Walker Building Revitalization Enters Final Year

In August, students, faculty, and administrators began using the restored western wing of the Walker Building, as well as the remodeled lobby.

The ground level remains the home of the post office and school store in their historic locations. Community Street now includes a student kitchen where boys can grab snacks or prepare meals, and the center of the building holds a game room that is partially complete and will be fully finished by next summer.

The A Dorm level of the Baker Family Wing is the new home of the admission and college counseling offices; this year it is also hosting the headmaster’s temporary office.

About seventy boys, as well as two faculty members, are living again on B and C Dorms. The renovation work created standardized room sizes, with a focus on double rooms and a small number of triple rooms. The new rooms also have air conditioning, a first for the Walker Building.

Work on the eastern half of the building will finish in summer 2020, allowing the alumni and development office to return to the building and for the entire fourth form to once again live on B Dorm and C Dorm. Community Street will be home to an expanded Fir Tree snack bar and offices for members of the faculty who oversee student life.

The Walker Building project has been a massive one, as students and critical school operations have continued to use the building even as it was restored. Next time you visit campus, stop by and see how familiar spaces have been preserved and restored for the next one hundred years!