Northwestern School of Law
Legal Research Center(L1)

The Legal Research Center, completed in 1977, is named in honor of William Swindells, Sr., a member of the Board of Trustees and the Law School Standing Committee who requested his name not be on the building. The Legal Research Center houses a cafeteria, student lounge, faculty offices, research facilities, meeting rooms, and student services.
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Boley Law Library(L2)

The Paul L. Boley Law Library is named for the late Oregon attorney, trustee of the Murdock Charitable Trust, and first chair of the Law School Standing Committee. The law library now houses more than 440,000 volumes plus computer-access facilities.
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McCarty Classroom Complex(L3)

The Chester E. McCarty Classrooms building is named for a 1929 graduate of the law school who was a Lewis & Clark trustee and member of the law school's Board of Visitors and Standing Committee.
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Gantenbein(L4)

The Gantenbein Building was named for Judge John Gantenbein, son of Judge Calvin Gantenbein, the school's second dean. During World War II, John Gantenbein pledged all of his personal assets to keep the school going. Gantenbein houses the Legal Writing Center, Career Services, and student organizations.
Griswold Stadium
Griswold contains an eight-lane, all-weather, 400-meter track, as well as a new artificial turf football field and a partially covered grandstand seating 3,700. We also have a baseball and softball complex near our law school. An outdoor pool and additional tennis courts, part of the original estate, are on lower campus.
Tennis Courts(Indoor)
A bubble has been added for evening and year-round use.
Pamplin Sports Center
Our sports center houses a 2,200-seat main gym, weight room, fitness lab, offices, and classrooms.
Zehntbauer Swimming Pavilion
Home of our eight-lane, 25-yard pool.
Faculty Offices
This is home to faculty offices for the International Affairs, Economics, and Political Science departments.
Thaxter Classrooms
The Thaxter, Throckmorton, and Edmonds classroom and office complex is named in honor of three faculty members. Benjamin Thaxter was a professor of English and field biology who also served as acting president. Arthur Throckmorton was chair of the history department, and T.J. Edmonds was a professor of business administration.
Throckmorton Classrooms
(Computer Labs)

