LaFortune Student Center

The LaFortune Student Center serves as the main student center at the University of Notre Dame. Built as the Science Hall in 1883 under the direction of Fr. John Zahm. In 1950 it was converted to a student union building and named LaFortune Center, after Joseph LaFortune, an oil executive from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Commonly known as "LaFortune" or "LaFun," it is a 4-story building of 83,000 square feet[3] that provides the Notre Dame community with a meeting place for social, recreational, cultural, and educational activities.[4] LaFortune employs 35 part-time student staff and 29 full-time non-student staff and has an annual budget of $1.2 million.[3] Many businesses, services, and divisions of The Office of Student Affairs[4] are found within. The building also houses restaurants from national restaurant chains.[5]

LaFortune Student Center
LaFortune Student Center
General information
Status	Student Center
Architectural style	Collegiate Gothic
Town or city	Notre Dame, Indiana
Country	United States
Completed	1883
Client	University of Notre Dame
Owner	The University of Notre Dame
Technical details
Floor count	4
Floor area	83,000 sq ft (7,700 m2)
Design and construction
Architect	W.J. Edbrooke
Website
lafortune.nd.edu
LaFortune Student Center
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Coordinates	41°42′06.9″N 86°14′17.9″W
Built	1883[1]
Architect	Willoughby J. Edbrooke[1]
Architectural style	Modern Gothic[2]
Part of	University of Notre Dame: Main and North Quadrangles (ID78000053)
Added to NRHP	May 23, 1978