Crouse College

Crouse College, also known as Crouse Memorial College and historically as John Crouse Memorial College for Women, is a building on the Syracuse University campus. It was funded by John R. Crouse, a wealthy Syracuse merchant (principal donation) with the White family (bankers, secondary doners), and designed by Archimedes Russell. It is built in the Romanesque revival—Richardsonian Romanesque style.

Crouse College, Syracuse University
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New York State Register of Historic Places
LocationSyracuse, New York
Coordinates43°2′18.51″N 76°8′14.08″W
Built1889 (1889)
ArchitectArchimedes Russell
Architectural styleRomanesque revival—Richardsonian Romanesque
Part ofSyracuse University – Comstock Tract buildings (ID80004279; listed separately in 1974)
NRHP reference No.74001285
NYSRHP No.06740.000008
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 30, 1974
Designated NYSRHPJune 23, 1980

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is also one of the historical Comstock Tract buildings on the Syracuse campus. It currently houses Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts. Chiefly, its classrooms and auditorium are at the service of the Setnor School of Music.

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