1. Faculty Advisor: Wenxian Zhang
A Profile of Rollins College Architecture
Eneid Bano ’07
Charlie Stevens ’07
Faculty Advisor: Wenxian Zhang

2. Primary Objective
Create a complete account of the buildings on campus:
Architects
Years of construction and renovations
Costs of construction and donor information
Physical descriptions
Usage history

3. Secondary Objective
Develop a comprehensive web site on campus architecture:
Chronology
Facts
Narratives
Historical and artistic images
Campus maps

4. Additional Objectives
Organize and preserve historical documentation in the College Archives
Promote a better understanding of the Rollins architectural heritage
Compile a new Rollins walking guide
For the new incoming students, and to get the current students more familiar with the buildings on campus.

5. New Campus Walking Guide
Campus has gone through much change since last publication
Allow new and prospective students get acquainted with the campus
Help students, alumni and general public learn more about the history of the College and its architecture
Alfond Sports Center and

6. Our Research Process Begins…
Reading the history of Rollins College
Browsing books on American and Florida architecture
Reviewing primary source documents in Archives
Compiling the master list
Working with the College Historian, the offices of Vice President and Facilities Management
Researched the donors, prices, etc

7. Problems We Run Into…
Files scattered under buildings, grounds, finance, administration, campus housing, landscapes
Different facts and figures
Dates
Prices
Uses
Lack of information on some older buildings
when was purchased, renovated or renamed
Information on some new construction projects has not been forwarded to the Archives
There were different dates on different documents, not much info on recent rounds of renovations, and need more information on the various uses of the buildings throughout the years (i.e. current bookstore used to be the student union).

8. We Also Work on the Documentation
Historical buildings that once were part of the campus
Demolished
Sold
Destroyed
List of off-campus buildings
What we’re going to do

9. Digitization of Historical Photos
Many architectural photos have been digitized through a previous student-faculty research project
Additional images of Rollins buildings are scanned and added to Archival web page
Campus maps and aerial views over years are surveyed and digitized

10. What We Have Learned: Gain general architectural knowledge
Become expert on campus buildings
Put web page skills into practice
Architecture is an important component of liberal arts experience at Rollins
Develop a deep appreciation for the architectural beauty of the campus

11. Random Interesting Facts
House mother system during the early days of the College

12. Pinehurst served as a ladies dorm, presidential house, library, kitchen and dining hall, chemistry lab, music studio, English classroom, military headquarters, almost destroyed by fire in 1909, & was moved 20 ft. in 1987

14. Someone tried to blow up the Bush Science Center in 1971

15. Faculty voiced strong objections to the demolition of Knowles Hall in 1983

16. Questions?