Campus Tour
Click on the following images to see the many facilities and buildings that make up the Gordon campus.
For an aerial view, see our campus map
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Pedestrian Mall
Adorned with benches, manicured flower beds and a distinctive clock lamp (gift from the Class of 1993), the pedestrian mall is situated between the Lane Student Center, the Phillips Music Center, Lewis Hall and the Chapel.
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Frost Hall
The most distinct building on campus, this stone mansion was once the ornate residence of financier Frederick H. Prince. Frost now houses the main administrative offices and many faculty offices. The expansive lobby retains much of the elegance of the original Prince home, including rare pieces of art from well known North Shore artists and the piano used by A. J. Gordon to compose many famous hymns.
Read more...History of Gordon
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Lane Student Center
The Lane Student Center is located on the pedestrian mall near the chapel. The three story building contains the Chapel and Easton Dining Rooms for students and the Martha Lewis and Presidents Dining Rooms for special events on campus.
Gillies Lounge and Coffeehouse is located on the bottom floor providing an alternative, laid back space for students to eat, study, watch TV and enjoy specialty coffees. On certain evenings, Gillies hosts bands from on and off campus, creating an artistic and vital nightlife.
The building also houses:
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A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel
The A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel opened in 1992. It is the dominant landmark at the College, with its spire providing the tallest point in Wenham. Named for Gordon's founder, the chapel serves as the visual and spiritual focal point of the campus. With a seating capacity of 1,500 the chapel houses:
- Campus worship
- A major performance center for music and the fine arts
- Nationally recognized guest speakers
- Chapel staff offices
- The East-West Institute
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Phillips Music Center
The Phillips Music Center gives the music department at Gordon an outstanding venue for music performance and education north of Boston. Overlooking Coy Pond, one of several ponds on our 500-acre campus the building was funded in large part by a donation given by Gordon Trustee Tom Phillips and his family. Phillips contains:
- Classroom space,
- A state-of-the-art electronic studio
- Sound proofed practice rooms
- A comfortable recital hall
RESIDENCE HALLS
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ON THE QUAD
Bromley Hall
With the majority of students living on campus, Bromley gives upperclassmen an alternative to the typical residence hall. It consists of 30 apartments-29 for students, and one for the resident director. Eleven of these are six-person and the remainder are four-person. Bromley's interior and exterior were renovated in the summer of 1997.
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Chase Hall
Named in honor of Trustee Don Chase and his wife Barbara, Chase Hall has 162 beds and is organized as a series of suites with every two rooms having its own shower and restroom facilities. In addition to the double suites, Chase Hall also has a kitchen on each floor, three classrooms and a spacious lounge area that overlooks the campus quadrangle. Chase is also designed to for energy efficiency in accordance with Gordon's broader aim to promote renewable energy and resources on campus.
Drew Hall
Located between Bromley Hall and Jenks Learning Resource Center, Drew houses 25 students - 11 male and 14 female. It is an intimate community that benefits from its location alongside the campus Quad, and is the closest residence hall to the classrooms. With a newly added deck, it is a place where community is fostered in a distinctive way.
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Ferrin Hall
Opened in 1985-the year Barrington College of Rhode Island merged with Gordon. Ferrin is named for Howard W. Ferrin, a longtime president of Barrington. It includes an open terrace on the lower level suitable for outdoor concerts and events.
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Mini Quad Halls
Along with Chase, three residence halls located alongside the campus quad create a 'neighborhood' style living community. The large lounges and windows create an open space to enjoy many events that have become traditions in their own right. The mini quad halls are Evans, Lewis and Wilson.
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ON THE HILL
Tavilla Hall
Opened in the fall of 1998, Tavilla Hall is named after Trustee Stephen Tavilla. Located on the rocky rise near the main entrance, Tavilla Hall overlooks beautiful Coy Pond and the surrounding woodlands. It houses 151 upperclassmen in apartment-style units.
