THE ALUMNI CENTER
Located on Glenwood Avenue, this building has served as home for several former University presidents as well as A.G. Haussler, vice president and acting president.

BAKER HALL
Named for Murray M. Baker, Peoria industrialist, whose gift of $150,000 to the University in 1956 was used for the College of Business Administration building at Main and Glenwood. Baker Hall is the home of the Foster College of Business Administration.

BRADLEY HALL
Named for Tobias S. Bradley, Mrs. Bradley's husband, and their six children. Bradley Hall is the home to the Graduate School, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Center for Educational Development, the Center for Orientation, Testing and Advisement, and the Center for Wellness and Counseling.

BURGESS HALL
Built in 1951 as a dormitory, in 1982, it was dedicated as the headquarters of the Department of Nursing. The hall was named for Theodore C. Burgess who served as a Bradley director from 1904 to 1925. When his widow died in 1960, Bradley received $10,000 from her estate in memory of her husband who had died in 1925. In addition to the Department of Nursing, the building now houses the Department of Physical Therapy, the Smith Career Center, and other faculty offices.

COMSTOCK HALL
Clarence C. Comstock was a member of the original Bradley faculty and was secretary of the faculty until retiring in 1938, 10 years before his death. In addition to teaching mathematics, he was the registrar of Bradley Polytechnic Institute from 1897 to 1904. Comstock Hall houses the Department of Psychology.

CONSTANCE HALL
Jennie M. Constance headed the Bradley English Department for nine years until her death in 1928. She was murdered that summer in Evanston where she was working on her doctorate at Northwestern University. Constance Hall was the first women's dormitory at Bradley, but now houses the Department of Music.

CULLOM-DAVIS LIBRARY
Dedicated to the parents of Shelby Cullom Davis, a Peoria native who graduated from Princeton and was economics adviser to the two presidential campaigns of Thomas E. Dewey. Davis presented $1 million to the university in honor of Julia M. Cullom and George H. Davis. That money was used for the 1966 expansion of the library, which opened in 1950. The library provides an online catalog and circulation system, a computer lab, and houses the Center for Learning Assistance.

DINGELDINE MUSIC CENTER
Mabel Dingeldine, a member of the 1914 graduating class, was a major donor to the renovation of the Second Church of Christ Scientist into the Center, which opened in 1983.

ROMEO B. GARRETT CULTURAL CENTER
Named for Romeo B. Garrett, professor emeritus of sociology at Bradley University, who became the school's first black professor in 1947. The Center houses the offices of the Multicultural Student Services and various student organizations, including Bradley's chapter of the N.A.A.C.P.

GEISERT HALL
When dedicated on October 15, 1971, it was "the newest and tallest structure on the Bradley campus." Charles Geisert owned and operated the Pekin Floral Co. in partnership with his brother, Frank, and Sam Benjamin Jr. Geisert died the month before the building was dedicated. The majority of his estate, valued in excess of $400,000, was left to the university. The building remains as a co-ed residence hall, and is one of the Residence Halls of the Future.

CATERPILLAR GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
The Caterpillar Global Communications Center contains the offices of the Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts. It was dedicated on October 26, 1996. Home to the Department of Communication, its offices, classrooms, computer labs, studios, and the New Media Center are located here. The University recognized the leadership and generosity of Caterpillar Inc. and its employees with the naming of the Caterpillar Global Communications Center in a ceremony on October 7, 1999.

HARPER HALL
William Rainey Harper was the first president of the University of Chicago and the first president of the Bradley faculty. He also served as chief adviser to Lydia Bradley while she planned the Polytechnic Institute. The Harper name was given to a men's dormitory that Lydia Bradley had orginally built as a home for aged women. The building was replaced in 1969, but the Harper name remained for the "135-room, seven story air conditioned structure" designed to house male residents. Today, Harper Hall is a co-ed residence hall, and is one of the Residence Halls of the Future.

HARTMANN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
H.W. (Jack) and Mary C. Hartmann contributed $500,000 for the renovation of the old gym (Hewitt Hall) into the Center. Hartmann, an owner of McDougal Hartmann Co., built sidewalks and parking lots for Bradley, but his company was better known for its road-building projects. The Center houses the lab theatre, Meyer Jacobs Theatre, Hartmann Center Gallery, and offices for the Department of Theatre Arts.

HAUSSLER HALL
More than just a gym, the replacement for Hewitt Hall was called "a physical education complex," and named for A.G. Haussler, who twiced served Bradley as acting president, after joining the university in 1950. The hall provides students with a weight room, swimming pool, exercise equipment, racquetball and basketball courts, sports and fitness classes, and houses the Office of Intramural and Recreational Sports and the Department of Athletics.

