We are excited to be moving forward with the renovation and expansion project at Olin Hall, originally constructed in 1988. Though the final design has not yet been determined, the project will address critical HVAC needs throughout the building, update the rear entry, and add at least three classrooms and six offices to the current footprint. Expansion will take place on the front of the building and allow for the façade to be updated and brought in line with existing campus architecture.
The design phase will take approximately nine months, followed by 12 months of construction, with an anticipated opening in fall 2020.
Built: 1988
Named for F.W. Olin Foundation
Address: 630 West Walnut Street, Danville, Ky. 40422
• Faculty Offices
• Science Center
In 1986 the F.W. Olin Foundation of New York City, N.Y., awarded Centre a $3.5 million grant, the first by the foundation to a Kentucky college or university, to construct a physical science building on campus. Since then the College has continued to improve on the facility and include state-of-the-art scientific equipment and instrumentation, and provide space for long-term student/faculty research projects.
The foyer displays a two-story Foucault pendulum, which demonstrates the rotation of the earth beneath the plane of the pendulum’s swing.
ADA Accessible: Entrance, restrooms, elevator.
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