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Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia is home to many notable structures, including two residential high-rises.

Main campus buildings

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Building Image Constructed Notes Reference
Arthur Weisberg Family Applied Engineering Complex 2015 Includes the Arthur Weisberg Family Engineering Laboratories which was completed in 2008, are named for a donor family. [1]
Bliss Charles Public Safety Building 1995 Houses MU Police Department [2]
Brad D. Smith Center for Business and Innovation 2024 New location for the Lewis College of Business on 4th Ave in Huntington, WV
Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall 2010 It houses the Erickson Alumni Center on the first floor. It is named for donors Brad D. Smith and Charlie O. Erickson respectively. [3]
Buskirk Hall 1965 Originally West Hall, it is a female dormitory. It was renamed for a Lillian Helms Buskirk, who was dean of women from 1941 until 1970. [4]
Cam Henderson Center 1981 Marshall's basketball arena, it also includes the Fitch Natatorium. Arena was named after former basketball coach, Cam Henderson. [5]
Campus Christian Center 1960/1961 On private land surrounded by the campus and receives no state funding, and serves as a Protestant chapel. Eight Protestant denominations jointly manage the CCC. [6]
Career Services Center 1930 Formerly a private home, was purchased in 1970. [7]
Chris Cline Athletic Complex 2014 Indoor practice facility for the football program and houses an indoor track. It is named for the donor, Chris Cline.
Corbly Hall 1980 Classroom building named for former university president Lawrence J. Corbly. [8]
Dot Hicks Field 2008 Marshall's softball field, named after a former professor
Drinko Library 1998 Primary library on campus named for a donor, Dr. John Deaver Drinko. [9]
Education Building 1937 The building was originally Marshall College High School, and was renamed to Jenkins Laboratory School in 1937. It was named for Albert G. Jenkins. The building became a part of Marshall University in 1970. His name was removed from the building in 2020 [10][11]
Edwards Performing Arts Center 1992 Expanded with the Jomie Jazz Center in 2000. Named for Joan C. Edwards in 1997, [12]
Fred and Christine Shewey Athletics Building 1992 Connected to Edwards Stadium, it houses athletic department offices. [13]
First-Year Residence Halls 2008 Consisting of Freshman North and Freshman South Hall.
Gillette Welcome Center 2007 Former sorority house, was purchased in 2007 and is used by the admissions and recruitment. It was named for a donor, Joseph M. Gillette. [14]
Gullickson Hall 1961 Original name was the Physical Education Building. It was renamed Gullickson Hall in 1963 after a physical education teacher, Otto Gullickson. [15]
Harless Dining Hall 2004 Named for donor Buck Harless. [16]
Harris Hall 1976 Classroom building named for former professor Arvil Ernest Harris. [17]
Holderby Hall 1963 Originally South Hall, is a high-rise dormitory completed in 1963 and expanded in 1968. It was named for the original donor of the quarter acre of land in 1837 at the school's founding. [18]
INTO Marshall University Building 1943-1947 The original dining hall, it was remodeled in 1975 as an office building. [19]
Jack Cook Field 2024 Marshall's baseball stadium named after former coach, Jack Cook.
Joan C. Edwards Stadium 1991 Marshall's football stadium named after Joan C. Edwards. The field is named after her husband, James F. Edwards. [20]
Laidley Hall 1937 Small dormitory, named for the university's founder, John Laidley. [21]
Marshall Commons 2003 Consists of Gibson Hall, Wellman Hall, Haymaker Hall, and Willis Hall which are upper-division residence halls. [22]
Memorial Student Center 1971 Named in honor of the 1970 football team. [23]
Morrow Library 1930 Former main library. With the completion of the Drinko Library, it is an auxiliary library and museum. It was named for former president James E. Morrow. [24]
Myers Hall 1992 Used by the HELP (Higher Education for Learning Problems) program, a tutoring program for students with learning problems. It was named for a donor, Wilbur E. Myers. [25]
Newman Center 1981 On private land surrounded by the campus and receive no state funding, and serves as a Catholic chapel. [26]
Old Main 1868 Original building on campus and the symbol of the university. It was built between 1868 and 1908 and last remodeled in 2000. It currently is an office building. [27]
One Room School House ca. 1888 Built on the border of rural Mason and Cabell Counties at Glenwood, West Virginia, around 1889 and moved to the campus in 1995. It is a museum dedicated to the university's origin as a teacher's college. [28]
Prichard Hall 1955 Originally a dormitory it was remodeled in 1973 into a classroom and office building. It was named for Lucy Prichard, a former professor. [29]
Recreation Center 2009 It also houses the Wellness Center. [30]
Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center 2006 Classroom building named for former United States Senator, Robert Byrd. [31]
Robert L. Pruett Training Center 2006 Named for former football coach, Bob Pruett, it serves as a weight training center for student-athletes. [32]
Science Building 1950 Expanded in 1984 and renovated in 1992 [33]
Smith Hall 1967 Consists of Smith Hall, Smith Music Hall, the Communications Building and the Birke Art Gallery. It was named for former university president Stewart H. Smith and is the largest classroom building on campus. [34]
Sorrell Maintenance Building 1965 Non-academic building used by the Buildings and Grounds division. Named for Howard Kenneth Sorrell in 1978. [35]
Twin Towers 1969 Consisting of Towers East and Towers West it is the largest dormitory on campus. [36]

Medical and Forensic Science Facilities

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The Medical Campus consists of several buildings in or near the Fairfield neighborhood of Huntington, in Huntington's east end neighborhood; and at the VA Medical Facility.

