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The list of College of the Holy Cross buildings details the existing structures on the campus of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Buildings are categorized by their current use.

Located on College Hill (also known as Mt. St. James), the campus is marked by its steep northern slope, allowing the College a panoramic view of the city of Worcester. The design and landscape is ingrained into many themes and nicknames for the school which is commonly known as The Hill. Holy Cross' campus, a registered arboretum, has won national awards for its landscaping. In 1977, Holy Cross was cited by the Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) for having the best-maintained school or university grounds in the United States.

Today, some 37 college buildings are divided primarily with residential housing and academic buildings located in the middle sections of the campus, with athletic and practice facilities on the outskirts of the campus on its northern and southern ends. Holy Cross also owns 6 non-campus properties.

Academic and Administrative Buildings

Fenwick Hall

Originally constructed in the 1840s but rebuilt after a fire in 1852 and further expanded throughout the nineteenth century, Fenwick Hall was one of two original buildings that housed the College in its early years. Today the first floor is home to the offices of the president, vice president and academic dean. The upper floors house the departments of English, Political Science, Classics, and Visual Arts. The Graphic Arts department is located in Fenwick basement. Today Fenwick is connected to O’Kane, Brooks, and Smith halls creating a large academic and administrative complex. Fenwick Hall is also home to the Admissions Office.

Libraries

The Holy Cross Library System is composed of four libraries centrally located within the campus grounds. Including its affiliation with the Central Massachusetts Regional Library System, a collaborative formed in 2003 by more than 20 academic, public and special libraries with research collections in the central Massachusetts area, Holy Cross students have access to a combined total of approximately 3,800,000 volumes and more than 23,000 journal, magazine and newspaper subscriptions.

Dinand Library

The main library, Dinand Library, holds an estimated 601,930 books, serials, and periodicals. Originally opened in 1927, the Dinand Library expanded in 1978 with two new wings dedicated to the memory of Joshua and Leah Hiatt and victims of the Nazi Holocaust. The reading room of Dinand is also the scene of important College gatherings, including the Presidential Awards Ceremony, first-year orientation presentations, concerts, and other events.

O'Kane Hall and clock tower, view from northern end of campus.

Dinand is considered by many students the most scholarly and inspiring building on campus. Constructed in the 1920s, the room’s ceiling is sectioned in a grid-like pattern and embellished with gold, painted trim and carvings along the top of the interior walls. Large wooden candelabra are suspended from the ceiling, and Ionic columns—echoing those on the Library’s exterior—anchor three sides of the room. The main reference collection of dictionaries, encyclopedias, and bibliographies are found within Dinand, as well as the on-line catalog, and a staffed reference desk.

College Archives

Dinand Library also houses the College Archives which collects, preserves, and arranges records of permanent value from the college's foundation in 1843 to the present. The Archives contain complete runs of all college publications including yearbooks, the college catalog, The Crusader, its predecessor The Tomahawk, the literary magazine The Purple, newsletters, pamphlets, and similar material. An extensive photograph collection documents administrators, staff, faculty, students, alumni, athletic teams, student activities, the built environment and college life in general.

There is also an extensive collection of audio visual material documenting theatrical plays, lectures, and sporting and other events. The College Archives also hold a Special Collections section which consists of the College's Rare Book Collection, and the Jesuitana Collection (material by and about Jesuits). Noted collections include: the papers of James Michael Curley, David I. Walsh, Louise Imogen Guiney, and Rev. Joseph J. Williams, S.J. There are also collections of material by and about Jesuits, college alumni, and friends of the college. It also holds research material about Catholic New England, the education of deaf Catholics, the Holocaust, as well as New England history.

Fenwick, O'Callahan, and Rehm libraries

The three smaller libraries, ordered respectively by size and book volume, are Fenwick Music Library, O'Callahan Science Library, and the Rehm Library.

The Fenwick Music Library was founded in 1978. Particularly noteworthy are the Music Library's collections of scores and recordings of 20th-century composers, world music recordings and composer biographies. The Music Library owns many of the authoritative editions of significant composers collected works, such as Bach, Beethoven and Mozart.

The O'Callahan Science Library, named in honor of Rev. Joseph T. O'Callahan, S.J., houses over 95,000 volumes of works and periodicals serving the Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics Departments of the Holy Cross and the more neuroscientific side of Psychology.

The Rehm Library, dedicated in September 2001, is housed within Smith Hall. The Rehm Library serves as the primary public space for the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture and other departments with offices within Smith Hall. Rehm Library provides space for hospitality, Center-sponsored lectures and events, quiet space for reading and reflection, and enhanced library resources on religion and spirituality. While not a library in the traditional sense, the shelves of Rehm Library house primary texts of an array of religious traditions. It was dedicated by alumnus Jack Rehm (Class of '54)

Residence Halls

Easy Street Dormitories

Healy Hall

Healy Hall was built in 1962 and is named after Bishop James A. Healy, the first African-American graduate of the College. It currently houses approximately 198 upper-class students and is located on Easy Street between the Hogan Campus Center and Lehy Hall.

Lower Campus Dormitories

Alumni Hall

Alumni Hall, Holy Cross

Chapels and Associated Facilities

St. Joseph's Memorial Chapel

View of St. Joseph Memorial Chapel

Athletics Facilities

Fitton Field

Main article: Fitton Field

2008, Home Side of Football Stadium

The stadium opened in 1924 as the official home for the Holy Cross Crusaders. Named after Reverend James Fitton, who donated land to the Archdiocese of Boston to found the college, it is an irregularly shaped three-sided horseshoe on the edge of the college's campus.

Fitton Field is used for Baseball and Football games. The Holy Cross baseball team began playing on the field in 1905 and in 2005, the Worcester Tornadoes began to play games on Fitton Field as well. The current capacity of the baseball field is approximately 3,000 spectators.

Officially known as Fitton Football Stadium, the football facility is a 23,500-seat stadium, home to the Holy Cross Crusaders football team. The field itself was used as the football field, and termed Fitton Field, as early as 1908. The Fitton Football Field was used to film the movie The_Game_Plan_(film). Fitton Field was used to film the movie The Game Plan.