Administrative Facilities

Several facilities on campus provide space for administrative tasks in support of students' education on campus. These tasks range from staff and faculty offices to warehouse space.

Advancement House, a three-story structure renovated in 1997, has housed various student groups over the years. Located across from National Machinery Inc., the house is now home to Heidelberg's Division of Institutional Advancement, comprised of development, alumni relations and college relations.

The Campus Center is the focal point for student activities and services. The east half of the center was constructed in 1926 to serve as The Commons, a men's dining hall. After 1966, the Modern English Gothic portion of the building was altered to provide The Great Hall, a multi-functional room. The opening in 1971 of a two-story wing expanded recreational services for students. The addition included a snack bar with 250 seats and a recreation area, called The Castle, the student services, activities offices, a television lounge and The Down Under, a student-operated non-alcohol lounge and game room in the basement of the Great Hall. The Campus Center was closed for the 1999-2000 academic year for renovations. A 9,000 square foot addition was added to the existing 26,000 square foot building. Housed within the new facility are student organizations, student health services and student affairs offices. Student mailboxes, a fitness center, the campus bookstore, a computer lab, a food court featuring East of Chicago Pizza and Starbucks Coffee are also located in the Campus Center. The newly renovated facility opened in August of 2000.

College Hall, a brick building in Victorian Gothic style, was completed in 1886 with funds raised from the Reformed Church and the Tiffin community. The bell in College Hall's tower, a local landmark, hung in the Seneca County Courthouse from 1841-84. Also known as University Hall and the U-Building, College Hall houses administrative offices, classrooms, fraternity halls, Rickly Chapel, a 625-seat hall named for S.S. Rickly, one of Heidelberg's founders. In 1992, a carillon, the gift of alumna Marian I. Larkin, was installed in the tower.

Russell R. Krammes Service Center, completed in 1971, is the center for all College maintenance and service operations. Built in 1971 on historic Armstrong Field -- site of Heidelberg's first intercollegiate football game in 1892 -- the building is a memorial to Russell R. Krammes, Class of 1906, and his wife, Florence. Adjacent to Krammes is a 200-car parking lot made possible by a gift from the National Machinery Foundation of Tiffin.

College Hall and The Great Hall of the Campus Center are among 9 buildings on campus which have been entered in the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior.