Name: Flather Hall. Named for donor Mary Flather.
Date: 1962; renovated 1997
Architect: Gaudreau & Gaudreau
Elevation: 171.66'
Use: The hall houses approximately180 students in traditional double occupancy rooms located on common corridors. Bath and shower facilities are shared use.
Style : Mid-20th-century modern.
Composition: Rectilinear with an elevator tower.
Size: Five stories.
Gross square footage—40,410.
Netsquare footage—34,628.
Materials: Red brick
Trim: Metal and concrete
Roof: Flat, gable roof on tower.
Windows: Double-hung and fixed glass panels w/aluminum frames, some glass block on the elevator tower.
Door: Double-glass doors with sidelights at grade.
Note: Typical academic dormitory structure near other buildings originally constructed for women’s housing. It is now co-ed housing.
Setting: Foundation planting and lawn on a hilly site.
Architecture: Simple mid-20th-century modern, academic, residential building with minimal ornament save for a distinguishing elevator tower at the main entrance.
History : Flather Hall was built in 1962 and renovated in 1997 as a purpose-built residential facility. It originally housed women only.
Significance: Flather Hall is a free-standing structure, not related to a complex or composition; it has a neutral impact on the campus.
Condition: The renovation in 1997 included the addition of an elevator, air conditioning, upgraded common areas, a computer laboratory, and other accessibility improvements. All rooms have network connections to the computer system and cable television services. The roof was replaced in August 2001.
Floor Plans
Last Revised 17-Jan-07 10:37 AM.
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