Editing Acadia University (section)

==Historic buildings==
Seminary House, also known as just "Sem", is a [[Second Empire architecture|Second Empire]] style-building constructed in 1878 as a home for women attending the university.  It was designated a [[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site of Canada]] in 1997 as Canada's oldest facility associated with the higher education of women.<ref>{{CRHP|15183|Ladies' Seminary National Historic Site of Canada|24 March 2013}}</ref> The building now serves as a co-ed residence, and Whitman House on campus now serves as the women's only residence.

Carnegie Hall, built in 1909, is a large, two-storey, Neo-classical brick building.  It was designated under the provincial [[Heritage Property Act (Nova Scotia)|Heritage Property Act]] in 1989 as its construction in 1909 signified Acadia's evolution from classical college to liberal university.<ref>{{CRHP|4512|Carnegie Hall|24 March 2013}}</ref>

The War Memorial House (more generally known as Barrax or Rax), which is a residence, and War Memorial Gymnasium<ref>{{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=1785|title=War Memorial Gymnasium: Acadia University: Memorial 12006-007 Wolfville, NS|access-date=30 December 2016}} {{cite web |url=http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=1785 |title=DHH - Memorials Details Search Results |access-date=2011-01-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402132928/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=1785 |archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="AcadiaHistory">{{cite journal |title=History of Acadia University |website=Acadia Athletics |publisher=Acadia University |url=http://www.acadiaathletics.ca/about/history |access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> are landmark buildings on the campus of Acadia University. The Memorial Hall and Gymnasium honours students who had enlisted and died in the [[First World War]], and in the [[Second World War]]. Two granite shafts, which are part of the War Memorial Gymnasium complex at Acadia University, are dedicated to the university's war dead.<ref name="AcadiaHistory"/><ref>{{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=1786|title=First World War memorial: Acadia University: Memorial 12006-008 Wolfville, NS|access-date=30 December 2016}} {{cite web |url=http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=1786 |title=DHH - Memorials Details Search Results |access-date=2011-01-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090115/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=1786 |archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> The War Memorial House is dedicated to the war dead from Acadia University during the Second World War.<ref name="AcadiaHistory"/><ref>{{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=1787|title=War Memorial House: Acadia University: Memorial 12006-009 Wolfville, NS|access-date=30 December 2016}} {{cite web |url=http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=1787 |title=DHH - Memorials Details Search Results |access-date=2012-01-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402160100/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=1787 |archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>