List of Brigham Young University buildings


This list of Brigham Young University buildings catalogs the current and no-longer-existent structures of Brigham Young University, a private, coeducational research university owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in Provo, Utah, United States. BYU's buildings exceed 300 in number and cover the university's of property.

Academic facilities

Administrative buildings

BuildingAbbr.ImageYr. Occ.NotesReferences
Brewster BuildingBRWB1962
Bullock HouseBULH1996
University Guest HouseGH2014The 5,000 square-foot guest house was built with the intention of giving campus visitors closer access to campus and students. It provides many amenities to university guests similar to what a hotel provides. The house was designed to match the style of the neighboring historic Former Presidents' home.
Hinckley Alumni & Visitors CenterHC2007Named after Gordon B. Hinckley, the fifteenth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center serves as the gateway to campus and houses the Alumni Association, Guest Relations and Public Affairs, Annual Giving and School Relations.
Information Technology BuildingITB2009The Information Technology Building is a three-story building located west of the main campus between Canyon Road and University Avenue. It houses the majority of the employees working for the Office of Information Technology.
McDonald BuildingMB1955Named for Howard S. McDonald, former president of BYU. This was the location of the Student Health Center from 1955 until 1999 when it moved to its current location. The student health service had begun in 1946 and been located in a small frame building by the Eyring Science Center until moving to this location. In 2001 M. Russell Ballard rededicated the building after it was refurbished to be used by BYU's Office of Information Technology. When the McDonald Building was built it also housed the Air Force ROTC unit that was located at BYU. Starting in 2013 the McDonald building has been the location of BYU's research MRI facility.
Smoot Administration BuildingASB1961Named after Abraham O. Smoot, the ASB is the main administrative building on campus and houses the president's office. The building was designed by Henry P. Fetzer.
University Press BuildingUPB1968This building replaced the temporary building just west of the Herald Clark building that had served as the press building since 1946. This is the location of printing operations for Brigham Young University Press.
West View BuildingWVB2020

Athletic and outdoor recreation facilities

BuildingAbbr.ImageYr. Occ.NotesReferences
Aspen Grove Family CampASP1924Aspen Grove Family Camp began as the site for summer school. A dining hall, kitchen, and three housing units were constructed in 1924. The facilities grew over the years and after World War II were turned over to the Alumni Association to be used for a family summer camp. Today the complex consists of the Aspen Grove Conference Center, the Beckham Lodge, The Alumni Board Cabin and several family Lodges and Rustic Cabins.-
Campus Concessions Preparation BuildingCCPB1964
Edwards StadiumLVES1964The BYU football stadium with seating capacity of 63,470.
Golf Storage – SFH Tennis CourtsGSTG1994
Haws FieldHAWF
Indoor Practice FacilityIPF2003
Intramural Fields Restroom INR22006
Intramural Fields Restroom INR11967
Intramural Fields Storage INST1983
Intramural Fields Storage Building INTR1971
Marriott CenterMC1971Named after benefactors J. Willard and Alice Marriott, the Center is a 22,700-seat multipurpose arena that is home to the BYU Cougars men's and women's basketball teams and is the site for campus devotionals. It is currently the third-largest on-campus arena in the country.
Miller Park MLRP2001
NCAA Outdoor TrackNCAA
North University FieldsNUF2006
Richards BuildingRB1965The Richards Building includes 3 swimming pools. An addition to the north end of the building, including additional dance practice rooms was completed in 2008.
River Park RestroomRPRR1981
Robison Track Press BoxTRPB1982Named after Clarence F. Robison who was the BYU track coach for 40 years and had competed for the US in the 1948 Olympics.
SFH Tennis Storage and Restroom BuildingRRM1959
Smith FieldhouseSFH1951A 5,000 seat multi-purpose arena named after George Albert Smith the eighth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A addition was built onto the building in 1959 and another in the 1960s.
Southeast Recreation AreaSERA
South Field Ticket BoothSFTB2008
Spring Haven CabinSPHV1999
Stadium East HouseSTEH1998
Stadium Ticket Booth GuestsSTTG1983
Stadium Ticket Booth WestSTTW1982
Stadium West HouseSTWH1998
Student Athlete BuildingSAB2003
Tennis Courts BuildingTCB1968
Tennis Scheduling Building – SFH Tennis CourtsTC011994
Tennis Storage – SFH Tennis CourtsTC021994
Tennis Storage – SFH Tennis CourtsTC031994
Tennis Storage – SFH Tennis CourtsTC041994
Timp LodgeTIMP1971Located in Provo Canyon
Track Restroom BuildingTRRR1987
Utah Lake BoathouseULBH1964Built as a lakeside laboratory. A metal storage garage was built close to this building in 1970.

