Bates Place Names

Below are the informal and formal names of signature Bates places.

Listed first are place names acceptable for informal or second-reference use. In parentheses are the formal names, which should be used on first reference, if possible, and especially in formal usage (invitations, official memoranda, etc.).

Academic and Campus

• Alumni House
• Alumni Walk
• Bates College Museum of Art
• Bates–Morse Mountain (Bates–Morse Mountain Conservation Area)
• Burgoyne Lakeside Walk (Marjorie Burgoyne Lakeside Walk)
• Canham House
• Carnegie Science Hall
• Chapel
• Chase Hall
• Commons: see “New Commons Building”
• Coram Library
• Cutten Maintenance Center
• Dana Chemistry Hall
• Dunn Guest House
• Gannett Theater
• Hathorn Hall
• Health Center
• Keigwin Amphitheater (Florence J. Keigwin Amphitheater)
• Ladd Library (the George and Helen Ladd Library)
• Lane Hall
• Libbey Forum
• Lindholm House
• Mays Center (Benjamin E. Mays Center; avoid “the Silo” in official uses)
• Intercultural Center
• Museum of Art (Bates College Museum of Art)
• Muskie Archives (Edmund S. Muskie Archives)
• New Commons (New Commons Building)
• Olin Arts Center
• Pettengill Hall (Frederick B. and Ursula P. Pettengill Hall)
  includes: Perry Atrium
• Pettigrew Hall
• Plavin Studio
• President’s House
• Schaeffer Theatre (Miriam Lavinia Schaeffer Theater)
• Shortridge (Bates College Coastal Center at Shortridge)

Athletic

• Alumni Gymnasium
• Bates Squash Center located off campus at 156 Plourde Parkway
• Campus Avenue Field avoid “AstroTurf Field”
• Gray Athletic Building (Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building; avoid “the Cage” in official uses)
• Garcelon Field
• Greene Boathouse
• Lafayette Street Field (Lafayette Street Softball Diamond)
• Leahey Field (William Leahey Baseball Diamond)
• Merrill Gymnasium (Margaret Hopkins Merrill Gymnasium and Field House)
  includes: Waldo Frimon Reis ’24 Wing, Bert Andrews Room, Plavin Studio
• Slovenski Indoor Track (Walter Slovenski Indoor Track)
• Tarbell Pool (Carolyn E. Tarbell Pool)
• Russell Street Track and Field
• Underhill Arena (Joseph A. Underhill Arena)
  includes: Davis Fitness Center
• Wallach Tennis Center (James G. Wallach Tennis Center)

Residential

• 280 College Street
• Clason House
• Davis House
• Frye House
• Frye Street Union
• Hacker House
• Hayes House
• Herrick House
• Holmes House
• Howard House
• Leadbetter House
• Milliken House
• Mitchell House
• Moulton House
• Nash House
• Parsons House
• Pierce House
• Small House
• Stillman House
• Turner House
• Webb House
• Whittier House
• Wilson House
• Wood Street House
• Hedge Hall
• John Bertram Hall
• Page Hall
• Parker Hall
• Rand Hall
• Residential Village
  includes: Moody House, Rzasa House, Arthur P. Hopkins House

• Roger Williams Hall
• Smith Hall
• Wentworth Adams Hall