Campus of Dartmouth College


Dartmouth College is located in the rural town of Hanover in the Upper Valley of the Connecticut River in the New England state of New Hampshire. Dartmouth's campus centered on the Green makes the institution the largest private landowner in the town of Hanover, and its landholdings and facilities are valued at an estimated $419 million. Dartmouth's campus buildings vary in age from several early 19th century buildings to a number of ongoing construction projects. Most of Dartmouth's buildings are designed in the Georgian style, a theme which has been preserved in recent architectural additions.

Undergraduate college facilities

House communities system

Dartmouth operates a system of six residential colleges similar to those found at fellow Ivy League institutions Harvard and Yale as well as the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Although every Dartmouth undergraduate is a member of a house, some students choose to live in Greek houses, unaffiliated on-campus housing or move off campus entirely. Dartmouth houses approximately 3,300 students in its facilities, or about 85% of the student body; the remaining 15% opt to live in off-campus housing.

Greek houses and other undergraduate societies

BuildingImageConstructedNotesReference
Alpha Chi Alpha1896The Alpha Chi Alpha house was built and owned by the Emery family before being occupied by Alpha Chi Rho fraternity between 1956 and 1961. In 1963, the organization became Alpha Chi Alpha.
Alpha Delta192XAlpha Delta Phi built this house to replace their prior home on the same plot. In 1969, the name was changed to Alpha Delta.
Alpha Theta1940–1941The Alpha Theta house, built by ΑΘ's predecessor fraternity Theta Chi, was a replacement for an older building whose furnace leaked, killing nine house members.
Amarna192XAmarna, a college undergraduate society, moved into this house on East Wheelock Street in 1993.
Beta Alpha Omega1931After being removed from campus in 1997, Beta Theta Pi was reformed as Beta Alpha Omega in the fall of 2008, re-occupying its house after renting it to sorority Alpha Xi Delta during its time off-campus.
Bones Gate1925Bones Gate, formerly Delta Tau Delta, moved into this house from an older structure on North Main Street. It was rebuilt following a fire in 1929.
Casque and Gauntlet1823This house at 1 South Main Street houses Casque & Gauntlet, a senior society founded in 1886.
Chi Gamma Epsilon1937Kappa Sigma, later Chi Gamma Epsilon, built this structure as a replacement for their 1915 building.
Chi Heorot1929 c.The Chi Heorot house at 11 East Wheelock Street was built to replace their 1795 structure.
Cobra Hall1898-1915 ca.This college-owned house at 13 Summer Street served as Dartmouth's Hillel house before the Roth Center for Jewish Life was finished in 1998. It is now used by Cobra, a women's senior society founded in 1979.
Chi Delta1898The Chi Delta house was built as a faculty duplex, and its halves were variously occupied by Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and college substance-free housing. Tri-Delta occupied the house around 1992, and its two halves were joined around 1994. In 2015, Tri-Delta disaffiliated from the national organization and became Chi Delta.
Dragon Society1995–1996The Dragon Society's former tomb was demolished to make way for Berry Library, and the college helped build this one as replacement. It stands on a hill overlooking College Street.
Epsilon Kappa Theta1896This house was built for a professor and was leased to the Mary Hitchock Memorial Hospital School of Nursing during the 1940s. After being occupied by a number of failed coeducational societies, it was obtained by the college. EKT began renting it in 1991.
Fire & Skoal House1893-1896 ca.Fire & Skoal, a senior society, has occupied this building on Park Street since 1984.
Gamma Delta Chi1936 ca.This house was built following the merger of two societies to form Gamma Delta Chi. The house has an underground basketball court underneath the porch.
Kappa Delta Epsilon1898–1899Privately owned until 1950, the house was used as the initial location of the Foley House until Alpha Chi Omega, eventually KDE, obtained it in 1984.
Kappa Kappa Gamma1842Originally standing on the site of the east entrance to Baker Library, this house was moved to its present location on East Wheelock Street in the 1920s. Kappa Kappa Gamma has occupied it since before 1986.
Kappa Pi Kappa1925Tri-Kap's third residence, at 1 Webster Avenue, was funded by the college in return for the fraternity's property on the site of Silsby Hall.
Panarchy1835Panarchy resides in an off-campus house with a Doric temple front and cupola. It was bought in the early 20th century by a local fraternity whose descendant, Phi Sigma Psi, became the current undergraduate society of Panarchy around 1992.
Phi Delta Alpha1902Phi Delta Theta was the first fraternity to establish itself on Webster Avenue. In 1960, its name changed to Phi Delta Alpha.
Phi Tau2002Phi Tau's current building was built as part of Dartmouth's construction of Berry Library and other north campus development.
Psi Upsilon1908Psi Upsilon's house was constructed on an empty lot previously housing a local hatter.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon1931This structure replaced Sigma Alpha Epsilon's house on the same site.
Sigma Delta1936–1937Originally belonging to Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, the college bought this structure in the 1970s and rented it to Dartmouth's first sorority, Sigma Kappa.
Sigma Nu1925Sigma Nu's house at 12 Webster Avenue has undergone numerous alterations since its 1925 construction.
Sigma Phi Epsilon1896This house was privately owned until at least 1950; the college acquired the property from the Cardigan Mountain School in 1953 and leased it to Sigma Phi Epsilon later that year. A wing was added in 1959. The fraternity purchased the property in 1964. In June 2010, the fraternity demolished the worn out and now inadequate building to make room for a new house completed at the end of 2010.
Sphinx1903The Sphinx tomb on East Wheelock Street was designed by Manchester architect William M. Butterfield.
The Tabard1932The Eta-Eta chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity, a descendant of a Chandler School society, built this house to replace a previous burned structure. The fraternity adopted the name The Tabard, a reference to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, on April 20, 1960, and became coeducational in the 1970s.
Theta Delta Chi1925This house stands on land used by Eleazar Wheelock for a garden. It was constructed in 1924 to replace the fraternity's earlier house on this site after it burned.
Zeta Psi1925Zeta Psi began in 1853 but lapsed during the 1860s and late 19th century. It lost college recognition in 2001 but regained recognition in 2009.