Auxiliary buildings

BuildingAbbr.ImageYr. Occ.NotesReferences
Auxiliary Services Laundry BuildingAXLB1968
Auxiliary Services Maintenance BldgAXMB1968
Creamery On Ninth East
CONE1999
Culinary Support Center
CSC1964The BYU Creamery Outlet and its related locations serve as grocery stores for the campus and provides freshly made dairy products. BYU Creamery has four locations: Creamery on Ninth East, Creamery Outlet, Helaman Creamery, and Wyview Creamery.
Morris CenterMORC1964
Morris Center Storage ShedMRSS1994
Student Health CenterSHC1998
University Services BuildingUSB1968The University Services Building houses Campus Floral, BYU Creative Marketing, Dining Services, and others.
Wilkinson Student CenterWSC1964This building, completed in 1964, was named for Ernest L. Wilkinson, sixth president of BYU. Planning for the center took 12 years, and 60 percent of the cost was paid by students. The BYU Bookstore takes up one corner of this building. Also in the building are food services, including a food court with franchise restaurants, a high class restaurant taking up the sixth floor, BYU catering's central operations and two other places to buy food not connected with any of the above. The building also has conference rooms, two large ballrooms, a movie theatre, a full-service copy center, a post office and a bowling alley are among its many facilities. There is also a barber shop and salon and a craft and flower store. The building also housing the Dean of Students Office, various counseling and conflict resolution offices, and various other student services offices.

Broadcasting buildings

Museums

BuildingAbbr.ImageYr. Occ.NotesReferences
Museum of Peoples and Cultures2014The Museum of Peoples and Cultures opened at this location north of the main campus in 2014
Bean Life Science MuseumMLBM1978Named after Monte L. Bean, the museum contains research collections of vascular and non vascular plants, as well as invertebrate and vertebrate animals.
Museum of ArtMOA1993The MOA is a four-story, modern facility of more than 102,000 square feet.
Museum of PaleontologyMP1976

Off-campus buildings

Observatory complex

The Observatory Complex is located on the west side of Utah Lake.
BuildingAbbr.ImageYr. Occ.NotesReferences
Observatory – West MountainOBS11981
Observatory – West MountainOBS21996
Observatory – West MountainOBS32008
Observatory Residence – West MountainOBSH1982

Off-campus student centers

Ranches and preserves

On-Campus Housing

Foreign Language Student Residence (FLSR)

Brigham Young University's Foreign Language Student Residence program was established in 1978 as a three-house off-campus residence center dedicated to the study of Russian and Italian. Due to the success of these houses, the program expanded from three houses to one specially-designed complex in 1991. Today the FLSR consists of five buildings- four outer buildings with three floors each. These contain all of the male and female apartments for the program. The central building has rooms used for student activities, dinners, and Sunday church meetings. The on-campus complex consists of 25 individual apartments for men and women learning eleven different languages : Hebrew, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, and Spanish. Residents of these apartments agree to speak only their apartment's assigned language during the school year while in the apartment. Students are accompanied by a native resident throughout the year to enhance the experience. The Foreign Language Student Residence houses between 130 and 150 students per semester.

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Helaman Halls, named after one of the Book of Mormon heroes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was first opened for use in the Fall of 1958. The initial on-campus complex consisted of five residence halls, a central dining building, and an administration building. Construction costs were $5,300,000, and when completed the complex initially housed 1170 male students. The residence buildings were named after prominent LDS individuals and/or families, including the Hinckley Family, Stephen L. Chipman, David John, Thomas N. Taylor, and Walter Stover. The dining building was christened the George Q. Cannon Building and at the time could accommodate 1,800 people. In addition, both a pool and a "recreation field" the latter of which included eight tennis courts four softball fields was completed for the use of residents. Two more residence buildings were already under construction when the completion of the original Helaman Halls Complex was announced on September 18, 1958. The two new buildings were opened for use in September 1959, and housed 234 women each, bringing the total occupancy number of the complex to 1638. In 1959, the semester rent for Helaman halls was approximately $23 per term. Another building, May Hall, was added in 1970, and a new men's hall, which has not been officially named but is referred to as "Building 9", was built between Merrill and May halls in 2010.
Notable individuals who lived at Helaman Halls include Mike Leach, Vai Sikahema, and Alema Harrington.
Today, Helaman Halls has a total of nine residence buildings with five buildings for women and four buildings for men. The Residence Halls are located on the northwest corner of campus. Living style consists of two people per room, with 22 rooms on each floor, with six floors per building. Helaman Halls currently has housing for just over 2,100 students. The halls underwent a 12-year renovation spanning from 1991 through 2003. There are basic kitchen facilities in the basement lobby of each hall, but residents are required to purchase a meal plan. The majority of resident meals are eaten in the area central building- the Cannon Center. Because of its close proximity to the athletic facilities and all-you-can-eat dining, many Freshman athletes choose to live in Helaman Halls.
BuildingAbbr.ImageYr. Occ.NotesReferences
Cannon CenterCANC2008The Cannon Center acts as a central building for Helaman Halls residents, providing areas for activities such as dances, as well as providing mail services and checking out athletic equipment such as basketballs and volleyballs. Besides this, The Commons at the Cannon Center provide meal services for the residents of Helaman halls, as well as the rest of campus; it serves as the main cafeteria for BYU since the 2008 closing of the Morris Center. The current Cannon Center is the second building of this name. It was built while the old Cannon Center was still in operation and so is located slightly north and east of the old building. The old Cannon center in general filled the same function and role as the current building.
Helaman Halls Hinckley HallHLB1958Named after Ira N. Hinckley, the grandfather of the late President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Gordon B. Hinckley, and an acquaintance of Joseph Smith Jr.
Helaman Halls Chipman HallHLC1958Named for Stephen L. Chipman, Mormon religious leader in north Utah County
Helaman Halls John HallHLD1958Named after David John, father-in-law of Benjamin Cluff and vice-president of the Brigham Young Academy and Brigham Young University Board of Trustees.
Helaman Halls Taylor HallHLE1958Named after Thomas N. Taylor, mayor of Provo, Utah from 1900 to 1903 and alumnus of Brigham Young Academy.
Helaman Halls Stover HallHLF1958Named after Walter F. Stover who donated all the mattresses and box springs for Helaman Halls. Stover was a native of Germany and served as president of the East German mission immediately after World War II. He also served on the General Church Welfare Committee of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Helaman Halls Budge HallHLG1959Named for William Budge, the man who baptized Karl G. Maeser, often viewed as the founder of BYU although that distinction is not held by any one person, see History of Brigham Young University
Helaman Halls Merrill HallHLH1959Named after LDS apostle Marriner W. Merrill
Helaman Halls May HallHLI1970Named after Jean Fossum May, the head resident of Stover Hall for the last 10 years of her life. May had served a mission for the LDS Church when she was a little more than 20 years old. She greatly encouraged residents in her hall to serve missions and faithfully corresponded with them while they were on missions.
Helaman Halls "Building 9"HLJ2010