HEITZ HALL
Irene P. Heitz, the former Irene Phillips of Delavan, was a 1906 graduate of Bradley. She donated $50,000 to purchase furnishings for the dormitory, which was dedicated in 1962. Besides being a home to students, Heitz Hall houses the Student Health Center.

HEUSER ART CENTER
"How do you get a building named after you?" Ray Heuser asked. "You donate $1 million," BU president Martin Abegg replied. It wasn't long after that, Abegg said that Heuser set up a $1 million trust fund; almost half the cost of the Center. The building houses the Heuser Art Center Gallery, and photography, print making, drawing, and ceramics studios and classrooms.

HOLMES HALL
Zealy M. Holmes was a grand nephew of Bradley founder, Lydia Moss Bradley. He was a member of the school's original board of trustees and managed all of the farm properties included in the Bradley University endowment.

JOBST HALL
Named for Peoria contractor Valentine Jobst, Jr., whose gift to the university in 1952 was the largest at that time since the original by the founder. Groundbreaking for the engineering building was held on Founder's Day in 1954. The building houses the College of Engineering and Technology.

LOVELACE HALL
Named for Thomas G. Lovelace, Peoria financier and Bradley trustee, the building was dedicated in 1956 and was orginally a women's dormitory. The former Lovelace Hall is now Baker Hall. Today, Lovelace Hall is one of the buildings in the Singles Complex, which provides single-resident housing for students. The complex also includes Elmwood and St. James Halls.

MACMILLAN HALL Hugh Macmillan was director of plant operations on the Hilltop. The plant operation building, dedicated in 1971, was named in his honor.

MORGAN HALL
Opened in 1967 as a technology building, it was named in honor of the late Harry T. and Lura Hancock Morgan. He was a former president of Block & Kuhl Co. and left an estate of about $250,000 to be presented to the university at the time of his widow's death. She was a member of the class of 1906. Morgan Hall is the home to Computing Services and the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Technology.

OLIN HALL OF SCIENCE
A $2.5 million grant from the Olin Foundation of New York City was used to construct and equip the science building dedicated in 1968. It houses the Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Departments.

ROBERTSON MEMORIAL FIELD HOUSE
Named for A. J. (Robbie) Robertson, Bradley athletic director, who coached three sports on the Hilltop--baseball, basketball and football. He died in 1948. The field house provides locker room space and exercise facilities for Bradley athletes. It is the home court for the women's basketball team and serves as the concert arena for bands and comedians usually sponsored by the Activities Council of Bradley University.

SISSON HALL
Edward O. Sisson, an 1892 graduate of the University of Chicago, was appointed director of Bradley in 1897 - the year it was founded. He served until his resignation in 1904. Today, the offices of Co-curricular Development, Housing and Residential Life, and the Bradley Fund, and many of Bradley's student organizations, including the Student Senate, Anaga yearbook, and Scout newspaper offices are located here.

SWORDS HALL
Home to the BU administration, the hall was named for former Peoria County sheriff and contractor, Charles L. Swords, and his son, Earl. They had contributed $300,000 to the building's construction in 1962; it was dedicated the following year. Earl Swords said his father had the coal contract for the school when it opened in 1897.

VISITORS CENTER
Completed in 1997, the center is located close to the main campus entranceway and has an adjacent parking lot designated for visitors. The building is attached to the Bradley Bookstore and features a spacious reception area, a theater for group presentations about Bradley, a conference room, and offices where Admissions representatives meet with prospective students.

WESTLAKE HALL
In 1946, the clock-towered Horology Building was named Westlake Hall in honor of Dean Allen T. Westlake, first head of the Horology Department. Horology is the science of measuring time. The Parson's Horological Institute was moved from LaPorte, Ind., to Peoria in the early 1890s and became part of Bradley in 1897. Westlake remained as dean until his death in 1931. Today, the building serves as the home to the College of Education and Health Sciences.

WILKEY ANNEX ENGINE TEST LAB
David Wilkey was a member of the Air Force ROTC on the Bradley campus. He graduated in 1954 and was killed the following year in a military accident.

WILLIAMS HALL
The dormitory, dedicated in 1966, was named for Dr. Herbert and Anne (Collier) Williams of Peoria. He was a member of the class of 1905, a graduate of Northwestern and a Peoria physician. When he died in 1950, he left "a sizeable bequest" to the university. The building was dedicated in 1966. The residence hall also has two cafeterias.

WYCKOFF HALL
Charles Truman Wyckoff, dean emeritus and a member of the original Bradley faculty, retired from the school in 1937. At that time, he presented a gift of $25,000 to the university in memory of his wife, Georgia Cary Baker Wyckoff. He also donated his Peoria home to Bradley and an insurance policy which eventually brought his total gift to $56,000. Living to age 99, he outlived the 1913 policy's mortality table. Today, the building serves as the university's only all-male residence hall and is annexed to Harper Hall.