Bill Hall, built in 1939, doesn't look much like its northern neighbors Fanning Hall and New London Hall. It does have a granite and limestone facade, but differs in style with a flat roof, steel-framed windows and a more modern tone. (Are you taking notes? There will be a quiz.) Bill contains classrooms, labs and offices of the departments of Neuroscience and Psychology and, on the roof is an 1888 Alvan Clark refractor telescope. Following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, students began a round-the-clock watch for warplanes from the roof of Bill Hall.

Cummings Arts Center was the first construction project under the leadership of President Charles E. Shain. However, the desire for a combined arts/music building was a priority dating back to Katharine Blunt’s presidency in the 1930s. Within the building are two stacked performance spaces, including 230-seat Oliva Hall and the 360-seat, double-height Evans Hall (originally Dana Hall before a 1990s renovation).

Did you know? Cummings Arts Center was originally slated to be located more centrally on the College Green, mimicking the indentation made by Freeman. Fearing they would lose the view of Long Island Sound, students, faculty and staff petitioned President Shain to move the building’s location.

Fanning Hall is the main administrative building on campus and includes the Office of the President, the Hale Center for Career Development, Office of the Dean of the College and the Registrar's Office among others.

This state-of-the-art center for life sciences and Computer Science opened in Fall 2012. It features 13 new laboratories, two seminar rooms, three multi-purpose classrooms, 21 faculty offices, a modern greenhouse, herbarium, electron microscopy suite, cold rooms and tissue culture rooms. It is certified LEED gold, with a number of sustainable features, including a $1 million geothermal heating and cooling system, high-efficiency frame hoods, energy-saving lighting and water-saving plumbing fixtures.

F.W. Olin Science Center houses Physics, Astronomy, Geophysics, the offices for the Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment, the offices for the Arboretum, laboratories for the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology, and the teaching labs for Chemistry and Biology.

The Steel House is a historic structure that's home to the Office of Sustainability. It's the headquarters for students, faculty and staff who implement projects that help the College balance the three components of sustainability: social equity, economic well-being and environmental stewardship. The building features comfortable seating, a kitchenette equipped for cooking and baking, a resource library, fireplace and outdoor patios. Architecturally, the Steel House has a rich history as one of the earliest prefabricated houses in America. After a complete restoration, the building was reopened in 2013.