Heritage Halls

Heritage Halls were originally built in 1953. They were the oldest dorms on campus until they were torn down and replaced by the new Heritage Halls buildings. In order to make room for the new Heritage Halls buildings, the Deseret Towers "DT" apartment complex was also torn down from 2006 to 2008, and construction on the new buildings at the Heritage complex began in 2011.
Today, Heritage Halls is a complex of dorms that consists of 14 buildings, located on the East side of campus. In the summer of 2017, work was completed on a new central building and one additional dorm building, bringing the total capacity to about 2,750 students. Two additional dorm buildings are currently under construction.
The living arrangements in Heritage Halls are similar to those of an apartment. Students share a kitchen and a common area. Each of the L-shaped buildings houses about 210 students. They are 4 stories high and feature East Coast classic design. Activity rooms on each floor have pictures with Church history themes and have floor-to-ceiling windows that offer views of the surrounding area. The individual units feature full kitchens, bedrooms with individualized lighting systems, and hallway vanities.
The buildings in the Heritage Halls complex are as follows:
BuildingAbbr.ImageYr. Occ.NotesReferences
Heritage Halls Central BuildingHR012017The Central Building features study rooms that students can sign up to use. It also includes a ballroom and small kitchen that can host student activities and ward groups.
Heritage Halls 2HR022015
Heritage Halls 3HR032014
Heritage Halls 4HR042014
Heritage Halls 5HR052015
Heritage Halls 6HR062017
Heritage Halls 7HR072015
Heritage Halls 8HR082015
Heritage Halls 9HR092011
Heritage Halls 10HR102012
Heritage Halls 11HR112012
Heritage Halls 12HR122011
Heritage Halls 13HR132020Currently under construction.
Heritage Halls 14HR142020Currently under construction.
Heritage Halls 15HR152013
Heritage Halls 16HR162013

