Mission and Identity

Alter Hall

After 53 years as the academic workhorse of Xavier, Alter Hall was gutted to its frame and redesigned over 15 months as a modern classroom building for 21st-century students. Alter Hall remains located on the academic hall, across from Albers Hall. The new building is a tribute to Xavier's commitment of being a sustainable, environmentally friendly campus built to LEED gold standards. Originally built in 1960, the Karl J. Alter Classroom Building served as a general classroom building on Xavier's campus. Now, the building fills its thirty-three classrooms with courses from Business, English, and Math.

Quick Facts

Dedicated: 1960

Named After: Karl J. Alter, Archbishop of Cincinnati 1950-69

Home to:

Four floors of classrooms and new learning spaces
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
St. Ignatius stairs

Additional Notes:

Alter Hall was the first building on campus to have been built with central air conditioning.
The renovation was completed for the fall 2015 academic fall semester.

Students walking outside Alter Hall on a sunny fall morning.

Students in classroom in Alter Hall