The 200-acre main campus is located in Fort Worth, Texas, on the highest natural elevation in Tarrant County, known as Seminary Hill. It now includes 14 main buildings plus the Student Village, B. H. Carroll Park, Garrett Manor, E. D. Head Apartments, Seminary Drive Duplexes, other perimeter housing, the Norton Landscape Facility, and the James R. Leitch Physical Plant. The seminary is easily accessible from any point in the country by air travel, and may be reached by passenger vehicle via Interstate 20 and James Avenue or Interstate 35W and Seminary Drive.
Located in the heart of the campus, a beautiful domed building with stately Ionic columns, the Memorial Building has become the hallmark of the seminary. Its three wings are connected with a central rotunda. The rotunda, under the dome, displays oil paintings of seminary presidents. B. H. Carroll was the founder and first president of the seminary.
Scarborough Hall houses administrative offices and the School of Theology classrooms and faculty offices. It also contains the Tom and Evelyn Linebery Preaching Center, which houses the Scott L. Tatum Preaching Chapel, the Herman Jared and Patsy Ruth Smith Preaching Chapel, and the Billy E. and Juanita Harrell Classroom. The wing is named for L. R. Scarborough, the second president of the seminary.
Truett Auditorium is named for George W. Truett who served for many years as chairman of the board of trustees and as pastor of the First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, from 1897 to 1944. It is located in the south wing of the Memorial Building and seats 1097 people.
Fleming Hall houses additional administrative and faculty offices, office of Admissions, Financial Aid, International Student Services, Media Services and classrooms. It is named for the late William Fleming of Fort Worth, a longtime seminary benefactor.
Located to the east of the Memorial Building, it houses the library collection of almost 500,000 volumes, an audio-visual and computer learning center and classroom, special collections and archives, the archaeological museum, and other research facilities. The staff provides a full range of services including personal and group library instruction, a writing lab, research assistance, interlibrary loan service, and help with access to major computer based information services including the Internet. A. Webb Roberts (1898-1984) was a Dallas layman and a Distinguished Life Member of the President's Club at Southwestern. See below for detailed information on Southwestern's libraries.
The School of Church Music occupies Cowden Hall, which is located on the northeast corner of the campus. It is one of the most functional music buildings in the nation. Studios, offices, classrooms, rehearsal rooms, practice rooms, and recording studios are housed in this building. Two large organs, a four-manual Casavant and a three-manual Moeller, a three-manual Schantz studio organ, a Moeller "House Organ," three electronic organs, a five octave set of Schulmerich handbells, and a two-manual Kingston harpsichord are provided for instruction and practice.
The Riley Center houses guest rooms and conference space. There are 55 guest rooms for campus visitors and conference attendees. The J. W. "Jack" McGorman Conference Center provides a fully operational conference facility as well as additional office space for the campus.
Donated by Kathryn Sullivan Bowld, this 30,000 square foot addition to Cowden Hall contains music, music books, music periodicals, audiotapes, videotapes, phonograph records, and compact discs. More than 250,000 scores of religious music and a Treasure Room of rare and scarce materials enhance the book collection. Specially trained staff offer assistance to School of Music faculty and students as well as to others who wish to use the music library. The facility also contains a piano repair room, 19 soundproof practice rooms, an electronic piano teaching facility, a conference room, a classroom, and a computer lab devoted to music technology.
Price Hall, located on the west side of the campus is named for the first dean of the School of Educational Ministries. It was designed to function as a model for teaching all phases of religious education, both academic and practical. This building also includes faculty offices and the Curriculum Center.
The student center houses the Dining Services offices, Residential Dining Room, Wild Bill's Southwestern Café, a refreshment area, and banquet rooms. Parlors, lounge, reception areas, post office, copy center, offices, and conference rooms are also located in this building. It has become the center for seminary community life. The center is named for the fifth president of the seminary.
Located at 4441 Stanley Avenue on the Fort Worth Campus, this residence houses the Roy J. Fish School of Evangelism and Missions offices and the World Missions Center.
