Timeline of Events in the Architectural History of Rollins College

 

1885

Rollins College founded

 

The Parsonage Built

1886

Pinehurst Built

 

Knowles Hall I built

 

Lakeside Cottage built - men's dormitory until 1949

 

Dining Hall (College Commons) built

1887

Pinehurst house new kitchen, chemistry lab,

1890

Lyman Gymnasium built

1891

Cloverleaf Cottage built

1895

Cloverleaf Cottage named Cloverleaf this year due to Sandspur article

1896

President Ward and his wife lived in Pinehurst on the North Side of the Building

1898

Pinehurst served as the business school

 

Parsonage back in hands of Congregational Church for 44 years

1903

Dining Hall (College Commons) additions made for storage space and chemical laboratory

1904

Lake Virginia Boathouse built

 

Sparrell House donated

 

In Pinehurst, two rooms on the third floor were used as an infirmary

1906

Art Studio built

1908

Dining Hall (College Commons) moved to behind Pinehurst

 

Cloverleaf moved to make room for Carnegie Hall

1909

Chase Hall built

 

Carnegie Hall built

 

Knowles Hall II built - housed the science department until 1969

 

Knowles Hall I burned to the ground

 

Art Studio moved to current location of Elizabeth Hall

 

Carnegie Hall used a library until 1951, used as post office until 1946

1910

Harmon Hall built (later bought by the college)

1914

Park Avenue School built

1917

Pinehurst used as conservatory for music until 1936

 

Cloverleaf Hall - bathroom's finally installed

 

Sparrell House residence for President George Ward

1918

Dining Hall (College Commons) burned

1919

Dining Hall II built

1921

O'Neal House built by local fraternity Phi Alpha

1926

Winter Park Baptist church was built, later to become the Fred Stone theatre

 

Recreation Hall built

 

Lyman Gymnasium renovated to include classrooms and offices

1927

Pelican Beach House acquired by Rollins College

1929

Walk of Fame created by Hamilton Holt

 

Rollins Hall built; used primarily as a residence hall for fraternities

 

Sparrell House remodeled to add classroom space for English Department

1930

Mayflower Hall built; used as sorority housing for Pi Beta Phi

 

Pugsley Hall built; used also as female housing

1932

Annie Russell Theatre built

 

Knowles Memorial Chapel built

 

Knowles Hall II - originally had a chapel within, but with completion of Knowles Memorial Chapel, old one was removed

1933

Lingerlong purchased

 

Holt House purchased

 

Harmon Hall renovated into an infirmary

1934

McQueen House purchased - later to be called the Fred Stone Laboratory

 

Alfond Baseball Stadium/ Harper-Shepherd Field given to Rollins by Winter Park

1936

Fox Hall Built

 

Lyman Hall Built

 

Gale Hall built on site of old tennis courts, housed Phi Delta Theta until 1939

 

Barze House purchased

 

In Pinehurst, English department, Post Office and College Relations Office moved in till 1941

 

Mayflower Hall - second and third floors provided living space for 16 girls

 

Pugsley Hall - Kappa Kappa Gamma was first sorority to move into building

1937

Cross Hall built

 

Hooker Hall built - housed the Theta Kappa Nu fraternity until 1939

 

Lyman Hall - housed Phi Delta Theta until 1943

 

Original McQueen House now renamed Comstock Cottage

 

Sparrell House used for the Music Department

1938

Woolson House built - library of books and used by English department

1939

Strong Hall built

 

Aloma Club acquired

 

Gale Hall - housed X-Club until 1943

1940

Dyer Memorial (Faculty Club) built

 

Beal-Maltbie Center built

1941

French House built

 

Alumni House built

 

Student Union built - later to be known as Rice Family Bookstore

 

Pinehurst used as the STAR (Specialized Training and Reassignment) unit headquarters

1942

Alfond Baseball Stadium/ Harper-Shepherd Field fully owned by Rollins College

 

Rollins College owned The Parsonage again

 

Pelican Beach House used as a shelter station by Coast Guard during this time

1944

Casa Iberia purchased by Rollins College

 

Pelican Beach House returned to Rollins College by Coast Guard

 

Lyman Hall - housed Delta Chi

1946

Warne House purchased - provided housing for college librarian until 1951

1947

Warren Administration Building built

 

Corrin Hall built - used as women facilities until 1958

 

Sullivan House built

1948

Pinehurst renovated - new roof and façade

 

Guest House purchased

1949

Orlando Hall built

1951

Mills Memorial Center built first used as library

1954

Lingerlong renovated and used as a residential hall

1955

Abbot House purchased

1956

Martin House acquired - used by the music department

1957

The Parsonage - renovated into Presidential Museum

 

Sparrell House used by English Department

 

O'Neal House deeded to Rollins when fraternity moved into Rex Beach

1958

Rex Beach Hall built

 

Mowbrary House acquired

 

Harmon Hall no longer infirmary, because student residence

 

Lyman Gymnasium moved to make room for Rose Skillman Dining Hall

 

Dining Hall II now used for art studios

 

Carnegie Hall used as the news bureau and bookstore

 

