After years of planning, Stokes Hall, a cornerstone of the University’s Institutional Master Plan and the first academic building to be constructed on the Middle Campus since 2001, broke ground October 4, 2010. The 183,000-square foot academic building, bearing the family name of Boston College alumnus, trustee and benefactor Patrick T. Stokes, will be built between Lyons Hall and McElroy Commons, and will house the University's humanities departments, the College of Arts & Sciences Honors Program, Arts & Sciences Service Center, Academic Advising Center and First Year Experience offices, as well as 36 new classrooms, a commons area, coffee shop, conference rooms and an outdoor garden and plaza. Read more 

Below, view architectural designs and take a virtual tour of Stokes Hall, narrated by Executive Vice President Patrick J. Keating. 

 ^{Architectural images courtesy of Tsoi Kobus & Stephen Stimson Associates}

• January 14, 2013: Doors Open at Stokes Hall
• December 2012: Stokes Hall First Look (Slide Show)
• Photo gallery of construction in progress
• May, 2011: Stokes, Gasson projects continuing on schedule
• Photos from the 'Discovery Ducks' tour of the Stokes site
• View a live feed of the Stokes Hall construction site
• Photos from the Stokes site tree relocation
• Stokes Hall approved, construction to begin October 4
• A Q&A with Executive Vice President Patrick J. Keating
• A Q&A with Vice President for Student Affairs Patrick Rombalski
• View the September 30, 2010, Stokes Hall special edition of the Boston College Chronicle (PDF)