West+Circle

West Circle defines the oldest area of campus. This space has been delineated by a drive that encircled what has been called the "Sacred Space" by President Abbot. The South and East portions of West Circle is bounded by the Red Cedar River, the West side by Laboratory Row, and the North boundary by Michigan and Grand River Avenue.

Campus Structures (listed by construction date):


 * College Hall (1856 - 1918)
 * Saints' Rest (1857 - 1876)
 * Cowles' House (Faculty Row #7) (1857 - present)
 * Faculty Row #6 (International Center) (1857 - 1970)
 * Faculty Row #5 (1857 - ≈1940)
 * Faculty Row #4 (1857 - ≈1940)
 * First Egr. Building (?-?)
 * Old Cattle Barn (1862 - ?)
 * Oak Opening (≈1962 - present)
 * Sheep Barn (1865 - ?)
 * First Greenhouse (1866 - ?)
 * Barn (1868 - ?)
 * Brick farm House (1869 - ?)
 * Chemical Laboratory (1869 - 1955)
 * Williams Hall (original) (1869 - 1919)
 * The Piggery (1870 - ?)
 * Brick Horse Barn (1872 - ?)
 * W.J. Beal Botanical Garden (1873 - present)
 * Second Greenhouse (1874 - 1913)
 * Faculty Row #3 (1874 - ≈1946)
 * Faculty Row #2 (1874 - ≈1946)
 * Faculty Row #1 (1874 - 1946)
 * Old Wells Hall (1877 - 1905)
 * Ice House (1880 - ?)
 * Observatory (1880 - ?)
 * First Botanical Laboratory (1880 - ?)
 * Linton Hall (1881 - present)
 * Tool House (1881 - ?)
 * Old Brick Boiler House (1884 - ?)
 * Faculty Row #8 (1884 - ?)
 * Machine Shop and Foundry (1885 - ?)
 * Armory (1885 - 1939)
 * Veterinary Laboratory (1885 - ?)
 * Faculty Row #10 (1885 - ?)
 * Abbott Hall (1888 - ?)
 * Howard Terrace Apartments (1888 - ?)
 * Horticulture Laboratory (Eustace-Cole Hall) (1888 - present)
 * Agricultural Laboratory (Cook Hall) (1889 - present)
 * 2 Greenhouses (1889-<=1915)
 * Bath House (1889 - ?)
 * Second Botanical Laboratory (Old Botany) (1892 - present)
 * Second Bath House (1894 - ?)
 * First Hospital (1894 - ?)
 * Dairy Barn (1894 - ?)
 * Small Poultry House (1895-<1915)
 * Experiment Station Barn (1895 - ?)
 * Cold Storage House (1897 - ?)
 * Coal Shed (1899 - ?)
 * Morrill Hall (1900-Present)
 * First Dairy Building (Forestry) (Chittenden Hall) (1901 - present)
 * Post Office and Trolley Station
 * Bacteriological Laboratory (Marshall-Adams Hall) (1902 - Present)
 * Second Bath House #2 (1902 - ?)
 * Greenhouse for Experiments (1904 - ?)
 * Power House (1904 - ?)
 * Second Coal shed (1904)
 * Barn Re-arrangement 1906
 * Poultry House (1906-?)
 * Incubator House/ Classroom (1906-?)
 * Second Engineering Building (1907 - ?)
 * Second Wells Hall (1907 - 1966)
 * Agriculture Hall (1909 - present)
 * 4 Isolation Hospitals (1909 - ?)
 * Second Dairy Building (1913 - ?)
 * IM Circle (1916 - present)
 * Olds Hall (1916 - present)
 * Artillery Garage (1918 - 1928)
 * Human Ecology (1924 - present)
 * MSU Union (1924 - present)
 * H. Merrill Wills House (1927 - present)
 * MSU Museum (1927 - present)
 * Beaumont Tower (1928 - present)
 * Mayo Hall (1931 - present)
 * Williams Hall (1937 - present)
 * Campbell Hall (1939 - present)
 * Music Building (1940 - present)
 * Landon Hall (1947 - present)
 * Gilchrist Hall (1948 - present)
 * Yakeley Hall (1948 - Present)
 * Library (1955 - Present)
 * Music Practice Building (1968 - present)
 * Adams Field (dedicated 1999 - present)