Art Studio moved to west of Cloverleaf

 

Guest House used as a news bureau for the Sandspur

 

Cloverleaf renovated - occupied by physical education program from 1958-1968

1959

Elizabeth Hall built

 

Ruth House purchased and used as a girls dormitory until 1970

 

Randall House purchased

1960

Lake Virginia Boat house destroyed by Hurricane Donna

 

Recreation Hall burned after being struck by lightning

 

Corrin Hall - Chi Omega moved in

1961

Reed House purchased

 

Simmons House acquired through donation

 

Trovillion House purchased

 

Anderson House built and donated to Rollins College

 

Fred Stone Theatre - Winter Park Baptist Church purchased and turned into a theatre, originally called Bingham Hall

1962

McKean Hall built

 

Park Avenue School purchased

1963

Pinehurst residence hall for Alpha Phi sorority

1964

Sutton Place Apartments built (purchased later)

1965

Crummer Hall built

 

Matthews House purchased

 

Pflug Hall purchased

 

DuBois Health Center built

 

Fred Stone Theatre moved to current site

 

Barze House renamed Chase Music Building

1966

Holt Hall Built

 

Holt House sold

 

Lingerlong demolished to make way for Dubois Health Center

1967

Sparrell House demolished to make room for the Bush Science Center

 

Guest House demolished

 

Trovillion House moved

1968

Bush Science Center built

 

Enyart-Alumni Field House built

 

Anderson House sold

 

Pinehurst housed Latin American Area Studies

1969

Ward Hall Built

 

College Arms purchased

 

Cloverleaf Cottage demolished

 

Abbot House demolished

 

Knowles Memorial Chapel - classroom and office space added to building

 

Art Studio moved to next of French House, used as an Annex

 

Knowles Hall II - housed Departments of Behavioral Science, History and Political Affairs

1970

Lakeside Cottage demolished

 

Art Studio demolished sometime this decade

 

Pelican Beach House sold

 

Lyman Hall renovated

1971

Barze House (now Chase Music Building) demolished to make way for the new gymnasium

 

Reed House demolished

 

Simmons House demolished

1972

Pinehurst Organization first house in Pinehurst

 

Cross Hall renovated

 

Strong Hall renovated

1973

Alfond Swimming Pool built

 

Fred Stone Laboratory demolished

 

Fred Stone Theatre - originally called Bingham Hall, renamed Fred Stone

 

College Arms housed Campus Safety Department, office space for Vice President John Tiedtke

1974

Hauck Hall built

 

Keene Hall built

 

Facilities Management Building built

 

Lyman Gymnasium burned

 

O'Neal House demolished to make way for Keene Hall

 

Annie Russell Theatre renovations - new seats, carpets, painting

1975

U.T. Bradley Crew Boathouse built

 

Annie Russell Theatre - new box office added

1976

The Parsonage demolished

 

Warne House demolished

 

Martin House sold

1977

Cornell Fine Arts Museum built

 

Dining Hall II demolished

1978

Annie Russell Theatre - new office spaces added on, along with a scene shop

1979

Hooker Hall renovated - added a whole new wing that included rooms, lounge, and a library

1980

Mowbrary House renovated

1982

Trovillion House demolished

 

Knowles Memorial Chapel - extensive roof repairs made

1983

Alfond Baseball Stadium/ Harper-Shepherd Field - stadium portion built

 

The Greenhouse was built

 

Knowles Hall II demolished to make room for Olin Library

 

Pinehurst renovated - $250,000 spent, moved 20 feet away from original spot

1985

The Olin Library was built

 

The Greenhouse - storage area was added

1987

Matthews House demolished

 

Walk of Fame renovated

1988

The Johnson Center was built onto Bush Science Center

 

Cornell Hall built

 

Bert W. Martin Tennis Complex built

1989

Park Avenue School demolished

1990

Alfond Boathouse built

1993

Lawrence Center purchased

1994

The Virginia S. Nelson Rose Garden was built

 

Mary-Jean Mitchell Green Plaza built

1995

Wynee Martin Warden Costume Studio built

 

Knowles Memorial Chapel - added to the National Register of Historic Places

1996

Annie Russell Theatre -  added to the National Register of Historic Places

1997

Rosen Family Center - building was purchased from Catholic Newman Center

1999

Bush Executive Center built

 

SunTrust Plaza and Parking Garage built

 

Cornell Campus Center built on top of old cafeteria

 

Anderson House demolished

2000

Rice Family Bookstore and Café - once Student Union, now rededicated

2001

Sutton Place Apartments purchased

 

Harold and Ted Alfond Sports Center built on Enyart Alumni Field House

2002

Copeland Tennis Stadium built

 

McKean Gateway built

2003

Marshall and Vera Lea Rinker Building built

 

Knowles Memorial Chapel - extensive roof repairs made

2004

Barker Presidential House built

 

DuBois Health Center demolished

 

Fox Hall - underwent major renovation

 

Keene Hall renovated

 

Gale Hall - housed X-Club

2005

McKean Hall renovated

2006

Harmon Hall demolished

 

Pflug Hall demolished