The Campus of The Citadel consists of a 300-acre (120 ha) space adjacent to Hampton Park in Charleston, South Carolina. It has been home to The Citadel since 1922 when the school moved from its location on Marion Square, including the Old Citadel. Arranged with the primary buildings surrounding a central 10-acre (4 ha) parade ground, it consists of barracks for the Corps of Cadets, academic buildings, a mess hall, chapel, library, athletic and recreational facilities, support buildings, and housing for faculty and staff.
The campus is bounded on the west by the Ashley River, to the north by the Wagener Terrace neighborhood, to the east by Hampton Park and the Hampton Park Terrace neighborhood, and to the South by the Westside Neighborhood.
Just off the main campus are the football stadium, baseball stadium, and alumni center. Additionally, the school owns and operates a large house facility located near the north end of the Isle of Palms.[1]
Meeting rooms and locker rooms for the football team, weight room and sports medicine for all varsity teams.
Swain Boating Center
2021
Vandiver Hall
1991
Meeting rooms and locker rooms for all teams other than football.
Administrative buildings
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Coward Hall
1991
Mess Hall
Mary Bennett Murray Memorial Infirmary
Barracks
Each of The Citadel's five barracks is built around a central quadrangle of red and white checkerboard style squares. Rooms are arranged along the outer walls with a covered walkway known as the gallery separating rooms from the quadrangle. Of the original four barracks built between 1922 and 1942, only Stevens Barracks has not been demolished and completely rebuilt though it has seen significant renovation. Watts Barracks was constructed in 1996 on the site of the old mess hall. Watts Barracks housed First Battalion while Murray Barracks was under construction before Fourth Battalion occupied Watts Barracks. During the demolition and reconstruction of Padgett-Thomas Barracks from 2000 through 2004, The Regimental Band and Pipes was housed in a temporary structure built behind Stevens Barracks and across Lee Avenue from Watts Barracks. Second and Third Battalions occupied Stevens Barracks during the demolition and reconstruction of Padgett-Thomas Barracks and Law Barracks, respectively.[4]
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Law Barracks
1939 (rebuilt 2007)
Houses Third Battalion, composed of I, K, L and M companies. Named for Major General Evander M. Law.
Houses Fifth Battalion, composed of Palmetto Battery, P, S, and V companies.
Watts Barracks
1996
Houses Fourth Battalion, composed of N, O, R, and T companies. Named for former Citadel President Lieutenant General Claudius E. Watts III.
Other buildings
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Boat House
1920
To be demolished and rebuilt, estimated completion 2020.[7]
Career Services
1919
Faculty House
1923
Holladay Alumni Center
2000
Mark Clark Hall
1957
Student union, housing gift shop, canteen, Honor Court, Post Office, barber shop, meeting rooms, and an auditorium.
Quarters One
1954
Home to the President of The Citadel
Robert R. McCormick Beach Club
1958 (rebuilt 1995)
Used for weddings and corporate events. Original structure destroyed by Hurricane Hugo in 1989, rebuilt 1995. Severely damaged in a fire on May 8, 2016.
Bell tower and Carillon adjacent to Summerall Chapel in honor of Major Thomas D. Howie, the "Major of St. Lo" who was killed leading his battalion in the liberation of St. Lo, France during the Normandy Campaign in 1944.
HMS Seraph Monument
1963
A monument to HMS Seraph which carried future school President General Mark W. Clark to a secret rendezvous with Vichy French forces in North Africa in 1943. Only shore location in the United States authorized to fly the Royal Navy White Ensign.