Chaplin Hall
Located on the Upper Parade Ground, Chaplin Hall houses the School of Architecture + Art, which offers a five-year Master of Architecture program and two art minors. Built in 1907 with money from industrialist Andrew Carnegie, Chaplin previously served as the campus library and home to the fledgling Electrical Engineering Department.
History: When the Electrical Engineering Department moved to Partridge Hall in 1941, Chaplin Hall was converted to a library. The building was completely renovated in 1952 using a major gift from Henry P. Chaplin, who served as a Norwich University trustee from 1952 to 1961. The building was rededicated the Henry Prescott Chaplin Memorial Library in 1953. A new addition in 1961 nearly doubled the library’s size. In 1993, with the construction of Kreitzberg Library and the relocation of all undergraduate programs to the Northfield campus, the building was converted to accommodate the School of Architecture + Art.