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HBS Research and Education Facilities
For pictures of each of the buildings and facilities, click on the titles. Locations of each
can be found on the STATION MAP
MAIN BUILDING Contains main offices, class and lecture rooms, research laboratories, and kitchen/dining room
 
RESOURCE BUILDING Contains class and research space, Herbarium, shop/fabrication areas, and storage; constructed with support from the National Science Foundation
 
MESOCOSM FACILITY Composed of a 1600 sq ft glasshouse for controlled experiments, wet laboratories, and 5000 sq ft outside mesocosm area; constructed with support from the National Science Foundation
 
BOATHOUSE Contains 8 slips and 2 enclosed research/storage areas; houses the Stations 3, 28-ft pontoon boats and the Surveyor I research vessel
 
WELL HOUSE Station water supply; also contains forestry/maintenance/fabrication area
 
PICNIC AREA Available for University sponsored functions; also contains canoes, rowboats, and sailboats and a paddle/life preserver storage building
 
ARTIFICIAL WETLAND COMPLEX Handles Station wastewater treatment; contains a wide variety of aquatic plants and is a prime bird viewing area
 
PRAIRIE (not shown on map) A natural prairie remnant that is maintained through controlled burns
 
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PONDS (not shown on map) - The Station maintains a number of small woodland ponds for research
 
NATURE TRAIL More than a mile long, this interpretive trail was created by a local Boy Scout troop
 
HOUSING
 
RESEARCHER CABINS CONTAINING FULL KITCHENS AND BATHS
 
WOLFSON Named in honor of Alfred and Emily Wolfson, this cabin can house up to 10 visitors
 
SCHNAUTZ Named in honor of Ed Schnautz, long-time Station Manager and naturalist; constructed with support from the National Science Foundation
 
RAFINESQUE Named in honor of Samuel Constantine Rafinesque, Kentucky naturalist in the early 1800s; constructed with support from the National Science Foundation
 
AUDUBON Named in honor of James J. Audubon, Kentucky naturalist and ornithologist in the early 1800s; constructed with support from the National Science Foundation
 
STUDENT CABINS SERVICED BY THE BATHHOUSE
 
CABINS 1-10 2 person units
 
CABINS 11-13 4 person units
 
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