Harriet Augusta Newcomb presented the Old Town Hall to the town in 1882 as a tribute to her father, Nathaniel Newcomb. The College purchased the Old Town Hall from the town of Norton in 1982. Using the building for storage while it sought a developer, the College sold it to Douglas A. King Builders, Inc. in 1986. Wheaton repurchased the structure in 1990, renovated the interior and added an elevator tower. "The Old Town Hall Bookstore at Wheaton College" opened in 1992. More »

Acquired in 1931, the house was remodeled into a two-family residence in 1932, using many fixtures and lumber taken from the demolished portion of Old Metcalf Hall. A porch was added in 1935. The barn was renovated into a practice, or "Little" Theater in 1932. The house was used for faculty housing until 1995. Oceans View was demolished during the summer of 1995 to accommodate the 1996 construction of a new Norton Medical Center established by Attleboro's Sturdy Memorial Hospital. It incorporates the Wheaton Health Center. More »

Built in 1992 and named for Marion B. Gebbie, class of 1901, and the Gebbie Foundation, this was the first dormitory built since 1964. The Stone Building Company designed and built Gebbie Hall. Martin Sokolov was the architect. Gebbie Hall was Wheaton's first residence hall designed to be fully handicapped accessible. Marion Gebbie devoted her life after graduation to her parents and to charitable works. She and her sister contributed to the Chatauqua movement, and established a charitable foundation with their patrimony. A dormitory built in 1992 and the College Archives and Special Collections in the Library are named in her memory and were donated by the Gebbie Foundation of Rochester, NY. More »

The attached carriage house of this private residence was "The Campus Shop," a gift shop catering to Wheaton students from 1948 until 1992 when the College purchased the property. First used for faculty/staff housing, it was converted to a student residence during the summer of 1994 and later became the home of the Center for Global Education. More »

The former Rice Garden on the bank between the Library and Rice Steps was re-landscaped in 1995, with gifts from the family of Mrs. Linda Bartlett Hersey, class of 1955, and Priscilla King Gray, class of 1955. More »

Built in 1997-1998, and named for trustee Harry Keefe, this residence hall houses 50 students in suites. Keefe Hall is perpendicular to Gebbie Hall, and its placement required the relocation of Fillmore Drive. Grounds work began in October of 1997. Together with Beard and Gebbie Halls, Keefe forms the so-called “KGB” Quad. More »