Students' Building (Vassar College)

Students' Building
A three-story brick building with a cupola on top on a sunny summer day
The Students' Building in 2014
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Alternative namesAll Campus Dining Center, ACDC, Deece
General information
TypeStudent space, dining hall
Architectural styleSouthern colonial revival
LocationPoughkeepsie, New York
Coordinates41°41′25″N 73°53′44″W / 41.690251°N 73.895491°W / 41.690251; -73.895491
Current tenantsVassar College
GroundbreakingSeptember 25, 1912
Completed1913
Renovated1973, 2003
Renovation cost
  • $3.5 million (1973)
  • $11 million (2003)
  • $8–9 million (2017)
OwnerVassar College
Technical details
MaterialBrick
Floor count3
Design and construction
Architect(s)Joseph Herenden Clark
Architecture firmMcKim, Mead & White
Main contractorBishop and Company
Renovating team
Renovating firm

The Students' Building on the campus of Vassar College in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S., houses the school's All Campus Dining Center[a] (officially Gordon Commons and nicknamed the ACDC or Deece) as well as additional multifunctional student space on its second floor. Designed by Joseph Herenden Clark of McKim, Mead & White and built in 1913, the structure originally housed a variety of different student organizations and school functions. In 1973, it was converted into a campuswide dining hall; it underwent a second renovation in 2003 that returned multipurpose student functionalities to its upper floors.

  1. ^ Daniels 1987, p. 48.


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