Wymount Terrace

Wymount Terrace is the family housing unit for married students and is located on the northeast side of campus. It consists of South Wymount and North Wymount. The buildings are arranged in quadrangles that enclose lawn and playground areas. The complex started as a trailer park and was converted into apartment housing in the 1960s. The buildings in the Wymount Terrace complex include:
BuildingAbbr.ImageYr. Occ.NotesReferences
Wymount Terrace Administration BuildingWOAB1962
Wymount Terrace Laundry Building #1W0L11962
Wymount Terrace Laundry Building #2W0L21962
Wymount Terrace Laundry Building #3W0L31962
Wymount Terrace Laundry Building #4W0L41979
Wymount Terrace Laundry Building #5W0L51985
Wymount Terrace Multi-Purpose CenterW0MP1980This is where many of the wards consisting of Wymont residents hold church meetings. The other main location for church meetings is the stake center on 9th east between the south end of Wymount and the rest of BYU campus.
Wymount Terrace Kimball, W01A1962Named for Sarah M. Kimball.
Wymount Terrace Reynolds, W01B1962Alice Louise Reynolds was a professor of English at BYU during the early 20th century.
Wymount Terrace Smith W01C1962Julia Lambson Smith was a wife of Joseph F. Smith and the mother of Joseph Fielding Smith.
Wymount Terrace Bennion W02A1962Named for Samuel O. Bennion
Wymount Terrace Ivins W02B1962Named for Antoine R. Ivins
Wymount Terrace Kimball W02C1962Named for J. Golden Kimball
Wymount Terrace Roberts W02D1962Named for B. H. Roberts
Wymount Terrace Williams W03A1963Helen Spencer Williams, often called Helen S. Williams, was the first counselor in the YWMIA General Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1937-1944. She was also a writer and columnists, writing for the Deseret News, the Improvement Era and the Relief Society Magazine.
Wymount Terrace Nibley W04A1963Named for Charles W. Nibley
Wymount Terrace Reynolds W04B1963Named for Geoerge Reynolds
Wymount Terrace Wirthlin W04C1963Named for Joseph L. Wirthlin
Wymount Terrace Young W04D1963Named for Levi Edgar Young.
Wymount Terrace Clayton W05A1963Named for LDS hymnwriter William Clayton.
Wymount Terrace Mcclellan W05B1963Named for John J. McClellan.
Wymount Terrace Pratt W05C1963Named for Orson Pratt.
Wymount Terrace Stephens W05D1963Named for former Mormon Tabernacle Choir director Evan Stephens
Wymount Terrace Dixon W06A1963Named for Henry Aldous Dixon a prominent Utah educator and politician.
Wymount Terrace Hamblin W06B1963Named for Mormon missionary to the Native Americans Jacob Hamblin.
Wymount Terrace Sutherland W06C1963One of very few buildings at BYU named for a non-Mormon, in this case Brigham Young Academy graduate and later United States Supreme Court justice George F. Sutherland
Wymount Terrace Swensen W06D1963Named for John C. Swensen, a BYU professor for 54 years.
Wymount Terrace Critchlow, Jr. W07A1962Named for William J. Critchlow Jr., a prominent LDS leader in Ogden and later a General Authority as an Assistant to the Twelve.
Wymount Terrace Longden W07B1962Named for John Longden.
Wymount Terrace McKay W07C1962Named for Thomas E. McKay, a brother of David O. McKay who also served as a general authority.
Wymount Terrace Smith W07D1962Named for Nicholas G. Smith.
Wymount Terrace W08A1979
Wymount Terrace W08B1979
Wymount Terrace W08C1979
Wymount Terrace W08D1979
Wymount Terrace W08E1979
Wymount Terrace W08F1979
Wymount Terrace W09A1979
Wymount Terrace W09B1979
Wymount Terrace W09C1979
Wymount Terrace W09D1979
Wymount Terrace W10A1979
Wymount Terrace W10B1979
Wymount Terrace W10C1979
Wymount Terrace W10D1979
Wymount Terrace W10E1979
Wymount Terrace W10F1979
Wymount Terrace W11A1979
Wymount Terrace W11B1979
Wymount Terrace W11C1979
Wymount Terrace W11D1979
Wymount Terrace W11E1979
Wymount Terrace W12A1982
Wymount Terrace W12B1982
Wymount Terrace W12C1982
Wymount Terrace W12D1982
Wymount Terrace W13A1982
Wymount Terrace W13B1982
Wymount Terrace W13C1982
Wymount Terrace W13D1982
Wymount Terrace W14A1985
Wymount Terrace W14B1985
Wymount Terrace W14C1985
Wymount Terrace W14D1985
Wymount Terrace W15A1985
Wymount Terrace W15B1985
Wymount Terrace W15C1985
Wymount Terrace W15D1985
Wymount Terrace W15E1985
Wymount Terrace W16A1992
Wymount Terrace W16B1992
Wymount Terrace W16C1992
Wymount Terrace W16D1992
Wymount Terrace W16E1992
Wymount Terrace W16F1992
Wymount Terrace W16G1992
Wymount Terrace W17A1992
Wymount Terrace W17B1992
Wymount Terrace W17C1992

Wyview Park

In 1971, Brigham Young University purchased a group of 150 mobile home units and set them up on a tract of land between University Avenue
and 200 West from 1800 North to 2230 North to provide housing for married students. This project included 36 one-bedroom units, 78 two-bedroom units, and 36 three-bedroom units. There was a central building of which housed laundry facilities, and administrative offices, etc. This trailer park was demolished in 1997 to accommodate replacement married student apartments.
The current complex includes 30 buildings which originally housed married student families, until the end of the summer of 2006, when the southern half of the residential park was converted into housing for singles and eventually the entire complex. In 2013 after the winter semester of school concluded, the northern portion of Wyview was converted into a makeshift Missionary Training Center to help alleviate the overburdened Provo MTC just up the hill. As part of this temporary MTC complex, the LDS church also obtained a lease for the Raintree Apartments across the street to the west and both facilities are used together to house missionaries and their training activities.
The buildings are arranged in quads with playgrounds and courts enclosed. The complex contains a laundromat, a convenience store, a BYU Creamery store, and a multipurpose building which houses the Wyview office and a chapel for LDS wards. The buildings in the Wyview Park complex include:
BuildingAbbr.ImageYr. Occ.NotesReferences
Wyview Park Central BuildingWPCB1998
Wyview Park Maintenance BldgWPMB1997
Wyview Park Multi-Purpose BldgWPMP1998
Wyview Park WP011998
Wyview Park WP021998
Wyview Park WP031998
Wyview Park WP041998
Wyview Park WP051998
Wyview Park WP061998
Wyview Park WP071998
Wyview Park WP081998
Wyview Park WP091998
Wyview Park WP101998
Wyview Park WP111998
Wyview Park WP121998
Wyview Park WP131998
Wyview Park WP141998
Wyview Park WP151998
Wyview Park WP161998
Wyview Park WP171998
Wyview Park WP181998
Wyview Park WP191998
Wyview Park WP201998
Wyview Park WP211998
Wyview Park WP221998
Wyview Park WP231998
Wyview Park WP241998
Wyview Park WP251998
Wyview Park WP261998
Wyview Park WP271998
Wyview Park WP281998
Wyview Park WP291998
Wyview Park WP301998

