Old Laundry Building

Accessibility Information

The east ground floor entrance of the Old Laundry Building, which houses the Office for Accessibility and Educational Opportunity, is accessible. An accessible restroom is located on the ground floor. The closest accessible parking spaces are located directly across the street in the Baldwin and Swift parking lots.

All Gender Bathrooms

Located on the second floor and in the basement, accessible.

View the Old Laundry Building on the campus map.

Historic red-brick building with mansard roof and decorative dormer windows, featuring an exterior metal staircase on the corner and surrounded by landscaping under a bright blue sky.
The east side of the Old Laundry Building.
Detail of the entrance at the base of the fire escape, showing a push-to-open button on the fire escape post.
The entrance is located on the ground level.
Detail of the entrance door open.
The door has a push-to-open button.


About the Old Laundry Building

Built in 1872 to house the College’s laundry facilities, the Old Laundry Building is currently home to the Office of Accessibility and Educational Opportunity and Vassar’s multidisciplinary programs, including Africana Studies, American and Native American Studies, Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, International Studies, Jewish Studies, Latin American & Latinx Studies, Media Studies, Science, Technology, & Society, Urban Studies, and Women, Feminist, & Queer Studies.

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