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The Hall of Languages
"This was the first building built on campus. Prior to its construction classes were held in the Myers Block on E. Genesee and Montgomery Streets in downtown Syracuse. The building was primarily an H-shape with recesses in the front and rear walls on either side of the central section. The rear recesses were partially occupied by coal houses. The east and west towers were part of the original construction; the central tower was not added until 1886..." -
Holden Observatory
"The observatory was the second building on campus and was designed by Archimedes Russell. Interest in astronomy existed at the University since its beginning, and in 1886 Erastus F. Holden notified Chancellor Sims that he was willing to build and equip an observatory. Mr. Holden was the first Vice-President of the Board of Trustees and a prominent Syracuse merchant. The observatory was named in memory of his son, Charles Demerest Holden, a graduate of the S.U. class of 1877 who died in 1883..." -
Tolley Building / Von Ranke Library
"The building was erected to house the library collection of the German historian Leopold von Ranke, purchased for the University though the generosity of the Rev. and Mrs. John M. Reid, former president of Genesee College and trustee of SU from 1888 to 1896..." -
John Crouse College of Fine Arts
"The building was erected through the generosity of John R. Crouse, a wholesale grocer and banker of Syracuse, as well as a Trustee of the University from its founding until his death in 1889. Mr. Crouse was allowed to locate the site of the building and was given free use of the grounds to oversee its construction..." -
Women's Gymnasium and School of Journalism
"The building was constructed where Hendricks Chapel is now located. It was called the Gymnasium and YMCA Building, and had separate sections for women and men students..."
