The Ridges

The Ridges is located near coordinates B-5 and D-8 on the campus map. It is on the hill across the Hocking River from the West Green. This part of the Athens Campus was previously the Athens Mental Health Center, a regional psychiatric hospital.

More information about the Ridges, as a whole, including various aspects of its history, can be found online in various locations:

State of Ohio Publications: Alden Libraries' Government Documents staff maintain an annotated list of historical State of Ohio Publications that mention the Ridges, at http://www.library.ohiou.edu/govdocs/ridges.html.
Campus Archives Photo Collection: The University Archives project on Campus Buildings includes historical photos of The Ridges at http://media.library.ohiou.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/archives&CISOPTR=839
Asylum and Community: Connections Between the Athens Lunatic Asylum and the Village of Athens 1867-1893: The 2004 Ph.D. Dissertation of Katherine K. Ziff, with the title above, is available online with full text and images, linked from http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1091117062

Numerical Order Listing

Many of the buldings on The Ridges have traditionally been identified by number (e.g., "Building 22"). The numerical assignments listed here are all 200 + the traditional building number.

201. Lin Hall - Kennedy Museum of American Art

205. Facilities Management Movers Building

207. Research and Office Building

208. Mail Service Building

209. Surplus Storage Building

219. Facilities Planning Building

220. Technology and Enterprise Building

221. Voinovich Center for Leadership and Public Affairs

222. ILGARD and Environmental Studies

223. Ridges Auditorium

225. Konneker Research Laboratories

227. Child Development Center