Pfleiderer Center For Religion and the Humanities

Arthur B. Pfleiderer Center for Religion and the Humanities was constructed in 1912 with a grant of $25,000 from Andrew Carnegie. Under terms of the grant, the College was to match that amount for maintenance of the building, which served as the college library for 55 years. The center was made possible in 1971-1972 through a gift from Dorothy Painter Pfleiderer, Class of 1922, as a memorial to her husband, Arthur, a 1920 graduate who was a Heidelberg trustee from 1953 until his death in 1969. The Modern Gothic structure was adapted to house offices, classrooms and Herbster Chapel, a multi-purpose room with a seating capacity of 180. The center serves all religious groups on campus, filling worship and contemplative needs.