LaFortune Student Center

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

LaFortune Student Center
LaFortune Student Center
General information
StatusStudent Center
Architectural styleCollegiate Gothic
Town or cityNotre Dame, Indiana
CountryUnited States
Completed1883
ClientUniversity of Notre Dame
OwnerThe University of Notre Dame
Technical details
Floor count4
Floor area83,000 sq ft (7,700 m2)
Design and construction
ArchitectW.J. Edbrooke
Website
lafortune.nd.edu
LaFortune Student Center
Coordinates41°42′06.9″N 86°14′17.9″W
Built1883[1]
ArchitectWilloughby J. Edbrooke[1]
Architectural styleModern Gothic[2]
Part ofUniversity of Notre Dame: Main and North Quadrangles (ID78000053)
Added to NRHPMay 23, 1978

References
  1. "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. "Union Spotlight: LaFortune Student Center at the University of Notre Dame". Association of College Unions International. September 2008.
  4. "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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