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George Washington greets students entering Red Square

The flagship campus of the University of Washington in Seattle is home to # colleges, # schools, and # program Campus buildings are categorized by the major street or vicinity on which they are located on campus.

History edit

  • Denny Hall

Memorial Way edit

Memorial Way is the ceremonial entrance to the main campus, facing Greek Row.

Military Memorials edit

Memorial way itself is the campus memorial for students, staff, and faculty involved in World War I At the terminus of Memorial Way is 'Interrupted Journey, the campus World War II memorial dedicated in 1999. Interrupted Journey The Medal of Honor Memorial located in between the war memorials sits at the traffic circle of Memorial Way and George Washington Lane. It was dedicated Veterans Day 2010.

Central Plaza edit

Central Plaza or more commonly referred to as Red Square is the intersection of the three axes that outline central campus: Memorial Way, Campus Parkway, the Quad, and Rainier Vista. All but one of the six buildings that frame Red square are named after a university president, Meany Hall.

  • Suzzalo Library
  • Gerberding Hall
  • Odegaard Undergraduate Library
  • Kane Hall
  • Meany Hall

The Quad edit

Officially the Liberal Arts Quadrangle, the quad is the most photographed location on campus.[citation needed] Raitt Hall and Savery Hall frame the northwestern boundary while Gowen, Smith, and Miller Halls frame the southeast. At the top of the quad sits the latest buildings on the quad, the Art and Music Buildings.

 
U Wash Quad cherry blossoms 04

Rainier Vista edit

 
Drumheller Fountain
  • Mary Gates Hall
  • Johnson Hall
  • Drumheller Fountain at Frosh pond
  • Guggenheim Hall
  • Bagley Hall and Chemistry Building

Stevens Way edit

 
Hansee Hall in 2006

Stevens Way forms a horseshoe connecting West Campus at 15th Ave NE to Memorial Way at North Campus. The Burke-Gilman Trail runs parallel to most of Stevens Way. Buildings for the natural sciences and the School of Engineering are primarily located along Stevens Way.

  • Architecture Hall
  • Guthrie Hall
  • Benson Hall
  • Husky Union Building

Whitman Court, a cul-de-sac off Stevens way leads to the north campus dormitories McMahon, Haggett, McCarty, and Hansee halls.

Campus Parkway and West Campus edit

Buildings along West campus stem from

Pacific Street edit

Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Building

Montlake Blvd edit

The Husky Athletic Village stretches along Montlake Boulevard from the Montlake Cut to the Union Bay Natural Area. The area used to include a golf course.

References edit