Editing James Madison University (section)

== Campus ==
[[File:Wilson Hall.jpg|thumb|[[Woodrow Wilson Hall (James Madison University)|Woodrow Wilson Hall]], the centerpiece of the JMU quadrangle.]]
[[File:Keezell Hall (JMU).jpg|thumb|Keezell Hall, home of the university's English and Foreign Language departments]]
[[File:Varner House (JMU).jpg|thumb|Varner House]]
[[File:Statue of James Madison -04- (50998927107).png|alt=James Madison statue in Bluestone area|thumb|upright|A statue of [[James Madison]] on campus.]]
[[File:Harrison Hall, James Madison University.jpg|thumb|Harrison Hall]]

JMU's campus originally consisted of two buildings, Jackson Hall and Maury Hall, which are now known as Darcus Johnson Hall and Gabbin Hall, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|last=White|first=Kenzie|date=September 27, 2021|title=Public ceremony of renaming buildings on the Quad commences|url=https://www.breezejmu.org/news/public-ceremony-of-renaming-buildings-on-the-quad-commences/article_5e2ec264-1fcb-11ec-9ad4-1f4b04ad9ca6.html|access-date=December 12, 2021|website=www.breezejmu.org|archive-date=December 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213021855/https://www.breezejmu.org/news/public-ceremony-of-renaming-buildings-on-the-quad-commences/article_5e2ec264-1fcb-11ec-9ad4-1f4b04ad9ca6.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Today, the campus has 148 major buildings on {{convert|721|acre|km2}}.<ref name="JMU Today">{{cite web|url=http://www.jmu.edu/centennialcelebration/today.shtml|title=JMU – JMU Today|access-date=November 12, 2006|publisher=JMU Centennial Office|archive-date=May 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517125507/http://www.jmu.edu/centennialcelebration/today.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> It has become Virginia's second most photographed location on social media sites like [[Instagram]] and [[Twitter]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://thetab.com/us/jmu/2016/12/03/jmu-named-2nd-instagrammed-place-virginia-3916|title = JMU named second most Instagrammed place in Virginia|date = December 3, 2016|access-date = April 20, 2022|archive-date = August 17, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220817124759/https://thetab.com/us/jmu/2016/12/03/jmu-named-2nd-instagrammed-place-virginia-3916|url-status = live}}</ref>

The original, historic Bluestone side of campus is located on South Main Street (also known as [[U.S. Route 11 in Virginia|U.S. Route 11]], and historically as "The Valley Pike") and is the heart of the university. Many of the buildings in the Bluestone area have been constructed out of the same stone, known as "[[bluestone]]," which is a type of limestone that is locally sourced from the surrounding Shenandoah Valley.<ref name="Bluestone">{{cite web|url=https://www.jmu.edu/centennialcelebration/bluestone.shtml|title=JMU Centennial Celebration - The History of Bluestone|access-date=June 4, 2022|publisher=James Madison University|archive-date=June 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627032024/https://www.jmu.edu/centennialcelebration/bluestone.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

Beginning in 2002 JMU began receiving state and private funding to construct a performing arts complex. The facility is opposite [[Woodrow Wilson Hall (James Madison University)|Wilson Hall]] across South Main Street.<ref name="JMU Performing Arts">{{cite web|url=http://www.jmu.edu/jmuarts/forbescenter/|title=JMU – JMU Arts|access-date=December 29, 2010|publisher=JMU Forbes Center|archive-date=January 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102010141/http://www.jmu.edu/jmuarts/forbescenter/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Renaming historic halls ===
In 2020, JMU's Board of Visitors approved the renaming of three historic buildings on the quad that were named in honor of three prominent Virginian Confederate soldiers: Ashby Hall (named after [[Turner Ashby]]), Maury Hall (named after [[Matthew Fontaine Maury]]), and Jackson Hall (named after [[Stonewall Jackson]]). They were given the temporary names of Valley Hall, Mountain Hall, and Justice Studies Hall, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|last=News-Record|first=MEGAN WILLIAMS Daily|title=JMU Votes To Rename Three Buildings|url=https://www.dnronline.com/news/harrisonburg/jmu-votes-to-rename-three-buildings/article_26040fdd-108b-5b98-918d-ae2a790a6607.html|access-date=December 13, 2021|website=Daily News-Record|date=July 7, 2020|language=en|archive-date=July 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715032228/https://www.dnronline.com/news/harrisonburg/jmu-votes-to-rename-three-buildings/article_26040fdd-108b-5b98-918d-ae2a790a6607.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, the halls were approved and given new names. Mountain Hall (Maury Hall) was renamed Gabbin Hall after Drs. Joanne V. and Alexander Gabbin, professors at JMU for more than 35 years;<ref>{{Cite web|title=JMU Location: Gabbin Hall|url=https://www.jmu.edu/directory/buildings/GABB.shtml|access-date=December 13, 2021|website=www.jmu.edu|language=en|archive-date=December 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213021857/https://www.jmu.edu/directory/buildings/GABB.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Valley Hall (Ashby Hall) was renamed Harper Allen-Lee Hall after Doris Harper Allen and Robert Walker Lee, both notable former staff members at JMU;<ref>{{Cite web|title=JMU Location: Harper Allen~Lee Hall|url=https://www.jmu.edu/directory/buildings/HALH.shtml|access-date=December 13, 2021|website=www.jmu.edu|language=en|archive-date=December 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213021855/https://www.jmu.edu/directory/buildings/HALH.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Justice Studies Hall (Jackson Hall) was renamed Darcus Johnson Hall after Sheary Darcus Johnson, the first black student to graduate from JMU.<ref>{{Cite web|title=JMU Location: Darcus Johnson Hall|url=https://www.jmu.edu/directory/buildings/DJH.shtml|access-date=December 13, 2021|website=www.jmu.edu|language=en|archive-date=December 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213021856/https://www.jmu.edu/directory/buildings/DJH.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

In late 2021, the ISAT/CS building was renamed King Hall in honor of Charles W. King; longtime Senior Vice President of the Administration and Finance Division at JMU.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Board of Visitors summary of actions and discussions|url=https://www.jmu.edu/news/2021/11/19-bov-summary.shtml|access-date=December 13, 2021|website=www.jmu.edu|language=en|archive-date=December 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205212655/https://www.jmu.edu/news/2021/11/19-bov-summary.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>