Buildings and Grounds

Bowdoin is located on a beautiful 207-acre campus in mid-coast Maine. There are 121 buildings of varying shapes and sizes on campus, including the historic Massachusetts Hall (built in 1802); a stone Romanesque chapel (constructed in the 1850’s), with 120-foot twin towers; the landmark Walker Art Building, built in the 1890's by McKim, Mead and White; and the recently completed Roux Center for the Environment. Bowdoin also has several off-campus facilities for scientific and environmental research, taking full advantage of its location on the coast. Click here for more information about Bowdoin’s campus and buildings. Gross square footage of campus buildings, by purpose, and acreage of grounds on and off campus are provided below.

 

Buildings

	Num.	Gross Sq. Footage
Total Buildings (includes off-campus locations)	136	2,104,552
Subtotal GSF by Purpose
Academic Buildings	26	656,640
Administrative Buildings	16	181,634
Faculty/Staff Housing Buildings	27	77,615
Student Housing Buildings	36	692,377
Dining Buildings	2	63,131
Student Activities Buildings	6	74,999
Athletics Buildings	12	311,308
Children's Center Buildings	2	8,450
Maintenance/Support Buildings	8	34,228
Undefined Purpose Buildings	1	4,170

 

 

Grounds

	Acres
Total Campus	207
The Campus Quadrangle & Area	97
Athletic Fields	60
The Bowdoin Pines	50
Total Off Campus	447.5
Bowdoin Scientific Station	200
Bowdoin Coastal Studies Center	120.5
Coastal Studies Center GSF - 4,890
Sea Lab GSF - 3,013
Terrestrial Lab GSF - 1,285
Brunswick Landing	127