The Campus
Hamden Hall's main campus is located on 12 acres (49,000 m2) in Hamden, Connecticut, overlooking Lake Whitney. The current campus consists of 8 major buildings.
Only one original building still remains from its 1912 founding; originally classrooms, it is now the teacher lounge and administrative offices. The building was renovated in 1964.
Swain Center contains the Ellen and Charles Swain library, with a collection of more than 25,000 volumes and a new, multiuser computer lab with internet connections and electronic encyclopedias. Swain Center also contains several classrooms, the student lounge, and several faculty offices.
The Schiavone Science Center, physically linked to the Taylor Fine Arts Center, houses 4 regular classrooms and 4 full laboratories, along with a second multiuser computer facility for students and faculty alike. The Lender Refectory, the school's dining hall where many special events take place, is located in the lower floors of Schiavone.
The aforementioned Taylor Fine Arts Center houses a fully equipped theatre suitable for seating up to 300, a video production and editing room, as well as complete backstage facilities and an art gallery. The lower floors contain music practice rooms and equipment, as well as student lockers and 2 classrooms. Regular Upper School assemblies are held in the theatre twice a week.
The Dolven Admissions Center sits across from Schiavone. This is the area where prospective students and their families begin their campus visit. This building is also home to a full art studio complete with digital art equipment, as well as a clay studio. The remainder of the building contains administrative and college counseling offices and an art gallery.
Whitson Hall is the main classroom building of the school with 15 Upper and Middle school classrooms and several faculty offices on its upper floors. The lower floors contain 6 Lower School classrooms and a small audiovisual/computer lab dedicated to the Lower School.
Connected directly to Whitson Hall, Taylor Gymnasium is where students and guests cheer for athletes in the combined basketball/volleyball/wrestling arena. Weight training facilities, the athletic trainer's office, and sports lockers are also located in Taylor. In addition, full-school assemblies and social events are held in the gymnasium on occasion as well.
Situated in the rear of the campus, Ethyle R. Alpert Building provides several more Lower School classrooms, a Lower School playground, and extended-day program facilities.
The Beckerman Athletic Center stands at the foot of Hamden Hall's athletic complex on Skiff Street. Details on this center are detailed below under "Athletics."
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