LaFortune Student Center

LaFortune Student Center
LaFortune Student Center
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
Design and construction
Architect W.J. Edbrooke
Website
https://lafortune.nd.edu/
LaFortune Student Center
Location Notre Dame, Indiana
Coordinates 41°42′06.9″N 86°14′17.9″W / 41.701917°N 86.238306°W / 41.701917; -86.238306Coordinates: 41°42′06.9″N 86°14′17.9″W / 41.701917°N 86.238306°W / 41.701917; -86.238306
Built 1883[1]
Architect Willoughby J. Edbrooke[1]
Architectural style Modern Gothic[2]
Part of University of Notre Dame: Main and North Quadrangles (#78000053)
Added to NRHP May 23, 1978

The LaFortune Student Center serves as the main student center at the University of Notre Dame. Built as Science Hall in 1883 under the direction of Fr. John Zahm, but 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

  1. 1 2 "Official Building Inventory" (PDF). Facilities Design and Operations. University of Notre Dame. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "History of Washington Hall at the University of Notre Dame". Notre Dame Washington Hall Staff. University of Notre Dame.
  3. 1 2 "Union Spotlight: LaFortune Student Center at the University of Notre Dame". Association of College Unions International. September 2008.
  4. 1 2 "Lafortune Student Center". Student Activities Office. Archived from the original on December 7, 2009. Retrieved November 25, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Seen and heard on the Notre Dame campus". Notre Dame Magazine. Winter 2006–2007.


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