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Welcome to Seton Hall
University! Founded in 1856, the Catholic University of New
Jersey is the largest diocesan institution of higher education in the
nation and features a student body representing nearly every state in
the union and a vast number of visiting scholars from across the world.
The campus of Seton Hall was originally located on the former Chegary
Estate in Madison, New Jersey during the 1850s.
The school was moved
under the direction of Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley to South Orange,
New Jersey in 1860 in order to have the main college situated near the
Chancery offices and Bishop’s residence within the Diocese of Newark.
Over the last century and
a half, Seton Hall has undergone many changes including a separation of
the Prepatory and College divisions in 1897 and the attainment of
University status in 1950.
From a physical and
architectural standpoint, Seton Hall’s presence in South Orange became
undeniable as the land owned by the school extended to its present
58-acre site, from the rain line situated in the center of town during
the 19th century to the border of Newark. Now we will take a
tour through the present day campus beginning at the main entrance...
1. The Farinella Gate.
Built in 1988, this entrance to the Seton Hall campus was named for
prominent local resident Frank Farinella, Jr., and is located at the
intersection of South Orange Avenue, Centre Street and Turrell Avenue.
Landscape work including elaborate welcome signs has been added over the
last few years to make this site more attractive for students, faculty,
administrators and guests alike.
2. The Father Vincent
Monella Arts Center. A nineteenth century structure that was later
renovated in 1973 and again in 2005 to its present state of usage as a
home for the Museum Studies Department. Known simply as “The Arts
Center,” this building was originally a Victorian carriage house on the
summer estate of a wealthy South Orange banker. This building can be
found on the Register of Historic Places in New Jersey, and has also
attained National Landmark status.
3-5. Cabrini,
Neuman and Serra Halls. The newest resident complex on campus. These
three interconnected buildings house around 500 students living on
campus, and was erected to accommodate the growing residential
population at Seton Hall during the late 1980s.
Cabrini Hall. Built in
1988 and named for Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917). She became
the first American citizen to be declared a saint and was founder of the
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. Born in Italy, she worked
primarily among the Italian citizenry of her time.
Neuman Hall. Built in
1988 and named for St. John Nepomucene Neuman (1811-1860). Born in
Bohemia, Neuman was the former Bishop of Philadelphia and the first
bishop in America to prescribe Forty Hours of devotion within his
diocese. For a brief time, he led the Catholic Church in Southern New
Jersey as part of his duties as Bishop of Philadelphia.
Serra Hall. Built in 1988
and named for Blessed Junipero Serra (1713-1794), a Spanish Franciscan
Missionary who worked along the Pacific Coast to baptize the Native
American population into the Catholic faith. He was declared venerable
by the Church in 1985.
6. Fahy Hall. Built in
1968 and later named in 1988 for Msgr. Thomas Fahy, President of Seton
Hall University from 1970-1976. This building currently houses offices
and classrooms of the College of Arts and Sciences. It includes two
television studios, two amphitheaters, and computer graphics, language
and statistics laboratories as well.
7. Xavier Hall. Built in
1986 and named for St. Francis Xavier, Spanish Jesuit Missionary to
India and Japan. This residence hail houses over 500 students and
provides lounges, study areas and laundry facilities for the student
population. A reflection room known as the Mother Seton Chapel is
located in this building.
8. Caroline D.
Schwartz College
of Nursing. Built in 1973 and named for the first
dean of the College of Nursing and donor to the University. This
building houses some of the most modern equipment for on-campus teaching
to be found anywhere, including a multi-purpose practice and
demonstration room with hospital beds and stretchers.
9. Arts and Sciences
Hall. Built in 1973, this building was known as the W. Paul Stillman
Business Building until the opening of Jubilee Hall in 1997. The College
of Arts & Sciences and the Center for African-American Studies operate
here.
10. Duffy Hall. Built in
1948 and named for Msgr. William Duffy, Head Master of Seton Hall
Prepatory School, the building expanded in 1968. It was formerly
occupied by the Seton Hall Prepatory School until 1985. Its classrooms,
offices and graduate lounge are now used by the University community. It
also houses the school’s Neurological Research Center, University
Bookstore.
11.
Bishop Dougherty University Center. Built in 1962 and named for Bishop
John J. Dougherty, President of Seton Hall University from 1960-1970,
this building houses most of the school’s cultural, social and
recreational activities. This building contains the Galleon Room
- a
food court. Pirate’s Cove —
coffee and food bar, along with the
Theatre-in-the-Round. a student study lounge, student publications,
student government offices and The Living Room
- a
television viewing area.
12. Richard J. Regan
Recreation Center & Walsh Gymnasium. [he entire complex was named in
2004 for
Richard J. Regan, ‘53 former basketball player, coach and Athletic
Director. The interior portion of the Regan Center, built
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1987, included a field house co-named in honor of Regan and his wife
Sheila. The recreation center contains a 25-meter poll, four-lane
running track, five-lane straightaway, weight room, wrestling room, long
jump pit and run-way, multipurpose courts, squash and racquetball
courts, a multipurpose room with exercise areas, Olympic sized pool,
expanded locker room facelifts and the offices of the Department of
Athletics.
