Built in 1884, it is the original building of Cottey College. It houses the administrative offices, music studios, practice rooms, a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) laboratory, faculty offices and the bookstore. It was completely renovated in 1981.
The Chapel was built in 1956 as a gift from the B.I.L.s. The main chapel seats 480 and there is also a small side chapel and parlor. The Chapel houses the Dysart Memorial Organ, a 21-rank Hammer-Reuter Organ and the Nell Farrel Stevenson Grand Piano.
This residence hall, built in 1939, was the first building erected after Cottey was accepted as a gift by the P.E.O. Sisterhood. It has 10 suites and houses approximately 105 students.
Constructed in 1963, the Library has a book and bound periodical collection of over 40,000 volumes and subscribes to more than 250 periodicals, journals and newspapers. There are special collections in women's resources, music and children's literature, and the College archives. The Floy Fries Audio-Visual and Lecture Room is located on the lower level. The Ruth Rippey Conference Room is on the second floor.
Cottey's largest residence hall has 14 suites which house approximately 150 students. In the lower level of Robertson Hall is Raney Dining Room, the dining hall for all residential students. Built in 1959, the residence hall is named after Elizabeth Robertson and the dining room is named after Bessie Raney.
Cottey doubled its residential student population when Reeves Hall was built in 1949. This hall also has 10 suites with approximately 105 students and was named after Winona Evans Reeves.
This hall was originally built as a gymnasium in 1922 and was renovated as the art center in 1972. It currently houses the art classrooms and laboratories, faculty offices and an art gallery for displaying student works during the school year.
This building was finished in 1989 and features a 490-seat auditorium, the P.E.O. Foundation Art Gallery with climate control, the Missouri Recital Hall with seating for 150, and a large scene shop and costume shop
The Rubie Burton Academic Center is composed of two wings. Alumnae Hall, built in 1974 and renovated in 1998, contains classrooms, faculty offices, the student government association, student publications, and student and faculty lounges. Offices for Academic Affairs, Academic Records, and the Kolderie Academic Assistance Center are also in this building. Grantham Hall, completed in 1998, houses well-equipped science and computer laboratories, the majority of classrooms and faculty offices.
Named for Uretta and Paul Hinkhouse, the center was constructed in 1971. A gymnasium, dance studios, swimming pool, classroom and faculty offices are on the first floor. The lower level includes a classroom, the weight room, dressing rooms, student lounge, TV room and the Chellie Club snack bar. On the second floor is the Student Life and Development Center which contains the offices of counseling, health, housing and campus activities.