"The Town Campus" or "Town Campus"

Question

Hello,

I am having a disagreement with my co-workers on how to refer to our multi-location Church. Our Church has two campuses; our Town Campus (Located within Town) and our Orchard Campus (Next to an Orchard).

We are wondering if it ok grammatically to state "I am heading to Town Campus", or, is "the" required in the title of the location, therefore it would only be acceptable as "I am heading to the Town Campus". One side believes that only using "the" is acceptable, meanwhile the other side believes both are acceptable ways of conveying this information.

In summary, it is acceptable to refer to our Town or Orchard Campus without using "the" before the title?

Thanks!

Answer 1

The key here is to understand the description (of a location) versus the proper noun point of view.

Is the term "Town Campus" part of the formal name of the location. If not, you could simply describe the place as the town campus. Notice the name of the location is NOT capitalized meaning it is NOT in the formal name of the location but a mere description. Thus town campus or orchard campus are informal descriptions describing locations or features. They are NOT part of the formal NAMES on the building. So if this is the case the "THE" is not required. How is that???