Physical plants

BuildingAbbr.ImageYr. Occ.NotesReferences
Physical Plant BuildingsPHPL1988
Physical Plant Acid Dilution BuildingPPAD1995
Physical Plant Bag HousePPBH1993
Physical Plant Central Heating PlantPPCH1946This building was designed by Joseph Nelson with Morris Snell superintending construction.
Physical Plant Electrical Substation #1PPE12004
Physical Plant Electrical Substation #2PPE22004
Physical Plant Electrical Substation #3PPE32004
Physical Plant General Storage Building #1PPS11982
Physical Plant General Storage Building #2PPS21982
Physical Plant General Storage Building #3PPS31982
Physical Plant GreenhousePPGH1963
Physical Plant Grounds Change BuildingPPGC1983
Physical Plant Grounds Equipment BuildingPPGE1973
Physical Plant Grounds Materials Handling StoragePG121983
Physical Plant Grounds OfficePPGO1963
Physical Plant Grounds Storage – East CampusPGEC1996
Physical Plant Grounds Storage – Heritage HallsPGHR1995
Physical Plant Grounds Storage – Main CampusPGMC2008
Physical Plant Grounds Storage – Materials Handling NorthPGMN1983
Physical Plant Grounds Storage – Materials Handling SouthPGMS1983
Physical Plant Grounds Storage – North CampusPGNC1980
Physical Plant Grounds Storage – Parking Lot 6PGP62008
Physical Plant Grounds Storage – Root CellarPGRC1946
Physical Plant Grounds Storage – South CampusPGSC2008
Physical Plant Grounds Storage – West CampusPGWC1925
Physical Plant Grounds Storage – Wymount TerracePGWT1997
Physical Plant Grounds Truck GaragePPGT1982
Physical Plant Motor Pool Car WashPPMW1971
Physical Plant Motor Pool Office BldgPPMO1971
Physical Plant Pump House PPPH1960
Physical Plant Service StationPPSS1980
Physical Plant Telephone Node Station #3PPT31999
Physical Plant Telephone Node Station #4PPT41999

Police and traffic buildings

The BYU Police Department has its headquarters in the Jesse Knight Building, which also has many classrooms and other academic functions, so it is listed under academic buildings above. However the following are buildings completely devoted to police and traffic-control functions.
BuildingAbbr.ImageYr. Occ.NotesReferences
Traffic Control Booth #1 NorthPBV11980
Traffic Control Booth #2 EastPBV21980
Traffic Control Booth #3 WestPBV31999
Traffic Control Booth #4 SouthPBV41999
University Police Bike StorageUPBS2009

Service buildings ("B" buildings)

