The Council of Independent Colleges: Historic Campus Architecture Project

Calvin Theological Seminary

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Calvin Theological Seminary (view from the southwest), Calvin College

Calvin Theological Seminary (view from the south), Calvin College

Institution Name: Calvin College
Original/Historic Place Name: Calvin Theological Seminary
Location on Campus: 3201 Burton SE
Date(s) of Construction:

1959	original construction Fyfe, William Beye Perkins + Will Architects
1976	construction information unknown
2002	construction information unknown

Designer: William Beye Fyfe; Perkins & Will Architects
Type of Place: Individual building
Style: Modern/post-WWII, Contemporary (Glossary)
Significance: architecture, education
Narrative: see below
References: see below

Materials:

Foundation: concrete

Walls: brick, common

Roof: low slope, wide eaves

Function:

1959-present (2006)

other (seminary)

Narrative:
This building complex was the first on the Calvin campus. With small scale buildings grouped around a courtyard, its significance is due to sensitive site planning and low-key architecture. Its position next to a small pond provides an air of meditation appropriate to its nature as a post-graduate learning center.

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