The first building to be constructed on the Fort Worth campus in 1910 was named for the city of Fort Worth. Today it houses the administrative offices of the College at Southwestern and is used as a residence hall for men. Fort Worth Hall also contains guest rooms available by reservation.
Named for a former dean of women, Barnard Hall is the residence hall for single women. Guest rooms are available by reservation.
Located north of the main campus across Seminary Drive, the complex provides one-, two-, and some three-bedroom housing for 328 families. The project is named for the fourth president of the seminary.
Named for the first president of the seminary, this 21-acre housing area has 184 units for families in duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes. These apartments are located several blocks from the campus.
Located seven blocks east of the main campus, the 54 units include both one- and two-bedroom apartments. The apartments are named for the third president of the seminary.
Located south of campus, the 70 unit complex contains one-, two-, and three-bedroom units. The complex is named for Jenkins Garrett who served on the seminary's Development Foundation from 1960-1996. Mr. Garrett is also a member of the Southwestern Advisory Council.
This facility is named for the F. Howard Walsh family of Fort Worth. Walsh served as a seminary trustee from 1963-1976. The Walsh Counseling Center houses the Department of Psychology and Counseling for the School of Educational Ministries. Counseling expertise is available to the students of Southwestern Seminary and their families, the Fort Worth community, and the Metroplex.
The children's center is named for the fifth president of the seminary and his wife. Accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the center brings together a progressive teaching program to serve the preschool children of seminary students, faculty, and staff. When space is available, children from the community are welcomed. Seminary students receive on-the-job training in early childhood education through classroom and work experiences.
For information concerning fees, age requirements, and registration forms, contact:
Children's Center
P.O. Box 22358
Fort Worth, TX
76122-0358
Phone (817) 923-1921, extension 2970
The center is designed to provide leisure time opportunities for recreation, physical fitness, and social interaction that contribute to the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being of seminary students, faculty, staff, their families and guests. The inclusion of recreational pursuits, either through physical fitness or other positive leisure experiences, contributes to a more balanced lifestyle and more effective Christian service.
The center also seeks to provide support for education and training in the field of church recreation. While the center is not intended to meet the same needs as that of a church recreation facility, elements of the design, programs, and facility administration may serve as examples that can effectively relate to ministry in the local church as well as other areas where recreation can serve as a tool for ministry.
The center is comprised of a gymnasium with an indoor track, four racquetball courts, snack area, locker rooms, a state of the art cardio vascular activity room, a strength training room, a classroom, and a multipurpose aquatics facility. Adjacent to the center are lighted tennis courts, an outdoor track, a sand volleyball court, and playing fields. The center is named for the Slovers, seminary benefactors from Liberty, Texas.
The Recreation Aerobics Center program offerings include: Physical Fitness and Personal Training, Children’s Summer Day Camp, Teen Nights, Kid’s Day Out, Aquatics (Swimming Lessons), Intramural Sports, Aerobics, Outdoor Recreation, and various family oriented special events.
This facility, located at 4716 Warren Avenue houses the landscape support activities for the main campus and student housing. The building is named for Carl E. Norton who began the campus beautification process in 1979.
This facility houses the maintenance support activities for the main campus and student housing. In addition, campus support services, purchasing, central receiving, and the central stores warehouse are located in this facility at 2101 Yates Street. The building is named for James R. Leitch who served the seminary from 1954 to 1987 as Physical Plant Director.
Southwestern Seminary has had a presence in the Houston area since 1975, but it was not until 2002 that the Seminary secured a permanent site for extension studies when Park Place Baptist Church deeded their facilities to the seminary. In October 2003, the trustees named the campus at Park Place the J. Dalton Havard Center in honor of the Houston-based evangelist. In April 2004, the name was changed again to the J. Dalton Havard School for Theological Studies offering the Master of Divinity and the Master of Arts in Christian Education degrees in their entirety at the Houston campus.
Since 2002, Southwestern Seminary has renovated the Park Place facility to expand its usefulness as a center for theological education. The improvements to the facility include a beautifully designed foyer which serves as a place to welcome guests to the campus, updated classroom space, and new administrative offices.
The current facility also includes a library with over 4100 volumes, a student lounge where students can take a break between classes, and a 2400 seat sanctuary.