From Special Collections: Buildings of Middlebury College
Middlebury College Special Collections includes a vast array of digital materials. Here are nine historic images of some well-known buildings on the campus. Images and captions from Special Collections.
The building we know as Twilight Hall used to serve as the College Street Graded School.
Middlebury acquired the building in 1984 and named it after Alexander Lucius Twilight, Class of 1823, the first African American to earn a bachelor’s degree from an American college or university.
Built in 1965, Sunderland Language Center served as a center for Middlebury’s language programs.
Starr Library, 1902. Middlebury’s Starr library used to serve as the main library on campus.
This building was most recently renovated in 2004 and became the Axinn Center as we know it today.
The second oldest building on campus, Old Chapel was completed in 1836.
Painter Hall is the oldest structure on campus and the oldest surviving college building in Vermont.
Construction was finished in 1816.
The third oldest building on campus, Starr Hall was completed in 1860.
The Emma Willard House was built for John and Emma Willard in 1811 and served as the site of Emma Willard’s female seminary from 1814–1819.
Today it serves as Middlebury’s Admissions building.
The Chateau was built in 1925 as part of a gift from Frederica Holden Proctor and served as Middlebury’s first language-specific dormitory.
McCullough was constructed in 1912 with funds provided by former Vermont governor John G. McCullough, and served primarily as a gymnasium on campus.
