West Campus
Samuel P. Gates House (1876 - 6,138 ft²) is a small woodframe structure that was
once the dwelling house of Samuel Gates. Today, the building is used as the Admissions Office.
Boyden Hall (1924 - 63,248 ft²) was constructed as the major building of
Bridgewater Normal School following the campus' massive fire. It now houses the Registrar's Office, Financial Aid services,
Student Accounts, the President and Vice President's offices, administrative offices, the department of Information Technology, and several classrooms. On the lowest
level, School Street side, is the
Horace Mann Auditorium.
Harrington Hall (1926 - 26,640 ft²) was named in honor of Lee F. Harrington.
Formerly it was the Burnell Campus School (see below). The building houses the School of Management and Aviation Sciences.
Tillinghast Hall (1916 - 51,760 ft²) , affectionatley known as "Tilly," is
located at the corner of School and Summer streets. Named after the first princpal of Bridgewater Normal School, it houses
faculty offices, department offices, a dining hall, the campus Post Office,
and Health Services.The
Art Center (1904 - 14,924 ft²) was originally constructed as the Boyden
Gymnasium (an indoor track remains on the second floor). It now houses the Art Department and the Anderson Art Gallery.
Hunt Hall (1936 - 25,500 ft²), formerly the Dr. Albert F. Hunt Junior High
School, is located on School St. It houses the parking clerk and student ID services in the basement, and classrooms on the upper
floors.
Summer Street House (1925 - 3,831 ft²), a former home near the Alumni Center and
Maxwell Library, houses the Political Science Department.
Davis Alumni Center (1990 - 6,492 ft²), another former home, houses the alumni
services office.
Christian Fellowship Services building, located on Shaw Rd., is another former house.
The Clement C. Maxwell Library (1971 - 172,580 ft²) is a four-story cement and
brick structure located on Shaw Road with secondary entrances on Park Street. It is named for former college president Clement C.
Maxwell. The facility has over 300,000 volumes, an assorted collection of music and videos, and several classrooms. The third
floor Special Collections features a small museum and specialized collection of Abraham Lincoln. Located on the ground floor by the IT Support Services
office is a new Starbucks coffee stand.The
Adrian Rondileau Campus Center (1970 - 161,000 ft²) was constructed over land
that was once Boyden Park on Park Street. It was known as the Student Union until the retirement of then-president Adrian
Rondileau. The center boasts several ballrooms and conference rooms, a large cafeteria (featuring a Dunkin' Donuts), several common areas, an open access computer lab, and a
small dining room. International and Multicultural Affairs, Student Services, Student Government Association, Visitor
Information, and Events all have their offices there. A semi-annex to the building is the
Bridgewater State College
Auditorium, which has two levels of seating and a number of classrooms and offices below it for the Communications, Theatre,
and Music departments. The Beach Boys once held a live performance in
the auditorium, and it was also home to the world premiere of
Drakula: The Rock Opera.The
Marshall Conant Science Building (1964 - 99,700 ft²), named after one of the
Normal School's early principals, is located on Park Street, and is home to the school's science departments (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Earth Sciences and Geography. Land separating it from Pope Hall (see below) contains a small park, memorial
area, and a greenhouse. Behind the science building, adjacent to the park and to athletic practice fields, is the campus power
plant.Across from the library and next to the science building is the
John J. Kelly Gymnasium (1957 - 56,640 ft²). This gymnasium succeeded the Boyden Gymnasium and preceded the Tinsley Center (see below) as the
main athletic building for the campus. It features both a large and small gym and a swimming pool. The bottom floor houses
classrooms used primarily by the School of Education and Allied Studies. Near the gymnasium is the
Catholic Center.
East Campus
The
John Joseph Moakley Center for Technological Applications (1995 - 49,000 ft²)
is named for the late former US Representative John Joseph Moakley. This state-of-the-art facility features multiple computer labs
and a large technologically-enhanced auditorium/lecture hall. The faculty union, MSCA, occupies a small house on Burrill Avenue,
across from the Moakley Center, and next to the Center is a small, abandoned building once occupied by Dunkin' Donuts.
Walter and Marie Hart Hall (1979 - 25,500 ft²) is a building located behind, and
adjacent to, the Moakley Center, which houses classrooms and offices for the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and
the Department of Secondary Education.
Martha Burnell School (1979 - 70,650 ft²), located behind, and adjacent to, Hart
Hall, is an elementary school run cooperatively by Bridgewater State College and the Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School
District. It serves as a model school and an area for student teaching and observation to take place. It replaced the former
Martha Burnell school in Harrington Hall.
East Campus Commons (2002 - 32,000 ft²) is one of the newest buildings on campus.
It houses a large dining facility, the campus bookstore, and a new Dunkin' Donuts. It is located across a small courtyard from
East Hall (see below), a new co-ed dorm constructed at the same time as the Commons.The
Adrian Tinsley Center (2002 - 84,000 ft²) was constructed at the same time as
East Campus Commons and East Hall. It is located behind the Great Hill Student Apartments and Swenson Field, and is the new home
of the college's athletic programs. The building contains a modern fitness center as well as a large partitioning gymnasium, a
running track on the second floor, and several classrooms.Also constructed at this time was the
Operations Center (2003 - 30,632 ft²),
located slightly downhill from Shea and Durgin Halls (see below). This facility houses the
Campus Police Headquarters and
the offices of carpenters, custodial services, electricians, mechanics, groundskeepers, a locksmith, painters, plumbers,
recycling, and transportation.The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority runs a commuter rail train station on
the BSC campus. It is located on East Campus near East Hall. This is the Lakeville Line, which runs from Lakeville to Boston. Bridgewater is the only college in Massachusetts with a dedicated public rail
station.In the woods behind the MBTA station is the
Observatory (1973 - 500 ft²).