Laredo Community College - College Landmarks

College Landmarks

Memorial Hall (previously University Hall) houses main administrative offices, including Admissions, Financial Aid, Assessment Center, Bursar's Office, Advising, and classrooms.

Kazen College Center (popularly called "The Kazen") is located on the Main Mall. The building is named for the late U.S. Representative Abraham Kazen, Jr.. The student center provides a central place for student activities. The first floor houses the Cafeteria, Student Activities Office, Dining Rooms, Television lounges, Meeting rooms, Viewing rooms and the Bookstore. The second floor houses the Job Readiness Center, Game Room, Student Galleries, and Health Services office. The center of the building has a two-story atrium equipped with seating and tables for students to study, dine, and visit. The Atrium is also equipped with a stage, lights, and speakers for performances.

Martinez Performing Fine Arts Center - Completed in 2003, this facility is the hub of instructional activity for the LCC Music, Dance and Visual Arts programs. It contains sculpture and photography laboratories, state of the art music laboratories and a 500-seat auditorium for performance arts. It is named for the late philanthropists Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez, whose family foundation provided financial support for constructing and equipping the facility. On April 17, 2011, the Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra, under conductor Brendan Townsend, completed its 31st season at the Martinez Center.

Harold Yeary Library, named for Laredo businessman, school board member, and civic leader Harold R. Yeary (1908–1969), houses books, periodicals, references, computer labs, and study rooms for student uses. There are about 138,050 articles in literature and about 538 current periodicals and 63 online subscriptions. The library also houses the Fort McIntosh Gallery which features a gallery of photos and paintings of the old fort. The library has a seating capacity of 580. Both Harold Yeary and his son, Amber Milton Yeary, II (born 1938), also of Laredo, served as past presidents of the Texas School Boards Association.

Maravillo Gymnasium - Named for the first Laredoan to die in the line of duty in World War II, Corporal Quintin Maravillo, the gym is located at the end of the main mall atop a small hill. The building was dedicated to the memory of LCC students who have died in war. The gymnasium and classroom building supports the LCC Kinesiology, Athletics, and Intramural Sports programs.

David "Dave" Segler, who died in Rockport in 2007 at the age of seventy-seven, assumed duties as the first director of the LCC athletic program in 1972, shortly after the completion of the Maravillo Gymnasium. He also was the basketball coach, but the school later disbanded that program and now offers baseball, volleyball, and tennis.

Dr. Joaquin G. Cigarroa, Jr., Science Laboratory Building, a new facility, houses laboratories for the Science Department. It is named for a Laredo physician long active in the promotion of medical education.

Lamar Bruni Vergara Environmental Science Center, named for a deceased Laredo philanthropist, this facility is a living laboratory for students of all ages to study mathematics, science and other related disciplines. The center contains representations of the Rio Grande ecosystem and live specimens of plant and animal life. School children take part in the center's eco-curriculum through instructional tours scheduled on weekdays throughout the school year.

A rescued white-tailed deer named Precioso, which was rehabilitated from an injury in 2011, will soon reside at the LCC environmental science center. Tom Miller, the director of the center, said that the native deer, a regulated game animal, is one of the few kinds of deer which the state allows for display. An 8,000-square foot pen will house the animal.

Arechiga Hall, primarily an historic building used for faculty offices, is a restoration of the officers' quarters of the former Fort McIntosh. It is named for former LCC President Domingo Arechiga (1926–1987).

Lerma-Pena Learning Center has a large computer-based learning laboratory on the ground floor and classrooms on the second level. It is located behind the LCC entrance sign. The building is named for two Laredo firefighters who perished in a fire on campus in January 1974.

Fort McIntosh Park - This recreation complex has a swimming pool, baseball field, softball field, batting cages, H.E. Butt Tennis Courts, and concession facilities for student athletics and recreational programs. The LCC tennis team in May 2009 won its fifth consecutive national title and received recognition from the Laredo City Council.

Crispin "Doc" Sanchez Baseball Field - Within Fort McIntosh Park, the baseball field is named for the college's former athletic director, dean of student services, and promoter of Hispanic educational opportunities, Crispin Sanchez.