With our own hands, we built this place — architects of our destiny and the structures in which we seek new knowledge. Two hundred years later, Colgate is known as one of the most beautiful campuses in America.
Origins
Before Payne’s Farm
How Oneida lands became Colgate
Built in 1884
History of Hascall Hall
From President Dodge’s commitment to National Register of Historic Places
1905
Beloved landmarks: Taylor Lake and the Willow Path
Sites of natural beauty and tradition
1970s–1990s
ALANA Cultural Center
A multiracial and multicultural gathering place for the community to celebrate, understand and heal
1958
Seven Oaks Golf Course: Colgate’s gorgeous greens
How our Robert Trent Jones–designed golf course came to be
1937
James C. Colgate Hall: University hearthstone
The original home for dining, recreation, campus store, and posting letters to home
1859
The Hall of Alumni and Friends
The pinnacle of campus for more than 100 years
1891
James B. Colgate Hall: Gateway to learning
The many lives of the “ad building”
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