LOCATION 3: LAWN BETWEEN PHELPS HALL and LUBBERS HALL

Lubbers Hall

Built for $300,000, the building known today as Lubbers Hall was dedicated September 16, 1942, to provide better laboratories for the science departments which had been located in Van Raalte Hall. The architectural style of the building is late 17th century Dutch and is modeled on the plans for a community museum and library complex which failed in a local millage attempt. After the science departments moved into the Peale Science Center in 1973, the facility was renovated and made into a center for the humanities and social science divisions.

(Photo: Lubbers Hall under construction, 1942.) Science Center in 1986.

Oggel House

This home, demolished when construction began for Lubbers Hall about 1940, was built by Philip Phelps in 1860 during his tenure as principal of the Holland Academy for a teacher in the Academy, Rev. Giles Vandewall. The home was occupied in 1864 by Rev. Peter J. Oggel, the first Bible professor of Hope College and a son-in-law of Dr. and Mrs. Van Raalte. In 1871, after the death of Professor Oggel, a one-story extension was added on the south side of the home to serve as a refectory for the college students. The Oggel House can be seen on early lithographs of the college campus.

(Photo: Lithograph showing Oggel House at the lower left of the image, Grammar School immediately behind it, and Laboratory further up the hill. The Chapel/Gymnasium and Van Vleck are located at the upper right.)

Grammar School Building

This building was located south and east of the Oggel House on the side of the hill, just south of Lubbers Hall. It was built in 1869; a second story was added in 1871 to serve the College Council (now Board of Trustees) and as a library which had been in Van Vleck Hall up to this time. The building was removed in 1929 to construct tennis courts that used to be in this general area.

The Laboratory

A little farther up the hill from the Grammar School was a small framed building to serve the budding sciences. See the lithograph above.

Gilmore Hall

Located at Tenth and College, Gilmore Hall is named in honor of Christina Van Raalte Gilmore, the first woman principal and a daughter of Albertus and Christina Van Raalte. The building opened in 1963.

Dykstra Hall

(Photo: A typical freshman dorm room.)

Just north of Gilmore Hall is the women's residence hall named in honor of Dr. and Mrs. John (Irene) Dykstra, who served the Central Reformed Church of Grand Rapids for many years. Central Church contributed $500,000 for the construction of the building, which was opened during the VanderWerf administration.

Durfee Hall

On the west side of Lubbers Hall stands this former women's residence named in honor of Winifred Durfee, a longtime dean of women at the college. It was built in 1950, renovated in 1982, and now serves as a men's residence hall and the offices for computer services.

Sculpture: Sundog

Professor William Mayer of the Department of Art is the sculptor of the Sundog which is located on the west side of Phelps Hall. It was set in place October 1981.

Location 4: East side of Van Vleck Hall