Homewood Campus Tour

Shriver Hall was built between 1952 and 1954. In 1939, Alfred Jenkins Shriver, a local lawyer who specialized in estates and testaments, left the University the residue of his estate to build a lecture hall. According to the conditions of the will, the building's walls were adorned with murals depicting the Hopkins class of 1891 (Shriver's class), ten philanthropists of Baltimore, ten "famous beauties of Baltimore" (as chosen by Shriver), the original Hopkins faculties of philosophy and medicine, the original Boards of Trustees of the Univesity and Hospital, and Baltimore clipper ships. In addition, statues of President Daniel Coit Gilman (pictured at right) and William H. Welch, first dean of the School of Medicine, flank the entrance to the building. There is also a bust of Isaiah Bowman in a niche under the porch. Had the University declined the bequest, it would have been offered to Loyola College, and then to Goucher College, under similiar conditions.

Today, Shriver Hall houses several administrative offices including Homewood Security, Escort Services, and the Parking Office. It is also home to the popular Shriver Hall Concert Series.

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