Walsh Gymnasium. Built in
1940 and named for Archbishop Thomas J. Walsh, former bishop of Newark.
Known as the “Million Dollar Gym’ when it was built, it features seating
for 3,400 spectators in the main arena area and houses the studios for
W-S-O-U FM, the first college-operated FM radio station in New Jersey.
13. Walsh Library.
Built in 1994 and named for Frank B. Walsh, Jr., University Regent and
donor, as a result of a leadership gift of over one million dollars.
Known as the “Jewel of the Campus.” this building hosts the university
library, Archives & Special Collections Center and art gallery. It is a
state-of-the-art learning center. The four-story facility features
spacious study facilities, an exhibit gallery and a domed rotunda that
can be seen from all points on campus. The latest technology available
can be found in this facility. Information retrieval and referencing and
over haifa million volumes are housed on site.
14. Mooney Hall.
Built in 1910 and named for Msgr. James Mooney, President of Seton Hall
College from 1907-22. Mooney Hall was home to the Seton Hall Prepatory
School from 1956-1986. This building features classrooms and is used for
the Freshman Studies Program, Department of Military Science, ROTC, the
Center for Near East Studies and Archeology.
15-17. Lewis, Alumni and
Alfieri Halls. The site of the Immaculate Conception Seminary complex,
each building has a function dedicated to the religious life on campus.
Lewis HaIl, built in
1982 and named after Milton and Rita Lewis, benefactors to the
Archdiocese of Newark. This area features classrooms and offices of the
Educational Opportunity Program and is a residence hall for
approximately 100 seminarians, has faculty quarters, a dining hall and
library of religious volumes.
Alumni Hall, built
in 1883 as a twenty-fifth anniversary gift to the college from the Seton
Hall Alumni Association, a gift of the Seton Hall College Alumni
Association on the occasion of the
25~
anniversary of the founding of the School. It
houses the Seminary Chapel and administrative offices for the Seminary.
Formerly a recreation center, dormitory and classroom building,
Graduations also used to be held on the porch, surrounded by Lewis Hall,
facing the courtyard. The building also once featured a physical and
chemical laboratory on the first floor.
Alfieri Hall. Built in
1987, this structure was named for Dominick Alfieri, former Secretary of
the Seton Hall University Board of Regents and a member of the Design
and construction team of the building. This edifice is seen as the
academic wing of the Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology.
18. Immaculate
Conception Chapel. Built iii 1870 and named for the Blessed Virgin Mary.
This structure is used for meditation and quiet reflection. Its
stained-glass windows, made in Munich, depicted the creation and
bestowal of the sacraments, as well as some apostles and famous priests
whom seminarians were once urged to emulate. The window in the organ
loft shows the three patron saints of music: Gregory, Cecelia and David.
A small oratory is dedicated to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. The Chapel
contains the console for the carillon, which rings the Angelus and
sounds Mass calls and music from the tower of President’s Hall. Various
memorials and ceremonies take place here.
19. President’s,
Stafford & Marshall Hall. This series of buildings is the centerpiece of
campus and built on the site of the former Elphinstone Manor which was
on site when Seton flail moved from Madison to South Orange in 1860.
Only two stones in the foundation remain from the original villa.
President’s Hall,
built in 1867, was named in honor of the chief executives of Seton I
lall University. it is done gothic and manufactured of dressed brown
stone. The building originally served as the Seminary for budding clergy
during the nineteenth century. It also had
housing
for students in the nineteenth century. The first
floor of the Hall is paneled with wood from Sussex County chestnut
trees, and its halls are lined with portraits of past presidents. The
stained glass window of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was commissioned in 1866
by her nephew, Bishop Jamcs Roosevelt Bayley, the founder of Seton Hall.
Stafford Hall. Built
around the iS6Os, the building was named in honor of Rev. John A.
Stafford, former College President from 1899-1907 and renamed in 1960.
The building is situated on the site of the first College Building.
Various fires in 1866, 1886 and 1909 damaged parts of the original
edifice, but were rebuilt to various degrees of completion. on a smaller
scale than the original. Built of white brick, stone and terra cotta,
the building included classrooms, living rooms, study halls, a dining
hail, and dormitory space.
Marshall Hall, built in
1897 and named for Rev. William F. Marshall, President of Seton I tall
College from 1888-1897. This building was the first formal library in
school history.
20. McQuaid Hall.
Built around 1900, it was named for Bishop Bernard J. McQuaid, first
President of Seton Hall College, 1856-57 and 1859-67. Built as a
boarding house, McQuaid flail was the laundry and cleaning building for
students in the early years of the School. It was then a convent for
nuns who staffed the college from the Sisters of Charity. Today, the
building houses the School of Diplomacy and International Relations
along with the School of Graduate Medical Education.
21. Aquinas Hall.
Erected in 1971 and later named for St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274),
noted Italian scholar and theologian, Aquinas flail was built in a
modified U-shape configuration surrounding a courtyard. This three-story
brick residence hall houses around 280 undergraduate and graduate
students.
22. Corrigan Hall,
built in 1946 and named for Bishop Michael A. Corrigan. President of
Seton Hall College from 1867-1876, Bishop of Newark and later New York;
and his brother the Reverend James H. Corrigan, President of Seton Hall
College from 1876-i888. This building contains the offices and
facilities for University Computing Services and several art and
television studios along with classrooms and computer labs.
23. Bayley
Hall, built in 1913 and named for Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley. the
first Bishop of Newark and
founder
of Seton Hall College in 1856. Bishop Bayley was
the nephew of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, first American-born saint. Bayley
Hall was the second home of the Seton Hall grammar school until 1926.
This building has featured offices, classrooms and dormitories. Also
here, is the Office of Admissions, Office of Financial Aid, Career
Services, Registrar, Bursar and the Office of Academic Services and is a
meeting point for campus tours. Done in “collegiate” style architecture,
it was constructed of light brick and trimmed in limestone. The roof is
of slate and copper.
24. Jubilee Hall,
formerly known as Kozlowski Hall, was built in 1997 arid renamed in
honor of the Papal Jubilee. It was the former site of McLaughlin Library
from 1954 to 1994. In front is a bell tower, dedicated in honor of the
deceased of the Boland Hall Fire of 2000. This building houses the W.
Paul Stillman School of Business, the College of Education and Human
Services, the Center for Public Service and the Department of
Psychology. This academic building is designed with computer and
multimedia capabilities to enhance undergraduate and graduate teaching
and learning. It includes more than 30 teaching rooms, seminar rooms
arid a 390 seat auditorium.
25. Roland Flail,
built in 1952 when the South Wing was completed and finished in the
l9GOs when the North wing was finished. Named for Thomas A. Roland,
former archbishop of Newark, this building was originally a dormitory
for men and the first women’s dorm on campus during the late I 960s. The
North wing houses over 460 students. The building includes lounges, a
chapel and the office of Campus Ministry and DOVE. A tragic fire in 2000
resulted in the loss of three students.
26. McNulty Gate.
The former main entrance to the school is situated off of South Orange
Avenue and is now used for special purposes only. Until 1922, the land
on the other side of the avenue was a large farm tract which once
belonged to Seton Hall College, and provided fresh produce for students
and faculty when fanning was part of the self-contained ibod source.
27. MeNulty Hall.
Built in 1954 and named for Msgr. John L. McNulty, President of Seton
flail University from 1949-1959. Major renovations were made to the
building during the early 2000s. The front of the building with a relief
known as the “Atom Wall,” depicts the gift of scientific knowledge from
God to mankind. MeNulty hall is home of the science facilities,
classrooms, laboratories and research facilities for faculty. An
amphitheater and observatory for the departments of chemistry, physics
and biology can be found here.
28. Gerety Hall,
built in 1989 and named for Peter Leo Gerety, former Archbishop of
Newark. Gerety is a residence hall for various campus clergy members.
29. Physical Plant.
Home offices and storage plant for the dedicated individuals who
maintain and beautify the campus buildings and grounds on a regular
basis.
30. Public Safety &
Security. Home of the campus security force which keeps watch and
handles problems of various types on campus
31. Seal
—
Walkway on the University Green. This gray circular disk featuring the
School’s name, year and seal can be found in the center of the walkways
bisecting and leading to the University Center, Jubilee Hall, Immaculate
Conception Chapel and President’s Hall. It serves as an unofficial focal
point to the campus. Legend has it that it is bad luck to step on this
stone for fear and risk of a failing grade each time it is touched by a
student.
(Not on the Map)
George M. Ring
Building.
Obtained in 1982 and named for George M. Ring,
University Regent and Donor, with a Leadership gift of over one million
dollars. Located at 457 Centre Street, it houses the Division of
University Advancement. It was originally built in the 1890s as a
private residence. It houses alumni relations, public relations and
development.
St. Andrew’s Hall. Built
in 1982 and named for St. Andrew, Patron Saint of Scotland, the homeland
of the Sewn family. St. Andrew’s Hall is a former Episcopal Church
purchased for the Immaculate Conception Seminary. It serves as a junior
seminary. This Gothic-style building is a residence for college
seminarians and is located at 571 Centre Street, five blocks from the
main campus. The building includes a chapel, library and study hall.
Human Resources Building,
renovated in 2006 and located on the corner of South Orange Avenue and
Ward Place, this former professional office and residence is located
opposite the campus.
Health Services &
Infirmary Building. First utilized in 2005 and located on the corner of
Centre Street and South Orange Avenue across the street from the main
campus.
Ora Manor. Purchased in
1990, this building is located on Valley Street, approximately a mile
from campus. This is an off-campus apartment complex which houses
upperclassmen and graduate students. Shuttle service via SHUFIy allows
for transport to and from both locales.
Seton Hall School of Law.
Opened in 1991 and located at One Newark Center on the corner of Raymond
Boulevard and McCarter Highway in Newark, New Jersey. The School of Law
occupies 210,000 square feet and the library occupies another 65,000.
Classrooms, conference rooms, clinical facilities and faculty and
administrative offices are also located here.
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