Capital Planning & Maintenance: Interesting Facts
Land area
Main Campus ....................31.4 acres
McKay Campus School......12.0 acres
Athletic Fields....................34.8 acres
John Fitch Highway (Simonds Tract)......10.0 acres
Lancaster Land (Marble Tract)...120.3 acres
Lower North Street ..........5.2 acres
Rindge Road Lands..........12.5 acres
TOTAL LAND AREA . . . . .226.2 acres
Smoke Stack
The smoke stack is 250 feet tall.
The "little" marker lights at the top are
3 feet tall and 1 foot wide.
The stack needs to be this tall to comply with the
Department of Environmental Protection Regulations; which state
the exhaust opening can be no lower than 25 feet above the closest
landmark (the hill).
Elevators
Hammond - 3 Passenger Elevators
Conlon Industrial Arts - 1 Freight Elevator
McKay School - 1 Freight, 1 Passenger
Russell Towers - 3 Passenger Elevators
Holmes - 1 Freight Elevator, 1 Stair Lift
Aubuchon Hall - 2 Passenger Elevators
Thompson Hall - 1 Passenger Elevator
Condike Science - 1 Wheelchair Lift
Edgerly - 1 Wheelchair Lift
Percival - 1 Exterior Wheelchair lift
Percival - 1 Interior Wheelchair Lift
Mara Village - 1 Passenger Elevator
Auditoriums / Lecture Halls / Gym Seating Capacities
Percival Auditorium ...431 Seats
Conlon Music Lecture Hall ...286 Seats
Science Lecture Hall ...120 Seats
Weston Auditorium ...800
McKay Auditorium ...341
Parkinson Gym ...375-400
McKay Gym ...100
Hammond G4, G5 & G6 Together ...100
Holmes Dining Commons ...600
Commuters Cafe ...250
Where Did That Name Come From?
Campus Memorials:
- Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library - Named for
Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio, Alumna Class of 1938, Benefactor
- Anthony Building - Named for Willis B. Anthony,
Director of I.A. Dept., Class of 1929
- Aubuchon Hall Dormitory - Named for William
E. Aubuchon Jr., founder of the Mass. State College Board of Trustees
(now the Board of Higher Education), and of the Mass. State College
Building Authority
- Condike Science Building - Named for Dr. George
F. Condike, Academic Dean 1947-1956
- Conlon Building - Named for Florence D. Conlon,
Professor of Fine Arts 1919-1961
- Dupont Facilities Building - Named for John
P. Dupont, Chief Power Plant Engineer 1947-1986
- Edgerly Building - Named for Joseph Gardner
Edgerly, 1838-1922, Superintendent of Fitchburg Public Schools
- Elliot Field - Named for Robert J. Elliot,
Athletic Director 1942-1967
- Ellis White Lecture Hall - Named for Dr. Ellis
White, President 1950-1953
- Hammond Campus Center Building - Named for
James J. Hammond, President 1963-1975
- Herlihy Hall Dormitory - Named for Charles
M. Herlihy, President 1927-1945
- Kent Recital Hall - Named for Richard Kent,
Professor of Music 1947-1982
- Mara Village - Named for Dr. Vincent J. Mara,
President FSC 1976-1995
- McCluskey Park - Named for Robert McCluskey,
Institutional Maintenance Foreman 1964-1994
- McKay Campus School - Named for Edith F. McKay,
who in 1950 donated the land to the City Of Fitchburg for McKay
Park; the City sold the land to the State in 1961
- Parkinson Gym - Named for William D. Parkinson,
Principal 1920-1927
- Percival Hall - Named for Harry F. Percival,
Professor of Psychology 1928-1955
- Russell Towers Dormitory - Named for Helen
Ross Russell, Professor of Biology and Dean of Studies, 1949-1966
- Sanders Administration - Named for Dr. William
J. Sanders, Principal 1945-1950
- Thompson Hall - Named for John G. Thompson,
Principal 1895-1922
- Townhouses - Named for Counties within Massachusetts
- Weston Auditorium - Named for Ralph F. Weston,
President 1953-1963
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