Storage buildings

Former buildings

Many structures that have been used by Brigham Young University in the past have either been sold or demolished. BYU had 354 buildings, 85 of which were designated temporary, in August 1971. Only 127 of those are listed in either the above portion of this list or in the list on BYU housing. The rest of the list attempts to cover buildings that have been razed or sold.
Starting in 1957 BYU purchased large amounts of land to fill out the planned area of the campus. This included the purchase of approximately 100 houses. About 50 of these had been razed by 1973 but the other 50 or so were used for various purposes by the university at that time. While some of these houses are reported in this or other lists, others are not.
BuildingAbbr.ImageYr. Occ.Yr. Vac.NotesReferences
Academy Building18921968This was the main building of the campus when BYU adopted its current name in 1903. However, the building was south of the main campus. With the movement of the library to the upper campus in 1925 this building became more and more the education Building and the center of the Brigham Young High School. When BYHS was closed in 1968 BYU ended all use of the building. It was later sold to the city of Provo and is now the Provo Library at Academy Square.
Allen Hall ALLN19382019The Museum of Peoples and Cultures was located in Allen Hall, south of the main campus and largely surrounded by apartments mainly inhabited by BYU students until relocated in 2014. It has collections of anthropological materials, largely dealing with the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas. The building was demolished by BYU in 2019.
Alumni HouseALUM19612006An building, this was razed to make space for the Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center.
Animal Science FarmFARM1946This was a 24-acre piece of land purchased by BYU in 1946. It initially it had a house, a barn and a chicken coop. Later many war-surplus building no longer needed on the main campus were moved to this cite. Other buildings were built on this location. By the early 1970s the cite had over of building.
Arts Building19041975Located on the northwest corner of the block with the Academy Building. Originally called the Missionary and Preparation building because the Preparatory School for lower level older students and the programs to instruct LDS missionaries were held here. Emma Lucy Gates Bowen donated money towards the building which was used to make the third floor the location of the Home Economics Program. The floor was named after Lucy B. Young, Bowen's maternal grandmother. The building was rededicated in 1908 by John Henry Smith as the Arts Building. It was used by BYU into the 1970s.
B-1 B11954This building was purchased from Fort Douglas and located where the Wilkinson Student Center Now is.
B-17 B171956Originally the location of the Physical Plant sheet metal shop when that relocated this became a building to analize the maintenance of the university buildings from a structural standpoint.
B-21 B2119522010This building was first used as the motor garage by BYU's Physical Plant. It later was used as the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory.
B-23B231954This was used as a paint, upholstery and office equipment repair shop.
B-24 B241956Used to house materials for the Physical Plant.
B-31 B311949This building was the first location of the BYU Cremery, until the later creamery was built in 1964 and of BYU Laundry Services until the Laundry Building was completed in 1968. It was then remodeled into a building used for industrial education.
B-32 B3219482010This building was first used by BYU receiving and as a motor pool garage. In 1968 a new building was built that housed these functions and this quonset hut was remodeled into an engineering laboratory.
B-33 B331956This was built as a bathroom for Physical Plant personnel who worked in the surrounding shops. In 1969 it was remodeled into the air-conditioning room for B-34
B-35 B3519581973Built to store machine tools used to build lab equipment for the Engineering Department. This building was adjacent to the Fletcher Building and. In 1960 and 1963 additions were built bringing the building to. In 1978 it was merged with the old Press Storage Building but was later razed to make way for the Clyde Building.
B-37 B371964This building was built to store paper for use by BYU Press. When the University Press Building was built in 1968 it was structurally joined with the adjacent B35. In 1972 it was moved southwest of the Central Heating Plant and expanded. It was then known as the Research Machine Shop.
B-39 B391958Located next to the Clyde Building
B-50 B501971This was built just south of BYU's rodeo grounds because the dogs used for the research were too loud to keep on campus.
B-52B521959This is one of five buildings that former the Physical Plant Stockade, adjacent to the Animal Sciences Laboratory and used to house unneeded material, deemed too valuable to sell or scrap.
B-53B531959
B-54B541959
B-55B551959
B-56B561959
B-72 B72
B-77 B77Home of the institution now known as Utah Valley University. BYU bought the old building of this college when it moved to its current location in Orem. The building was used for various purposes, including some of BYU's computer operations and also for the Early Childhood Education program, then later after the SFLC was razed while the Joseph F. Smith Building was being built. This building was razed to make way for the Information Technology Building.
Beaver Branch18981908This was the buildings of the former Fort Cameron in Beaver, Utah. It operated as a branch of BYA and then BYU until it became the separate Murdock Academy in 1908.
Blacksmith Shop1905This building was the location of blacksmith classes at BYU from 1905 until 1921, when the classes were discontinued. It was at 50 East on 5th North in Provo, on the block south of the Academy Building. The classes were taught by Hans Anderson, an immigrant from Denmark. In 1918 William H. Snell supervised the expansion of the building to temporarily house other mechanical arts operations until the completion of what was later called the Brimhall Building. It was used for storage purposes by BYU and also the location of a garage and the Provo Book bindery for the next 25 years. In 1947 it was renovated into a chemistry lab building. In 1950 Chemistry classes moved to the Eyring Science Center, but starting in 1955 it was used for Brigham Young High School shop classes. In 1972 it was converted into the plastics laboratory for BYU's Industrial Technology Department.
Boiler House1911Located on the hillside by the Maeser Building. It was originally wood but had a concrete exterior built by William H. Snell in 1934. It was not used as a boiler after 1946 but only for storage. Beginning in 1966 it was remodeled into the Nuclear Research Laboratory.
BYU Motion Picture Studio19581991Located in Carterville which was later annexed into Provo, the building was first built in 1958 with. In 1964 a sound-stage was added, but this soon burned down. The sound stage was then rebuilt and after this the building contained. For much of its early years although a department of the University the motion picture studio was a nonteaching institution. In the 1980s its operations became more closely connected with other university functions. In 1991 the studio was separated from BYU and made an entity directly owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Central Building18961900Location of the BYA Primary School, at 1st North and University in Provo
Clay Tennis Courts by Brimhall Building19141918These courts were relocated when the Brimhall Building was built.
Clay Tennis Court, Lower Campus1911Built on the academy block
Cluff Building CLFB19552011This is the laboratory for various botanical departments of BYU. The building was designed so it could be expanded as needed, and both the building and the adjacent Greenhouses have been expanded multiple times since it was first built. In November 2011 it was announced this building would be razed to make room for a new life science building.
College Building18981975This was an additional building built on the same block as the academy building. Later on it served as the main location for BYU's Drama Department. It also was the first site of the BYU bookstore. It was sold by the university along with the Academy Building.
Crandall House East
Crandall House WestCRWH
Faculty Office BuildingFOB1968This building began in the 1950s as ticket offices, but when the adjacent stadium was replaced by the Edwards Stadium, the old ticket offices were expanded and turned into the faculty office building.It was demolished in 2019 to make way for a new building.
Greenhouse, Lower Campus19131955Besides use for growing plants this building was also used to keep BYU's cougar kitten mascots during the 1930s.
Green BarnOriginal site of BYU Motion picture studio. It was torn down to make room for the Wilkinson Center.
Green House 2011Adjacent to the Cluff building, torn down in preparation for building of the new Life Sciences Building.