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Fulton Hall
Located next to Tavilla, Fulton houses 176 students and was dedicated in the fall of 2001. Architecturally, it is nearly identical to Tavilla and Nyland, but rather than being apartment style, it is set up as double-suites that share a bathroom/shower. There are many spacious lounges for hall activities as well as a kitchen area.
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Nyland Hall
Completing the trio on the hill Nyland is a traditional common bathroom style residence for underclassmen. It was dedicated in 2003 in honor of David Nyland. Nyland has three lounges with kitchens and several common meeting/study rooms.
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ON THE ROAD
Road Halls
Located across from the Bennett Center along Grapevine Road, Rider and Dexter Halls are known informally as the road halls. Dexter is home to the Elijah Project (funded by the Lilly Endowment): an intentional community of students dedicated to exploring the theological foundations and practical outworking of God's call on our lives.
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Gedney House
Located next door to the Bennett Athletic Center, Gedney is a small residence hall for 26 students. While it is similar in look to the other four Road Halls, Gedney House has a theme all its own. It is an intentional, multicultural residence hall whose members form a healthy community of diverse individuals within the Body of Christ. One of their hall programs includes cross-cultural small groups who study a work or text addressing racial, class or gender reconciliation.
ACADEMIC | ADMINISTRATIVE | CAMPUS LIFE FACILITIES
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Jenks Library
Built in 1987, Jenks is the hub of educational activity on campus. It houses a collection of more than 250,000 pieces of educational and research literature and many state-of-the-art electronic research tools. Jenks is also home to the Edward Payson Vining Collection-more than 8,000 rare, first edition volumes of Bibles, Shakespearean folios and Americana that are available for scholarly research.
Here you will also find:
- Classrooms
- The Registrar's office
- Academic offices
- Art and photo galleries
- Computer labs and support - CET
- Group study rooms
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MacDonald and Emery Halls
MacDonald Hall contains several classrooms, science labs and office space for faculty. It's linked to Emery Hall, which is dedicated to natural sciences and includes a greenhouse. MacDonald and Emery are also the epicenter of Gordon's 'Green' efforts in sustainable environments, aiding in projects on campus such as the Biodiesel Project and Restore Creation. The facilities within the halls will be integrated and expanded into the impressive Ken Oslen Science Center, construction beginning in 2006.
Ken Olsen Science Center
The Ken Olsen Science Center is the College's most ambitious building endeavor to date: an 80,000 sq. ft. science and technology center, to be equipped with the latest technology and ample space for laboratories and classrooms.
The center will include public spaces for lectures and events, and a Loggia of Technology with exhibits documenting Ken Olsen and the Digital Equipment Corporation's contributions to technology.
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Barrington Center for the Arts
In the fall of 1999 Rhodes became the Barrington Center, the only comprehensive center for the performing and visual arts north of Boston. Barrington is home to the Visual Arts, Communication and Theatre Departments. The building was named in honor of Barrington College of Rhode Island, which merged with Gordon in 1985. It contains:
- 2 art galleries
- A video screening room
- A black box theatre
- Working studio space for artists
- Classrooms and offices
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Bennett Athletic and Recreation Center
The Bennett Athletics and Recreation Center is our 78,000 sq. ft. athletics and recreational sports facility. Upon completion, the Bennett Center won the Athletics Business Magazine Top Ten New Facilities Award for its design and usability. It is home to:
- Gordon Recreation
- Gordon's Fighting Scots Athletics
- Harmeling Physical Therapy
- LaVida outdoor education rock gym
- Variety of classes and activities
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West Campus
Located 5 miles from the Wenham campus, West Campus is located in a large office building in the neighboring town of Beverly. The spacious building is situated on acres of protected woodlands where sightings of deer, rabbits and giant turtles are no rare occasion.
The administrative offices at West Campus are:
- College Counsel
- Development
- Faculty offices
- Finances
- Human Resources
- Information Systems Group (ISG)
It is also home to the Center for Christian Studies
West campus is a state-of-the-art office facility, equipped with:
- A spacious floor plan
- Conference room on each of the two floors
- Catering facilities
- Large conference center available to outside organizations
- Secure wireless network
- Teleconferencing