Name Changes to Buildings, Structures, and Significant Spaces at Yale
The following is a partial listing of prominent name changes at buildings, structures, and significant spaces on the Yale campus. It is illustrative, not exhaustive. Many, but not all, of these changes took place when new structures were built and old ones demolished. Others, though not all others, accompanied major renovations.
|
Original Name |
Successor Name |
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Union Hall (1793-1893) |
Vanderbilt Hall (1894) |
New building |
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Alumni Hall (1851-1911) |
Wright Hall (1912-1993) |
New building |
|
Pierson Hall (1897-1917) |
Harkness Memorial Quadrangle (1921) |
New building |
|
University Quadrangle (1901-1927) |
Hewitt Quadrangle (1927) / Beinecke Plaza (1963) |
Bequest / custom |
|
Hopkins Hall (1840-1930) |
Sterling Law Buildings (1931) |
New building |
|
Old Library (1889-1930) |
Dwight Chapel (1931) |
Renovation |
|
South Sheffield Hall (1814-1931) |
Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona (1932) |
New building |
|
Sloane Laboratory (1882-1931) |
Jonathan Edwards College (1932) |
New building |
|
Harkness Memorial Quadrangle (1921-1933) |
Branford and Saybrook Colleges (1933) |
Renovations |
|
Sterling Quadrangle |
Trumbull College (1933) |
Renaming |
|
University Gymnasium (1890-1932) |
Trumbull College (1933) |
New building |
|
Vanderbilt Square |
Silliman College (1933) |
Renaming |
|
Gibbs Hall |
Berkeley College (1934) |
New building |
|
York Hall (1897-1954) |
Stoeckel Hall (1954) |
Renaming |
|
St. Elmo Hall (1912-1962) |
Rosenfeld Hall (1963?) |
Renaming upon acquisition |
|
Winchester Hall |
Becton Center (1967) |
New building |
|
City Fire House (1905 – 1971) |
Calvin Hill Day Care (1971) |
Repurposing and renaming |
|
Delta Kappa Epsilon |
Yale Alumni House (1978) / Rose Alumni House (1997) |
Gift / renovation |
|
Pierson Slave Quarters (1933-1980) |
Lower Court (1980) / Rosenkranz Court (2004) |
Renaming / renovation |
|
Sheffield Laboratory |
A. K. Watson Hall (1986) |
Renovation |
|
Corby Court (1968-1993) |
Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale (1993) |
New building |
|
Wright Hall (1912-1993) |
Lanman-Wright Hall (1993) |
Renovation |
|
Bob Cook Boathouse (1923-1999) |
Gilder Boathouse (1999) |
New building |
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Bingham Oceanographic Laboratory (1959-1999) |
Class of 1954 Environmental Sciences Facility (2001) |
Replacement |
|
Yale Sailing Center |
McNay Family Sailing Center (2006) |
Renaming |
|
Cross Campus Library (1971-2007) |
Bass Library (2007) |
Renovation |
|
Mazutto Baseball Practice Field |
[name removed in 2009-2010] |
Name removed |
|
University Dining Hall (1901-2002) |
University Commons (or “Commons”) / Commons at Schwarzman Center (2015) |
Custom / renovation |
|
Seeley G. Mudd Library (1982-2014) |
Pauli Murray College (2017) |
New building |