- Date(s) Constructed
- 1913-1922
The Old Union complex (Old Union, Courtyard, Clubhouse and Nitery) is a vibrant gathering place for students, faculty, staff, alumni and guests of Stanford. The complex was built as the first campus union to bring men and women students together. The YWCA for many years provided programming in the Clubhouse (originally the Women’s Clubhouse, built with the help of the Cap and Gown women’s honor society). Now the Clubhouse is home to the Asian American and Native American community centers, and El Centro Chicano is in the Nitery. Old Union houses an eatery and the Associated Students of Stanford University (student government) on the ground floor, the Office of Student Activities upstairs and the Center for Inter-Religious Community, Learning and Experiences (CIRCLE) on the third floor. With the Nitery’s black-box theater and the multipurpose ballroom in the Clubhouse, the complex is a focal point for student performing arts.
