Old Dwight Hall – Old Campus

Linsly-Chittenden Hall, often called LC, emerged in two stages as Yale expanded its academic facilities at the turn of the 20th century. The Linsly portion, completed in 1906, was designed by Charles C. Haight in a Collegiate Gothic style to house lecture rooms and humanities classrooms. The adjoining Chittenden section, finished in 1890 and designed by J. Cleaveland Cady, originally served as part of the University Library system, complete with reading rooms and book stacks. When Sterling Memorial Library opened in 1930, the building was repurposed to unify the two wings into a single academic complex, connected by the distinctive vaulted corridor that students still pass through today. Today, Linsly-Chittenden remains one of Yale’s busiest classroom buildings, and continues a long tradition of students both residing in and taking classes in Old Campus.