List of Colby College buildings
overlooks the Kennebec River valley and city of Waterville.
In 2013 Colby became the fourth college in the country to achieve carbon neutrality. Colby uses 100-percent renewable electricity, has 12 LEED-certified buildings, has geothermal heating and cooling in two buildings, and has a biomass plant that burns sustainably harvested wood to heat most campus buildings.
Academic buildings
Student life buildings
Administrative and support buildings
Residential buildings
Hillside
Designed by Benjamin C. Thompson, the Hillside complex is a network of five interconnected dorms west of Lorimer Chapel set in a stand of white birch and pine trees. Hillside halls have a lounge on every floor.Building | Image | Constructed | Notes | Reference |
Leonard Hall | 1967 | Named for Neil F. Leonard, Class of 1921, former college trustee. | ||
Marriner Hall | 1967 | Dormitory named for Ernest Marriner, Class of 1913, former Dean of Faculty. | ||
Sturtevant Hall | 1967 | Dormitory named for Reginald H. Sturtevant, Class of 1921, former college trustee. | ||
Taylor Hall | 1967 | Dormitory named for Julian Taylor, longest-serving faculty at the time. | ||
Williams Hall | 1967 | Williams was formerly the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity house. |
The Quad
Roberts Row
On Alumni Weekend, the buildings of "Fraternity Row" were rededicated and renamed with recommendations of their former occupants.Building | Image | Constructed | Notes | Reference |
Drummond Hall | 1950 | Named after Josiah Hayden Drummond, Class of 1846. One of several small residence halls on Roberts Row, Drummond was the former Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity house. It was renovated and expanded in the summer of 2013 and is LEED certified at the gold level. | ||
Goddard-Hodgkins Hall | 1950 | Named after Cecil Goddard '29 and Theodore Hodgkins '25. Known as Go-Ho by students, it is the former Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house. It was renovated and expanded in 2010 and is a LEED-gold-certified building. | ||
Pierce Hall | 1950 | Named after T. Raymond Pierce, Class of 1898, formerly the Zeta Psi fraternity house. It was renovated in 2008 and received LEED-gold certification for sustainability. | ||
Piper Hall | 1950 | Named after Wilson C. Piper '39. Renovated in 2013, Piper was formerly the Delta Upsilon fraternity house. Piper is LEED certified at the gold level. | ||
Treworgy Hall | 1950 | Named after Charles Treworgy '22, a student who perished in the fire that destroyed the Lambda Chi Alpha house on the old campus in 1922. Renovated in 2011, Treworgy is LEED-gold certified. | ||
Grossman Hall | 1951 | Named after Nissie Grossman '32 and originally constructed for the Tau Delta Phi fraternity. Grossman is currently being expanded and renovated to become Colby's , expected to be completed by the fall of 2017. | ||
Perkins-Wilson Hall | 1951 | Named after Norman C. Perkins and W. Malcolm Wilson; known as Pe-Wi by students. Perkins-Wilson was formerly the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house. It was renovated in 2008 and received LEED-gold certification for sustainability. |