Graduate school facilities

Geisel School of Medicine

The buildings of the Geisel School of Medicine are clustered on the north end of the Dartmouth campus, known as the "north campus."
BuildingImageConstructedNotesReference
1 Rope Ferry Road19371 Rope Ferry Road, originally called the Hitchcock Clinic, was renamed after the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center moved from Hanover to the neighboring city of Lebanon. It now houses administrative offices of the Medical School, including the Dean's Office.
3 Rope Ferry Road1893Formerly the Women's Ward of the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, 3 Rope Ferry Road now serves as the Medical School's Admissions department.
Dana Biomedical Library1963–1964Dana Biomedical Library, built with a grant from the Charles A. Dana Foundation. As of April 15, 2013, the Dana Biomedical Library has operated out of the 3rd floor of 37 Dewey Field Road. As of spring 2018 this building is being converted for other purposes.
Kellogg Auditorium1962Kellogg Auditorium is a Medical School meeting forum connected to Remsen by a skybridge.
Remsen Medical Sciences Building1959–1960Remsen, along with Vail, is one of the two main buildings of the Medical School campus, housing offices, labs, and classrooms.
James D. Vail Medical Sciences Building1971–1973Vail is an eight-story building which, along with Remsen, houses the Medical School's offices, labs, and classrooms.

Thayer School of Engineering

The Thayer School of Engineering is located adjacent to the Tuck School of Business on the western edge of campus, near the Connecticut River. It currently comprises three buildings, and it shares the Murdough Center with the Tuck School of Business.
BuildingImageConstructedNotesReference
Horace Cummings Memorial Hall1939This $200,000 building was built as the main facility of the Thayer School, with additional wings added in 1945–1947 and 1976.
MacLean Engineering Sciences Center2004–2006Completed at a cost of just under $21 million, MacLean provides both research and teaching space for the Thayer School.
Class of 1982 Engineering and Computer Science Center2020–2022Adjoined to MacLean, ECSC also houses faculty from the Department of Computer Science.

Tuck School of Business

Like the Thayer School of Engineering, the Tuck School of Business is located in a complex on the western side of campus, along the Connecticut River.
BuildingImageConstructedNotesReference
Buchanan Hall1968Originally called the "Tuck Mall Dorm", Buchanan is a Tuck dormitory. It contains 68 singles and five suites.
Byrne Hall1992Byrne Hall contains classrooms, study/interview rooms, and a dining facility operated by Dartmouth Dining Services with seating in the PepsiCo Dining Room.
Chase Hall1930Named after College alumnus Salmon P. Chase, Chase was originally built as a dormitory. Now, it contains the Tuck School's admissions and financial aid offices, as well as some faculty offices.
Murdough Center1973The Murdough Center is shared by the Tuck School and the Thayer School. In addition to lecture halls and some offices, the center houses the Feldberg Business and Engineering Library. The name is derived from a large donation made to Dartmouth by Thomas G. Murdough, the founder of Little Tikes.
Stell Hall1930Stell was originally a refectory, but upon the completion of Byrne Hall in the early 1990s, it was converted to a common space for students, faculty and staff with an events hall on the first floor and a mailroom and office services area below that. Stell Hall was named after Julia Stell, Edward Tuck's wife.
Tuck Hall1930Tuck Hall serves as the main administrative building of the Tuck School.
Achtmeyer, Pineau-Valencienne, and Raether Halls2007–2008Tuck's newest residence halls include residential rooms, study and conference rooms, a library, common kitchens, laundry room, and lounges. It also includes classrooms and a large common space, the McLaughlin Atrium in Raether Hall, with fireplace, sofas, and ample room to relax or study. A balcony, open in warmer months, has deck chairs, tables, and a view of the Connecticut River.
Whittemore Hall1999–2000Whittemore Hall is a dormitory for Tuck students, housing 60 first-year students.
Woodbury Hall1930Named after college alumnus Levi Woodbury, Woodbury Hall, originally built as a dormitory, was converted to office space in the late 1980s. It contains Tuck's five research centers.