Olin Hall
Architects: Johnson Romanowitz
Dates of Construction: 1987 - 1988
Cost: $3.5 million
In 1986 the Franklin W. Olin Foundation of New York City, N.Y., awarded Centre with a $3.5 million grant, the first by the Foundation to a Kentucky college or university, to construct a physical science building on campus.
In addtion to teaching facilities and labs, it houses a free swinging pendulum.
Renovations
In March of 2019, The Austin E. Knowlton Foundation of Cincinnati, Ohio, awarded a $3 million grant to Centre to support the renovation and expansion of Olin Hall which increased the hall’s square footage by about one-third. The expansion included extended laboratory space for physics and computer science, a new lab for environmental science, and better designed labs for chemistry.
You can watch a video tour here: Olin Hall