. SUMACH ST.
Dance
Studio
PALOUSE ST.
Whitman
Technology
Services/
Security
Glover
Alston
Center
Boyer
House
Glover
Alston
Center
Dance
Studio
ROSE ST.
TOUCHET ST.
Boyer
House
38 40
39
41
Bike
Shop
Whitman
Technology
Services/
Security
38
ALDER ST.
PALOUSE ST.
TOUCHET ST.
39
16
SHADY RILL ST.
PARK ST.
ROSE ST.
16
Bratton
Tennis Center
17
MARCUS ST.
40
41
Bike
Shop
MAIN ST.
15
15
N. ROSE ST.
Bratton
Tennis Center
17
Fouts Center
for Visual Arts
43
PARK ST.
MAIN ST.
College
House
BOYER AVE.
37
14
BAKER ST.
Cordiner Hall
18
Reid
Campus
Center
Stanton Hall
SHADY RILL ST.
Borleske
Stadium/
Athletic Fields
College
House
MARCUS ST.
14
Hall of
Music
44
N. ROSE ST.
BAKER ST.
Baker Ferguson
Fitness Center
Baker Ferguson
Fitness Center
PARK ST.
Cordiner Hall
BOYER AVE.
45
Borleske
Stadium/
Athletic Fields
Hunter
Conservatory
36
Sherwood
Athletic
Center
19
18
37
Fouts Center
for Visual Arts
Anderson Hall
46
Prentiss Hall
Cleveland
Commons
43
Organic
Garden
Water-Wise
Garden
PARK ST.
Reid
Campus
Center
35
13
Water-Wise
Garden
20
Memorial
Building
Hall of
Science
3
13
Sherwood
Athletic
Center
Penrose
Library
Douglas Hall
LINDEN LN.
48
3
34
47
ALDER ST.
Organic
Garden
Lorem
19
PENROSE AVE.
Hunter
Conservatory
Lakum
Duckum
49
PENROSE AVE.
7
12
33
Baker
Center
OTIS ST.
36
Hall of
Music
Interest
Houses
Physical
Plant
Outdoor
Tennis Courts
Interest
Houses
CYPRESS ST.
50
44
Stanton Hall
Physical
Plant
E. SUMACH ST. E. SUMACH ST.
1
7
Hall of
Science
Beta
Theta Pi
12
Penrose
Library
20
Memorial
Building
Ankeny Field
Cordiner
Glen
BOYER AVE.
VALENCIA ST.
ISAACS AVE.
Olin Hall
10
11
23
22
25
21
30 29 28
32
1
51
8 9
MERRIAM ST.
31
27
Prentiss Hall
35
Anderson Hall
45
Maxey Hall
26
4
Welty
Health
Center
46
Cleveland
Commons
VALENCIA ST.
Beta
Theta Pi
ISAACS AVE.
Olin Hall
29 28 Baker
27
10
11
Ankeny Field
23
Outdoor
22
Tennis Courts
Maxey Hall
25
21
Lakum
Cordiner
Duckum
Glen
30
Center
Phi Delta
Theta
Tau Kappa
Epsilon
Jewett Hall
Lyman House
FIGUEROA ST.
5
34
Douglas Hall
47
LINDEN LN.
48
4
8 9
STANTON ST.
Tekisuijuku
Amphitheatre
Penrose
House
2
ESTRELLA ST.
6
24
33
N. CLINTON ST.S. CLINTON ST.
Sigma Chi
MELROSE ST.
OTIS ST.
Phi Delta
Theta
Tau Kappa
Epsilon
BONSELLA ST.
BOYER AVE.
Lorem
5
Interest
Houses
32
CYPRESS ST.
50
Interest
Houses
49
BONSELLA ST.
2
Jewett Hall
31
51
N. CLINTON ST.
MERRIAM ST.
ESTRELLA ST.
Lyman House
6
STANTON ST.
