LaFortune Student Center
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| LaFortune Student Center | |
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 LaFortune Student Center | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Student Center |
| Architectural style | Collegiate Gothic |
| Town or city | Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Country | United States |
| Completed | 1883 |
| Client | University of Notre Dame |
| Owner | The University of Notre Dame |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Floor area | 83,000 sq ft (7,700 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | W.J. Edbrooke |
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LaFortune Student Center | |
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| Coordinates | 41°42′06.9″N 86°14′17.9″W / 41.701917°N 86.238306°W |
| Built | 1883[1] |
| Architect | Willoughby J. Edbrooke[1] |
| Architectural style | Modern Gothic[2] |
| Part of | University of Notre Dame: Main and North Quadrangles (ID78000053) |
| Added to NRHP | May 23, 1978 |
The LaFortune Student Center serves as the main student center at the University of Notre Dame. Built as the Science Hall in 1883 under the direction of Fr. John Zahm. In 1950 it was converted to a student union building and named LaFortune Center, after Joseph LaFortune, an oil executive from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Commonly known as "LaFortune" or "LaFun," it is a 4-story building of 83,000 square feet[3] that provides the Notre Dame community with a meeting place for social, recreational, cultural, and educational activities.[4] LaFortune employs 35 part-time student staff and 29 full-time non-student staff and has an annual budget of $1.2 million.[3] Many businesses, services, and divisions of The Office of Student Affairs[4] are found within. The building also houses restaurants from national restaurant chains.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Official Building Inventory" (PDF). Facilities Design and Operations. University of Notre Dame. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ^ "History of Washington Hall at the University of Notre Dame". Notre Dame Washington Hall Staff. University of Notre Dame.
- ^ a b "Union Spotlight: LaFortune Student Center at the University of Notre Dame". Association of College Unions International. September 2008.
- ^ a b "Lafortune Student Center". Student Activities Office. Archived from the original on December 7, 2009. Retrieved November 25, 2009.
- ^ "Seen and heard on the Notre Dame campus". Notre Dame Magazine. Winter 2006–2007.
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