Locations & Facilities
Tank Hall
Located five minutes east of campus by foot, Tank is a large house that was once the Clara Tank Home for Missionary Children.
Tappan Square
Tappan Square is a 13-acre green space that connects the college to the city of Oberlin. It is often the site of large-scale college and community events, including Commencement and Juneteenth.
Tennis Courts
Twelve tennis courts are available for use by the college and community.
TIMARA Performance Technology Lab
A classroom by day, the TIMARA Performance Technology Lab is regularly transformed by students creating sound art installations or presenting their junior or senior recital.
TIMARA Studios
TIMARA (Technology in Music and the Related Arts) students have access to six studios, a networked lab of Macintosh computers, and an array of music software and gear. The spaces include: control...
Underground Railroad Sculpture
This environmental sculpture commemorates Oberlin as a major stop on the Underground Railroad, the secret route by which abolitionists helped enslaved persons escape to freedom in the Civil War era.
Union Street Housing Complex
Part of the college’s Village Housing program, these units are available to students with four or more semesters in residence. This college-owned and maintained housing option includes small,...
Venturi Art Building
The Venturi Art Building is named for architect Robert Venturi, who, along with Denise Scott Brown and Associates, designed the building as part of a 1976 expansion of the art museum.
Vibrating Sample Magnetometer
This instrument measures the magnetic properties of materials in fields from 0 to 2 T and in temperatures from 4K to 300K.
Warner Center
Originally built as a gymnasium in 1901, Warner Center is now home to Oberlin's theater and dance programs. On the first floor are faculty offices and spacious acting studios.
