Public Buildings

Mercer Hall

The Administration Building, renamed Mercer Hall on March 14, 2005, is a 440-by 54-foot, three‑story concrete, steel, and brick structure that houses the classrooms and staff offices. It was completely renovated in 2001.

The science laboratory complex occupies most of the third floor of the building. This facility includes modern science labs and equipment, faculty offices, and lecture rooms outfitted with state-of-the-art technology.

Faculty and staff offices are located in the south wing of the main floor and consist of suites with four or five offices each. There are also three large lecture rooms in this wing. The administrative offices occupy the north wing of the main floor.

The ground floor consists primarily of classrooms and computer labs in addition to the mailroom and technology offices. Scopes Trial and Origins museums are being developed on this level.

Latimer Student Center

The Erwin D. and Lane Latimer Student Center, completed in 2000, is a 39,000-square-foot building designed to enhance Bryan’s ability to accomplish its mission. It contains a 400-seat cafeteria and a 100-seat dining room for special events, a 70-seat student café, three student activity areas, a college bookstore, and offices for Student Life and Practical Christian Involvement.

Bryan College Library

Bryan College’s 22,000 square-foot library contains over 15,000 volumes, including 50,000 e-books, and more than 10,000 online journals. Numerous digital resources and online databases comprise approximately 60% of the library's collection.

The library makes these digital resources available via the Internet, which enables students to view books, indexes, and full-text journal articles from virtually anywhere, anytime. A full-time public services librarian is available to assist with computer searches and research questions.

The library is a member of OCLC/Solinet, which provides interlibrary loan relationships with over 20,000 libraries worldwide.

Anderson Building

This building, formerly known as the Annex, was renamed in honor of John C. Anderson, Bryan College’s faculty emeritus in Greek. The ground and main floors house faculty offices for the Division of Christian Studies. The ground floor also provides classroom, meeting and study areas for divisional activities.

Summers Gymnasium

With a seating capacity of 1,000, this building was constructed as the first unit in a physical education and intramural/intercollegiate sports complex. The present building includes a college tournament‑size rubber‑cushioned, floating maple hardwood basketball playing floor, auxiliary facilities, and locker and shower rooms. In the summer of 1982, an annex was added to the front of the gym which provided a more spacious lobby, four offices, an athletic training room, and additional storage areas and rest rooms.

Rudd Memorial Chapel

The Rudd Memorial Chapel was occupied in 1976 as a combination auditorium and fine arts building. It houses the college’s main chapel auditorium with a regular seating capacity of 850, a large main stage for dramatic and musical productions, seven teaching studios, faculty offices, a recording studio, choir and band rooms, three classrooms, and 10 music practice rooms.

Brock Bicentennial Hall, located on the ground floor, is a multipurpose room with adjacent kitchen facilities. The room will accommodate 200 people and is suitable for large classes, recitals, and plays.

Communication Studies Center

This building was renovated in 1995 to house a seminar room and faculty offices for the Department of Communication Studies. Darkroom and production spaces for the student newspaper and yearbook staff are also housed here.