| Building: | Barney-Davis Hall, 1894 |
| Designer/Architect: | Peters and Evans |
| History: | Intended as a science hall. Interior was gutted by fire in 1905 and rebuilt and fireproofed by W.C. Handshay and Dunzweiler. Renovated in 1996 with funds donated by the family of the late Samuel S. Davis 1926 and Walter McPhail, class of 1955. |
| Building Style: | Northern Italian Renaissance Revival style in Oakland pressed brick and Amherst stone. |
| Named For: | Gift of Eugene J. Barney of Dayton (trustee, 1881-1917) in memory of his father Eliam E. Barney, an early railroad car manufacturer and also a former trustee. Current Use: The hall now houses the English Department and the McPhail Center for Environmental Studies. |