Date of Completion: 2004

St. John’s College has two campuses: the original campus in Annapolis, Maryland, and the second campus built in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1963. Noted architect John Gaw Meem donated much of the site for the Santa Fe campus. The original master campus plan and buildings were developed by Holien and Buckley, the successors of Meem’s firm, and the original buildings were executed in a modernized version of the Territorial Revival style, clearly influenced by Meem’s design aesthetic. Since the original plan, designed for an enrollment of 300 students, the college has grown to 450 students.

As the campus contains highly valued architecture, the existing building stock is the foundation of the Campus Master Plan. For this reason, the existing buildings were evaluated to determine the measures needed to restore them. A team of architects and interns from Cherry/See Architects and Architectural Research Consultants conducted the building and grounds evaluation and estimated the cost of renovations. The college intends to maintain the 450 enrollment.

This Campus Master Plan committee was made up of consultants, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and the neighboring community, making decisions by consensus. The plan documented goals for future development over the next ten years. It examined existing facility conditions and previous campus plans. Finally, the plan proposed Development Principles and Development Proposals for the ten years including a few new buildings and expansion of existing buildings.