Sherwood
House
42
26
Sigma Chi
Tekisuijuku
Amphitheatre
Welty
Health
Center
24
Penrose
House
N. CLINTON ST.
Sherwood
House
42
N. CLINTON ST.S. CLINTON ST.
Key Locations
25
37
33
20
Penrose House
Admission Office
Reid Campus Center
Bookstore
Café
Community Service
Intercultural Center
Outdoor Program
Post Office
Student activities/organizations
Student employment
Student Engagement Center
Baker Center
Alumni Office
Memorial Building
Academic Resources
Business Office
Dean of Students
Development
Financial Aid Services
Human Resources
Off-Campus Studies
President
Provost and Dean of the Faculty
Registrar
Residence Life and Housing
Key
MAIN CAMPUS
Student Residences
Administration, Instruction,
Support, etc.
Accessible Entrances
With power-operated doors
Without power-operated doors
ALDER ST.
ALDER ST.

Lorem
CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
Anderson Hall (1954) – A residence hall primarily for
first-year students, Anderson features a large central lounge
with floor-to-ceiling windows, a fireplace and a big backyard
with a sand volleyball court.
Baker Center (1904, renovated 2013) – Named in
honor of Mabel Baker Anderson, wife of Professor L. F.
Anderson, the center houses the offices of Alumni Relations
and Annual Giving. It also contains a reception/meeting
area for faculty, staff and alumni, which was restored and
renamed the Osborne Commons in 2013.
Baker Ferguson Fitness Center (2006) – Named
in honor of longtime trustee Baker Ferguson ’39, this
facility features a multilevel workout center, with
equipment provided by the Parents Fund, and the Paul and
Louise Harvey Pool.
Bratton Tennis Center (1996) – Named in honor
of former Whitman President Walter A. Bratton, the center
houses four indoor courts and features rooftop solar panels.
Cordiner Hall (1968) – A 1,400-seat concert
auditorium, this hall bears the name of Ralph Jarron
Cordiner ’22, who was president and CEO of General
Electric Company. Cordiner features a 3,000-pipe, custombuilt
Holtkamp Company organ and a nine-foot Steinway D
grand piano.
Cleveland Commons (2018) — Named for longtime
Dean of Students Chuck Cleveland, Cleveland Commons
is a 500-seat dining facility that serves the entire campus
community. It is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and
has a variety of food stations and a coffee shop.
Fouts Center for Visual Arts (2008) – Fouts is
home to classroom and exhibit space for the college’s visual
arts program. The center is named for alumna Elizabeth
Fouts van Oppen ’40, honoring her lifelong devotion to the
arts and education.
Fraternity Houses – Beta Theta Pi (1915), Phi Delta
Theta (1915), Sigma Chi (1923) and Tau Kappa Epsilon
(1930) are located on the northern perimeter of the campus.
Hall of Music (1985) – Built around a two-story atrium,
the hall features the 300-seat Catharine Chism Recital Hall,
a music library and laboratory, rehearsal rooms and private
studios for individual instruction.
Hall of Science (1963, expanded 1981 and 2002) –
This facility houses a lecture-demonstration hall named
for physics Nobel Laureate Walter Houser Brattain ’24, a
scanning electron microscope, a nuclear magnetic resonance
spectrometer, the Charles F. Clise Planetarium, the Benjamin
Brown Telescope, the Arthur G. Rempel Greenhouse, the
Stevens Atrium, named for Fred Stevens ’44, and numerous
labs and instrumentation rooms.
Harper Joy Theatre (1958, renovated 1985 and
2011) – The theatre is named in honor of Harper Joy ’22,
a Spokane investment banker. The 315-seat main theatre
features a revolving center stage and side stages. The
theatre also includes the Nancy Simon Classroom and the
Jack Freimann Studio Theatre — named in honor of two
longtime theatre professors — and the Welty Costume
Shop. The lobby houses the largest hanging collection of
theatrical posters in the nation.