Fletcher BuildingFB19532019This building was originally built as the engineering building. The first phase had as its architect Lawrence D. Olpin and was built from July to October in 1953. It was originally a one-story building. Three of the four wings received a second story in 1954. Despite being intended for engineering, when it was first built it also housed the English and other departments due to the severe lack of adequate office space on campus. It was demolished March 2019.
Industrial Arts Shop Building19471964A war-surplus building
Information Booth1965Located on Bulldog Boulevard at the entrance of BYU, this booth was used as a location for giving information to campus visitors.
Ironton Plant19681976BYU received this land as a donation from United States Steel with plans to build a research park. The land was located between Provo and Springville. After studying the cost of development it was decided that doing so was not within BYU's means so they sold the land to Billings Energy Research Corporation.
Jacobs House-
Joseph Smith Memorial BuildingJSMB19411991The Joseph Smith Memorial Building was the third building on the upper campus. It was the location of Religion Classes, as well as a ballroom and cafeteria. It was actually built along the lines of LDS Institute Buildings at other campuses. In 1990 it was razed to make way for the Benson Building after the new Joseph Smith Building had been built.
Knight HallAKH19392019Originally used as a residence hall. Funded by the Jesse Knight Endowment Fund, and named for Jesse Knight's wife Amanda. Later it was part of the Language Training Mission of the LDS Church. For a time during the 2000s housed part of the Department of Visual Arts. The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies and BYU's courses to teach non-English speakers English have also at times been based in Knight hall. In early 2019 BYU sold the Amanda Knight hall to a developer.
Knight Mangum BuildingKMB19432008Originally not part of BYU, the KMB was built by the National Youth Administration as an auto shop. It was purchased by the university in 1943 and was used as a women's dormitory. The building at that point consisted of the lower portion. From 1946-1952 an upper addition was built. Originally the upper portion was designated the Knight Mangum Building while the lower portion was designated the Social Hall. The Social Hall was used by the music department until the Harris Fine Arts Center was completed. After this the Language Training Mission moved in. After the LTM moved to the current site of the MTC, the Knight Mangum Building was used by the history department, the sociology department, the school of social work, all parts of the College of Family, Home and Social Sciences, the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for LDS Church History, the BYU Young Ambassadors and also housed a computer lab. The building was specifically named after Lucy Jane Brimhall Knight and Jennie Knight Mangum, two sisters-in-law who were lifelong friends of the university.
Laboratory Building 1885This building was in the vicinity of what is now 6th South and University Avenue in Provo. It was on the lot of the ZCMI Warehouse being used as the main teaching building in the aftermath of the Lewis Building burning. It was a separate structure to prevent a repeat of the chemistry lab fire that had destroyed the Lewis Building.
Ladies Gymnasium19131976Built to relieve crowding in other gym space on campus, the building served as one of the main locations for basketball games prior to the building of the George Albert Smith Field house. It was located directly across University Avenue from the Academy Building. BYU sold the building in 1976, after which various merchants tried to set up shop there, normally lasting only a few years at best.
Lewis Building18751884Built as the J. W. Lewis store in 1867. Brigham Young purchased in shortly after that. Brigham Young gave it to Brigham Young Academy as part of the deed creating the academy. It burned down in 1884.
Little Carnegie HallB-291948Built of Lava Rock as 16-room practice facility for piano students, this building had poor internal sound barriers but was used until the Harris Fine Arts Center was built.
Meat Science LaboratoryPart of BYU's old Provo farm complex as of the 1960s
North Building1947Located on the current site of the Harold B. Lee Library, the North Building was a classroom building used primarily by the college of commerce. It was an old military barracks BYU had purchased and moved to this site.
Old GrandstandLocated where the Joseph Smith Memorial Building later stood, this was used for watching baseball.
Oliver House OLVH19642013Demolished in 2013. see http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865580192/BYU-Wilkinson-Centers-east-entrance-gets-a-facelift.html?pg=all
Page School19581998This was a former school of the Alpine School District. BYU purchased the school mainly for the land it was on but it was used for various functions until it was razed during the construction of the University Parkway Center.
Parking and Traffic Services BuildingPTSB
Physical Plant and AFROTC BuildingB-1519471968This structure was also for a time the home of the BYU bookstore.
Physical Plant StoresB-191947This was used as an office and storage location by the BYU Physical Plant Department.
Pleasant View Chapel1971This building and its acre of land was purchased by BYU in 1971. It had previously been used by the Pleasant View LDS Ward. Four students branches met in the building but the main reason to purchase it was to expand the parking lot for Lavell Edwards Stadium.
Potato Cellar19421952This was built to house farm produce grown on BYU's upper campus prior to the building of most of the campus buildings. It was removed in 1952 to make room for the academic buildings being built.
Press Building19471968This was a government surplus building used to house the BYU Press until the completion of the University Press Building.
Probert Building18951912This was used for classes that would not fit in the Academy Building. After BYU sold it in 1912 it was used for multiple purposes, including as a Kentucky Fried Chicken beginning in 1966.
Religion Office BuildingB-2119471968This was the first location of the BYU Health Center and then was used as an office building for BYU College of Religion faculty, until it was razed to make way for the John A. Widtsoe Building.
Smith Family Living CenterSFLC19572002Named after Joseph F. Smith, the SFLC was razed to make space to build the new Joseph F. Smith Building which was completed in 2005. The building was designed with areas for the study of cooking, sewing, early childhood development as well as the psychology and sociology departments. The School of Nursing was also housed in the SFLC when it was first built. In additions to this, the campus telephone exchange was located in the building's basement. The Living center had areas named for Leah D. Widtsoe, the wife of John A. Widtsoe who was an early backer of the project, and she herself was a domestic science graduate of BYU and had been head of the department. The area named for Mrs. Widtsoe was the multipurpose room. Other named areas were Effie Warnick Homemaking Education Room, the Marion C. Pfund Experimental Food Laboratory, the Mary W. Hunt Small Dining Room, the Elizabeth C. Sauls Quantity Food Laboratory, the May Billings Advanced Clothing Construction Laboratory, the Margaret Vilate Elliot History of Costume Room, and the Zina Y. Williams Card Free Sewing Laboratory.
Speech Center1961This building was on the current site of the Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center and was razed to make room for that building.
Stadium House19361964This was built on the west side of the old Stadium. It was torn down in 1964 to make way for the Stephen L. Richards Building.
Student Project Laboratory BuildingLocated at about 1325 North in Provo, this was part of the BYU farm complex that was purchased in 1954.
Thomas House TOMH1961
Training Building19021975This was a lower-campus building. It was built to house the training school associated with the BYU Normal College and also had the universities first gymnasium.
Waite HouseWAIH2009This building was originally purchased by FARMS prior to its merger with BYU. It was also designated as the location of ISPART. It has been razed, and recent aerial photos show empty land where it once stood.
Widtsoe BuildingWIDB19702014Housed College of Biology. There was a collection of about 40 marine tanks in the underground area of the building with sea animals anybody could view. It was replaced in September 2014 by the new Life Sciences Building. After crews spent several weeks of removing hazardous material from the building, it was demolished beginning May 21, 2015.
Wymount ChapelB-2019471962This was originally used as the construction office for Wymount Village. It was then the meetinghouse where the LDS branch consisting of the residents of that BYU housing project attended church. It was later used by BYU's Physical Plant Department.
Wymount Dining HallB-1619471971After it was no longer used as a cafeteria this building was used for engineering classrooms, biochemistry research and chemicals storage.