The Thaxter, Throckmorton, and Edmonds classroom and office complex is named in honor of three faculty members. Benjamin Thaxter was a professor of English and field biology who also served as acting president. Arthur Throckmorton was chair of the history department, and T.J. Edmonds was a professor of business administration.
Edmonds Classrooms
The Thaxter, Throckmorton, and Edmonds classroom and office complex is named in honor of three faculty members. Benjamin Thaxter was a professor of English and field biology who also served as acting president. Arthur Throckmorton was chair of the history department, and T.J. Edmonds was a professor of business administration.
Appalachia
Offices for the graduate school counseling psychology program are located here.
Evans Music Center
Evans has a 414-seat auditorium, 22 practice rooms, and a world music room. Music groups on campus include a cham-ber orchestra; jazz, symphonic wind, and gamelan ensembles; the College choir; and Cappella Nova choral ensemble.
Biology-Psychology
Here you’ll find recently renovated biology labs, classrooms, and faculty offices for the Biology and Psychology departments, as well as the Math Skills Center.
BoDine
In BoDine are classrooms and office space for the Mathematical Sciences department.
Greenhouse
Albany Quadrangle
Part of the original estate, this building is home to the departments of Communication and Sociology/Anthropology. The Northwest Writing Institute is also housed here.
Fir Acres Theatre
The theatre includes the 250-seat Main Stage and the Black Box, which has movable seating for up to 100. This building also houses large set and costume shops, a prop room, classrooms, and a design lab.
Olin Center for Physics & Chemistry
Olin houses 10 chemistry labs and nine physics labs, including a holography lab, a computer science lab, and our own observatory.
Alumni Circle
The Alumni Circle, as the gateway to the academic center of campus, is a gathering place for students and faculty. The names of alumni donors on the circle's steps and the bronze plaque at the edge of the moss garden remind students that they, like their predecessors, have a lifelong relationship with their alma mater.
Tennis Courts(Outdoor)
Rose Garden
Outdoor Pool & Dressing Pavilion
Fields Center for the Visual Arts
Fields Center contains expanded studio art space, a large darkroom, a drawing porch, fine arts faculty offices, a graphic design lab, and a student art gallery.
Miller Center for the Humanities
Miller Center houses offices and classrooms for East Asian Studies, English, Foreign Languages, History, Inventing America, Philosophy, and Religious Studies, as well as the interactive language learning center.
Watzek Library
Watzek Library contains more than 600,000 items, including books, periodicals, documents, and microforms. When classes are in session, the library is open 24 hours a day, Sunday through Friday, and nearly all day Saturday. The library also houses outstanding computer facilities, a multimedia learning center, and the Lewis and Clark Heritage Room.
Gallery of Contemporary Art
Opened in 1997, the Gallery of Contemporary Art emphasizes work at the forefront of the contemporary tradition: challenging, provocative, and international in scope. Its unparalleled site - adjacent to a historicformal garden overlooking Mount Hood - gives the gallery a distinctive place among the venues for contemporary art in the Pacific Northwest.
Estate Gardens
The original Fir Acres estate includes 63 acres, 12 of which are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Frank Manor House
The Frank Manor House was part of the original estate owned by Lloyd Frank, of the Meier & Frank department store family. The College acquired the estate in 1942 for the gift price of $46,000. This building now houses the Office of Admissions and the Office of the President of the College, Michael Mooney (among other offices).
Flanagan Chapel
The chapel seats 650 and features an 85-rank Casavant pipe organ. Musical performances, speakers, religious services, and other campuswide activities happen here.
Campus Safety
Gatehouse
Akin Residence Hall
Rooms include singles, doubles, and quads. Each floor has access to a kitchen, lounge, and laundry facilities. A professional resident director resides in each cluster, and each hall has an independent student council. Various theme floor options are available.
Stewart Residence Hall
Rooms include singles, doubles, and quads. Each floor has access to a kitchen, lounge, and laundry facilities. A professional resident director resides in each cluster, and each hall has an independent student council. Various theme floor options are available.
Odell Residence Hall
Rooms include singles, doubles, and quads. Each floor has access to a kitchen, lounge, and laundry facilities. A professional resident director resides in each cluster, and each hall has an independent student council. Various theme floor options are available.
Templeton Student Center
Templeton serves as a common gathering place and student-oriented facility. Besides campus dining rooms, it’s home to student government and student media (radio station and newspaper); the Bookstore and Mail Room; and all the offices providing direct services to students.
Howard Residence Hall
Rooms include singles, doubles, and quads. Each floor has access to a kitchen, lounge, and laundry facilities. A professional resident director resides in each cluster, and each hall has an independent student council. Platt-Howard is home to the student art center. Various theme floor options are available.
Platt Residence Hall
Rooms include singles, doubles, and quads. Each floor has access to a kitchen, lounge, and laundry facilities. A professional resident director resides in each cluster, and each hall has an independent student council. Platt-Howard is home to the student art center. Various theme floor options are available.
Copeland Residence Hall (A-F)
Rooms include singles, doubles, and quads. Each floor has access to a kitchen, lounge, and laundry facilities. A professional resident director resides in each cluster, and each hall has an independent student council. Copeland houses the Rusty Nail, a student-run eatery. Various theme floor options are available.
McAfee House
Facility Services
Gallagher House
Hartzfeld Residence Hall (A-D)
Rooms include singles, doubles, and quads. Each floor has access to a kitchen, lounge, and laundry facilities. A professional resident director resides in each cluster, and each hall has an independent student council. Various theme floor options are available.
Forest Residence Hall
Rooms include singles, doubles, and quads. Each floor has access to a kitchen, lounge, and laundry facilities. A professional resident director resides in each cluster, and each hall has an independent student council. Various theme floor options are available.
Heating & Cooling Plant
South Chapel
Acquired in 2000, the chapel on the south campus is Lewis & Clark's second ecumenical chapel.
South Chapel Annex
Acquired in 2000, the chapel on the south campus is Lewis & Clark's second ecumenical chapel.
Corbett House
The former home of the Corbett family, the College acquired the Corbett House with the assistance of a $4.3 million gift from the estate of Harriet Corbett.
Graduate School
As of mid-2001, this building will serve as the home for the Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education.
Sequoia
This is the equipment storage facility for the College Outdoors program, which organizes over 70 camping, hiking, and other outdoor activities trips a year.
Conference Center
Acquired in 2000, the south campus conference center will provide conference facilities for numerous Lewis & Clark programs.
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