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. Several buildings were on the National Register of Historic Places, including Bailey Hall,
Caldwell Hall Caldwell Hall may refer to: ;In the United States * Caldwell Hall (Catholic University of America), a residence hall * Caldwell Hall (Pine Bluff, Arkansas), listed on the NRHP in Arkansas * Caldwell Hall (Georgia Tech), a residence hall at the Geo ...
, Computing and Communications Center (formerly Comstock Hall),
East Roberts Hall East Roberts Hall was a building on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, which opened on Wednesday, October 10, 1906. Originally just referred to as the Dairy Building, it was not called East Roberts Hall until 1923 when other dep ...
(demolished), Fernow Hall,
Morrill Hall Morrill Hall may refer to (all are buildings named for Justin Smith Morrill): *Morrill Hall (Cornell University), the building at Cornell University *Morrill Hall, a campus building located at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign *Morri ...
, Rice Hall, Roberts Hall (Demolished), and Stone Hall (demolished). Also
Telluride House The Telluride House, formally the Cornell Branch of the Telluride Association (CBTA), and commonly referred to as just "Telluride", is a highly selective intentional community, residential community of Cornell University students and faculty. ...
, Deke House, and
Llenroc Llenroc is a Gothic revival villa built for Ezra Cornell, the founder of Cornell University. It is located at 100 Cornell Avenue in Ithaca, New York, United States, just below the Cornell University campus. Since 1911, it has been the home o ...
. Architects who are Cornell alumni are listed with their class year.


Central (Main) campus

Academic, administrative, and athletics buildings between Cascadilla Gorge and Fall Creek Gorge.


West Campus, Collegetown, and Downtown

The Gothic dormitories on West Campus were originally established as the men's residence area. The Class Halls and Noyes Community Center were built behind the Gothics after World War II. The West Campus Initiative demolished the Class Halls and old Noyes between 2005-2008 and in their place were built the Bethe, Rose, Becker, and Keeton residences and Noyes Recreation Center.


North Campus

North Campus was originally established as the location for women's residences, starting with Risley, Donlon, and Dickson Halls. A suite system was introduced with the construction of five Low Rises, two High Rises, and Robert Purcell Union, built between 1969-1975 and designed by
Gyo Obata Gyo Obata (小圃 暁, February 28, 1923 – March 8, 2022) was an American architect, the son of painter Chiura Obata and his wife, Haruko Obata, a floral designer. In 1955, he co-founded the global architectural firm HOK (formerly Hellmuth, O ...
of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassbaum. The 2001 North Campus Residential Initiative attempted to bring "order to the chaos" of North Campus.


Demolished or former buildings


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Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...