Rented and limited-use buildings

These buildings have been used by Brigham Young University or Brigham Young Academy, but were never owned by the school.
BuildingYr. Occ.Yr. Vac.NotesReferences
Creer Building1971This building was rented by the Harold B. Lee Library for storage of less-used books beginning in 1971 due to inadequate space in the library. The library was expanded later in the 1970s. It was located at 744 South on 1st East Street in Provo.
First National Bank Building18841884This building was used immediately after the Lewis Building burned.
Provo Meetinghouse18841884This was another location used in wake of the Lewis Building fire. It was on the location where the Provo Tabernacle was later built.
Provo Tabernacle19002010BYU used this building for Lyceums, commencement exercises, concerts and the like. It was BYU's only auditorium until 1941. Though always controlled directly by the LDS Church it was used for various BYU functions until it burned. It is now a temple owned and operated by the LDS church. The temple opened to the general public on Monday, January 4, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
S. S. Jones Store18841884Another location used after the fire
Smoot Drug Store18841884This was used when the space provided in the First National Bank Building was not large enough
St. Francis School19721975This was a former Catholic grade school that BYU rented from the Catholic Church to use as the location of the J. Reuben Clark Law School until the current law school building was completed.
Z.C.M.I. Warehouse1885In the fall of 1884 most of the Brigham Young Academy functions were consolidated into this building.