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It has been quite a challenge to keep up with the changes to Princeton's campus. Here is a guide to changes since 1996.

Kim D. Howie *78

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(1) 185 Nassau Street (Lewis Center for the Arts)

• Former elementary school which was part of the Princeton School District
• Home of the Program in Visual Arts including film
• Prior to opening of Lewis Center, home of the Creative Writing and Dance Programs
• James Stewart Film Theatre (small auditorium) used for lectures and film screenings
• Two gallery-exhibition spaces and an acting studio

(2) Hoyt Laboratory: Biochemistry

• Formerly part of Chemistry Department and attached to Frick Chemistry Building
• Renovated in 2013
• Moved to School of Engineering and Applied Science

(3) Friend Center, 2001: Engineering Education

(4) Sherrerd Hall, 2006: Operations Research and Financial Engineering

(5) Wallace Hall, 2000: Social Sciences

(6) Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, 2015

(7) Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building and

(8) Louis A Simpson Building

• Formerly Frick Chemistry Building; gutted building; retrofitted within the existing building
• Rabinowitz is home to the Economics Department
• Simpson is home to International Relations which is part of SPIA

(9) Robertson Hall

• Not new but formerly known as Woodrow Wilson (aka “Woody Woo”)
• Home of Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA)

(1) School of Engineering and Applied Science

• Between the Football Stadium and Prospect Avenue Eating Clubs
• Under construction

(2) Lewis Science Library, 2008

(3) McDonnell Hall, 1998: Physics Department and Math

(4) Frick Chemistry Building, 2010

(5) Powers Field (Football Stadium), 1998

(6) Weaver Track Stadium/Frelinghuysen Field (track and field), 1998

(7) Roberts Soccer Stadium 2022

(1) Whitman Residential College (Fisher, Wendell, Hargadon, Lauritzen, S Baker, E Baker, 1981 Halls), 2007

(2) Hobson Residential College, under construction, (former Wilson/First Residential College buildings demolished)

(3) Butler College: Wu Hall, 1983

• Dining Hall
• Community Room

(4) Butler Complex (Yoseloff, 1967, 1976, Wilf Halls), 2009

• Former New New Quad demolished

(5) Butler College: Bloomberg Hall, 2000

(6) Butler College: Scully Hall, 1998

(7) Frist Health Center, incorporates Eno Hall, 2025

(8) Icahn Laboratory (Integrative Genomics), 2003

(9) Streicker Bridge (crossing Washington Road), 2010

(10) Peretsman-Scully/Neuroscience Institute, includes Psychology, 2013

(11) Yeh Residential College (Hariri, Fu, Grousbeck, Mannion Halls), 2023

(12) New College West (Addy, Kanji, Kwanza Jones, José E. Feliciano Halls), 2023

(1) Princeton University Art Museum, under construction

(2) Laura Wooten Hall (formerly Marx Hall), 1993, connected to 1879 Hall

(3) Frist Campus Center, 2000

• Palmer Hall (Physics) gutted, retrofitted and incorporated into Campus Center

(4) Dillon Gym-Class of 1986 Fitness & Wellness Center addition, 2024

(1) Lewis Arts Complex

• Home of the Dance, Theater and Music Programs and the Princeton Atelier
• Includes theaters and dance studios, galleries, music practice rooms

(2) Site of former New Jersey Transit platform

• Moved to make room for Lewis Arts Complex
• Old NJ Transit buildings converted into bar and grill and restaurant, train track removed

(3) New Jersey Transit Platform and Waiting Room

(4) Wawa Store

(5) New Traffic Circle

Sources

• Portions of Campus Map, Princeton University website
• “Princeton University and Neighboring Institutions,” Robert Spencer Barnett, 2015