Address for GPS
100 Main Campus Dr, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
Accessibility
There is a ground-level entrance located to the right of the main entrance (automatic door opener). There is also a ramped entrance to the back of Main to enter through the College Center on the south side, and a ramped entrance on the north side across from Ely Hall. There is elevator access in Main to all levels (restricted access only 3rd floor and above). Accessible restrooms are located in the front lobby (men’s), in the South wing (gender-neutral), and in the College Center. Accessible parking spaces are located in front of Main Building, on Main Gate Drive, and in the Ely/Aula Visitors’ parking lot.
—Campus Accessibility for Vassar College Buildings
All Gender Bathroom
Located on the third, fourth, and fifth floors, accessible.
AED+
In case of a medical emergency, there is an AED+ cabinet in the Main Building lobby on the west wall outside the Campus Response Center (CRC). All AED+ locations.
About Main Building
When Vassar first opened its doors in 1865, everything was in Main Building—living quarters for students, faculty, and administrators, the dining hall, the library, the art museum, classrooms, and offices. Now a National Historic Landmark, Main houses administrative offices on the first two floors and students on the third and fourth. At the back of Main is a modern addition, the College Center, housing the Office of Campus Activities, College Information Center, James W. Palmer III ’90 Gallery, mail room, Computing Service Desk, student-run WVKR radio station, student government offices, lounges and meeting rooms, the Retreat Café, the Express Café and the campus pub, Matthew”s Mug.