South Campus

The South Campus facility, located at 10 Albany Street, has served the College as instructional space for twenty years. The “A” building has historical significance in Cazenovia. Built in 1897, the facility housed the newly formed Cazenovia Club. The remaining undeveloped lot served as the site for the circus when it came to town. When the Club later moved to a lakeside facility, the building served as a bungalow and then a dance school. Years later, the Stearns and Wheler engineering firm owned the building and further developed the lot. Cazenovia College acquired the property in 1989. Today, the “A” building’s exterior and some interior features remain largely as they were in 1897. The structure is in dire need of refurbishment, not only for functionality and improved aesthetics, but also for its historical significance to the Village of Cazenovia. As important as saving this historical structure is the need to provide safe and efficient studio space for the art programs.

Studio art is taught at South Campus, including sculpture, woodworking, painting, and welding. The Art and Design programs serve nearly 40% of the student population at Cazenovia College, while South Campus accommodates nearly 100% of studio art majors. To serve this valuable and growing student population appropriately, an expansion of the South Campus facility is necessary through the creation of a new structure located between South Campus “A” and “B”. Creating this adjoining, state-of-the-art work space for the studio arts, as a first phase of the project, will allow us to later refurbish the “A” building for enhanced instructional support. This second phase of the South Campus transformation would include upgraded mechanical systems, a new roof, and reconfigured interior walls in the “A” building for seminar, office, and classroom space.

The South Campus site on Albany Street remains the College’s most visible piece of real estate. The current condition of the property is not reflective of the image we have worked so hard to improve. This major initiative will not only influence our academic programs, but also will showcase the College and serve as an attractive first impression to all of those who live in and visit Cazenovia.