Locations & Facilities

Hallock Auditorium is in the Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies. The auditorium serves the dual purpose of being a lecture space for academic classes and a venue for campus events.

Harkness Bowl is a green space in front of Harkness Hall. Students use the space to relax, toss a ball, and play music.

Situated in the center of campus, Harkness is a residential hall that houses approximately 65 students.

Built in 1885, Johnson house is the second oldest residence hall on campus. The stately three-story manages houses approximately 30 students.

Anchoring the Peter B. Lewis Gateway Center, the Hotel at Oberlin is nestled in the heart of downtown Oberlin, overlooking historical Tappan Square and just steps from Oberlin College.

Two labs are available for work and research in immunology and neuroscience. They have clean benches equipped with hoods to minimize the risk for contamination of cell lines.

The Irene and Alan Wurtzel Theater is part of the Eric Baker Nord Performing Arts Annex. The accessible and highly adaptable theater can accommodate up to 300 seats.

The Jesse Philips Physical Education Center is a 115,000-square-foot facility. Its gymnasiums are used for basketball, volleyball, intramural and other recreational activities.

Opened in 1992, this facility is named for Oberlin's first football coach, the famed John Heisman who inspired college football's most prestigious award, the Heisman Trophy. The field house is linked to the main athletic complex and includes a six-lane, 200-meter track and four tennis courts.

Kander Theater is a new 75-seat performance space in Hall Annex that replaces the Little Theater, part of a major renovation project to enhance Oberlin’s Department of Theater. It is an ideal venue for smaller scale, intimate, and experimental productions presented by faculty and students.