{"id":1690,"date":"2021-06-04T17:27:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T21:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bco-remodel.bates.edu\/campus-tour\/?post_type=tour-location&#038;p=1690"},"modified":"2025-02-07T13:24:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T18:24:57","slug":"the-quad","status":"publish","type":"tour-location","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-tour\/tour-location\/the-quad\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Quad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-campus-tour-tour-images\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large overhead-view-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/map-quad-900x614.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view.\" class=\"wp-image-1936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/map-quad-900x614.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/map-quad-400x273.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/map-quad-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/map-quad-200x136.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/map-quad.jpg 1270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"1782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/171022_Campus_0024-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Nicole Kumbula \u201920 from Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe. \u201cI haven\u2019t declared my major yet. 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Right now I am going to Commons to meet a bunch of friends for breakfast.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-1782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/171022_Campus_0024-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/171022_Campus_0024-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/171022_Campus_0024-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/171022_Campus_0024-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/171022_Campus_0024.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nicole Kumbula \u201920 from Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe. <br><br>\u201cI haven\u2019t declared my major yet. I am taking classes and exploring. I am here for break, visiting other people\u2019s dorms. It was really fun. I went for movie night with Dean Reese and other students. I enjoyed relaxing without classes. Commons was open so we could eat without rushing. I got my work done without pressure. Right now I am going to Commons to meet a bunch of friends for breakfast.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"270\" data-id=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-tour\/files\/2010\/09\/Quad_class_Hathorn.jpg\" alt=\"Spring Study\" class=\"wp-image-128\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Spring Study<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-campus-tour-tour-content tour-about-area\">\n<p>We are currently on the Historic Quad, the jewel of the Bates campus. The Quad is&nbsp; filled with towering oak and maple trees \u2014 perfect for setting up a slackline or hammock \u2014 and is crisscrossed with paths where students meet and greet one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This open space is surrounded by many of Bates\u2019 oldest buildings, including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/rand-hall.xml\">Rand Hall<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chapel.xml\">Chapel<\/a>&nbsp;to the west,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/parker-hall.xml\">Parker<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/hathorn-hall.xml\">Hathorn<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dana-chemistry.xml\">Dana Chemistry<\/a>&nbsp;to the north,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/coram-library.xml\">Coram Library<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/carnegie-science.xml\">Carnegie Science<\/a>&nbsp;to the east, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/lindholm-house.xml\">Lindholm House<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/milliken-house.xml\">Milliken&nbsp;<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/whittier-house.xml\">Whittier<\/a>&nbsp;House to the south.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false,"blocks":[{"blockName":"bates-campus-tour\/tour-meta","attrs":[],"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"","innerContent":[]},{"blockName":null,"attrs":[],"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n\n","innerContent":["\n\n"]},{"blockName":"bates-campus-tour\/tour-images","attrs":[],"innerBlocks":[{"blockName":"core\/columns","attrs":[],"innerBlocks":[{"blockName":"core\/column","attrs":[],"innerBlocks":[{"blockName":"core\/image","attrs":{"id":1936,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none","className":"overhead-view-image"},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large overhead-view-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/map-quad-900x614.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view.\" class=\"wp-image-1936\"\/><\/figure>\n","innerContent":["\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large overhead-view-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/map-quad-900x614.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view.\" class=\"wp-image-1936\"\/><\/figure>\n"]}],"innerHTML":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><\/div>\n","innerContent":["\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">",null,"<\/div>\n"]},{"blockName":"core\/column","attrs":[],"innerBlocks":[{"blockName":"core\/gallery","attrs":{"columns":2,"linkTo":"none"},"innerBlocks":[{"blockName":"core\/image","attrs":{"id":1782,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/171022_Campus_0024-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Nicole Kumbula \u201920 from Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe. \u201cI haven\u2019t declared my major yet. 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