Hunter Conservatory (1910, restored 1998) –
Formerly the Whitman Music Conservatory, this facility was
repurposed and renamed to honor Whitman parent Frances
Geiger Hunter in 1998. This magnificent Georgian-style
building features a three-story atrium and the Ruth Baker
Kimball Theatre. It houses the multimedia and computer
graphics lab, the technology services equipment checkout
center, and the departments of rhetoric studies and film and
media studies.
Interest Houses – These houses are for students who
want to share in a residential setting focusing on foreign
language study or other interests, such as environmental
studies, art, writing, community service, multi-ethnic
programs and politics. Each language house has its own
language assistant in residence.
Jewett Hall (1964) and Lyman House (1923,
renovated 1997) – These adjoining co-ed residences with
dining halls are named for George Frederick Jewett, who was
president and chairman of the board of Potlatch Forests, and
Professor W. D. Lyman, a member of the Whitman faculty
from 1889 to 1920.
Maxey Hall (1977, expanded 2010) – Named for the
college’s seventh president, Chester Maxey, Class of 1912,
this academic building houses the departments of sociology,
anthropology, economics, environmental studies, history,
politics and psychology, as well as a natural history museum
and a 350-seat lecture hall.
Memorial Building (1899) – The oldest building
on campus, Memorial is listed on the National Register of
Historic Places. Called “Mem,” it houses administrative
offices, financial aid, academic resources and the Dean of
Students, and meeting rooms.
Olin Hall (1972, expanded 1988, renovated 2009) – This
academic building houses humanities and arts, two lecture
halls, the mathematics and computer science department,
the Donald H. Sheehan Art Gallery and an authentic
Japanese Tea Room.
Penrose House (1921) – Built through gifts from the
Whitman College Alumni Association, this elegant early-
20th century house served for many years as the official
residence of the president of the college. It now houses the
Office of Admission.
Penrose Library (1957, expanded 1974 and
2000) – A four-story, open-stack facility, the library is
named in honor of Stephen B. L. Penrose, third president of
the college. The Whitman College and Northwest Archives
and the Myron Eells Library of Northwest History are
located on the first floor.
Prentiss Hall (1926, renovated 1992) – This Colonial
brick residence hall is named for Narcissa Prentiss Whitman.
It houses independent women students and also chapter
rooms and living sections for four national sororities: Alpha
Phi (1948-1979, reinstalled in 2012), Delta Gamma (1916),
Kappa Alpha Theta (1957) and Kappa Kappa Gamma (1917).
Reid Campus Center (2002) – Named for Pete Reid
’49, longtime administrator, the campus center houses the
Outdoor Program, campus post office, bookstore, student
government and newspaper offices, the student-run FM
radio station KWCW (90.5), the Student Engagement Center
and the Young Ballroom, named for Robert W. Young ’55.
It’s also home to the Reid Market, which offers grab-and-go
dining and a coffee bar.
Sherwood Athletic Center (1968, renovated 2009)
– Named for Donald Sherwood ’22, a local businessman
and longtime trustee, the center contains two gymnasiums,
including the George Ball Court, classrooms, offices, weight
room, aerobic rooms, squash and racquetball courts, saunas,
golf nets and an indoor climbing wall.
Stanton Hall (2018) — Whitman’s first residence hall
for sophomores includes rooms for 150 students, as well
as study rooms, shared kitchen spaces and a large central
community space. The building is named in honor of cellular
industry pioneer and alumnus John W. Stanton ’77.
Welty Health Center (2006) – Operated 24 hours
a day by a certified nursing staff, the Welty Health Center
provides medical and counseling services for students. The
facility is named in memory of Dr. Robert Ford Welty ’35 and
in honor of Elizabeth Main Welty.
William O. Douglas Hall (1970) – Named in honor
of Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Class of 1920,
this co-ed residence hall features nine suites surrounding an
open courtyard.
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