Building Image Constructed Notes Reference
Coon Education Building 1976 Located seven miles from the main campus at 1542 Spring Valley Drive in the unincorporated suburb of Spring Valley, on the grounds of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital at Huntington. At one time it housed the complete School of Medicine. Today it continues to house the anatomy labs and research facilities. Named after former School of Medicine dean, Robert W. Coon. [37]
Erma Byrd Clinics 2007 Located at the former Fairfield Stadium site housing major new medical student teaching facilities and clinical education patient care clinics. Named after wife of United States Senator, Robert Byrd. [38]
Forensic Science Center 2004 Located in the remodeled 1971 football locker room complex from the otherwise demolished Fairfield Stadium.
Linda S. Holmes Student Wellness Center 2019 Located at 1321 Hal Greer Boulevard, it also houses the medical school’s student affairs and financial aid offices. Named after Linda Holmes, a former player and coach at Marshall. [39]
Medical Center 1998 Located at 1600 Medical Center Drive on the campus of Cabell Huntington Hospital is part of the Health Sciences Campus as well as the School of Medicine. [40]
School of Pharmacy 2019 Housed in Kopp Hall, which is located at the corner of Charleston Avenue and Hal Greer Blvd. It also contains a housing unit for married students. Named after former university President, Stephen J. Kopp. [41]
School of Physical Therapy Located at the St. Mary's Medical Education Center on the campus of St. Mary's Medical Center at 3101 5th Avenue.

Other Huntington Locations

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Building Image Constructed Notes Reference
President's House 1923 Located at 1040 13th Avenue. It was built in 1923 and acquired by the university in 1972 to replace a previous on-campus President's Home. The first floor is used for University functions and the second floor is the residence of the president. [42]
Visual Arts Center 2014 Located in the former Stone & Thomas Department Store building in downtown Huntington across from Pullman Square, it was acquired by the university in 2013 and redeveloped in 2014. It is the home of the College of Art and Design and is a museum.
Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex 2013 Located on the site of the demolished Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse at 2601 5th Avenue, 4 blocks from the main campus, it replaced Sam Hood Field, formerly on the site of the Chris Cline Athletic Complex. Full name is Hoops Family Field at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex.

University Heights

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An area on the outskirts of town was used as the West Virginia Colored Children's Home (by that time it was actually being used as a sanitarium for elderly black men) and the surrounding farm land (in that era state institutions grew much of their own food) was transferred to the university at the end of segregation as "University Heights", with the intention of developing a second campus. The building was converted into housing for married students, along with a few new apartment buildings, but the property was never developed fully, being used for storage, a baseball field (which was not adequate for the team's needs and eventually abandoned), and much of the property was transferred to other state agencies over the years. In 2011 the buildings were demolished and the remaining property was transferred to the Cabell County Board of Education for a new middle school.

Marshall University – South Charleston Campus

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Located in South Charleston, West Virginia at One Angus E. Peyton Drive.

Graduate College Administration Building, completed 1990.

Byrd Academic and Technology Center, completed 1995.

Byrd Institute

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The Robert C. Byrd Institute, a non-academic technology transfer division of the university maintains:

RCBI Huntington at 1050 4th Avenue, a former bank building donated to the university.

RCBI South Charleston, on the South Charleston Campus.

RCBI Rocket Center, at 410 State Route 956, on the grounds of the United States Navy Allegheny Ballistics Laboratory.

RCBI Bridgeport, at 2400 East Bennedum Industrial Drive, a NASA facility.

Statewide Extension

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The school also has the following off-campus instruction sites. The owned Mid-Ohio Valley Center at One John Marshall Way in Point Pleasant, the leased Teays Valley Center at One Carriage Point in Hurricane, and on the campus of the Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College in Logan and Williamson. The university also has an ownership interest in the Erma Byrd Higher Education Center in suburban Beckley, along with Concord University and Bluefield State College.

The Marshall University Rural Health Clinic, a part of the medical school, is located on Airport Road in Chapmanville, West Virginia.

In 2017, the medical school acquired the former Patriot Coal office building in Scott Depot and converted into the clinical offices as Marshall Health-Teays Valley. It is located at 300 Corporate Center Drive.

References

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  1. ^ Arthur Weisberg Family Applied Engineering Complex
  2. ^ Public Safety Building
  3. ^ Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall
  4. ^ Buskirk Hall
  5. ^ Cam Henderson Center
  6. ^ Campus Christian Center
  7. ^ Career Services Center
  8. ^ Corbly Hall
  9. ^ Drinko Library
  10. ^ Jenkins Hall
  11. ^ Stuck, Taylor (2020-07-07). "MU board votes to remove 'Jenkins' name from education hall". The Herald-Dispatch. Archived from the original on 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  12. ^ Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center
  13. ^ Fred and Christine Shewey Athletics Building
  14. ^ Gillette Welcome Center
  15. ^ Gullickson Hall
  16. ^ Harless Dining Hall
  17. ^ Harris Hall
  18. ^ Holderby Hall
  19. ^ INTO Marshall University
  20. ^ Joan C. Edwards Stadium
  21. ^ Laidley Hall
  22. ^ Marshall Commons
  23. ^ Memorial Student Center
  24. ^ Morrow Library
  25. ^ Myers Hall
  26. ^ Newman Center
  27. ^ Old Main
  28. ^ One Room School House
  29. ^ Prichard Hall
  30. ^ Marshall Recreation Center
  31. ^ Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center
  32. ^ Robert L. Pruett Center
  33. ^ Science Building
  34. ^ Smith Hall
  35. ^ Sorrell Maintenance Building
  36. ^ Twin Towers
  37. ^ Coon Education Building
  38. ^ Erma Byrd Clinics
  39. ^ Linda S. Holmes Student Wellness Center
  40. ^ Medical Center
  41. ^ School of Pharmacy
  42. ^ President's House

See also

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