There were originally eleven houses in the residence area located on Alderman Road, which were constructed in the early 1960s to accommodate a large growth in admitted students.
The eleven original houses in the Alderman Road Residence Area were each named after a professor who contributed to the University.
After each house is demolished during the ongoing Alderman Road Replacement Project, their names will be reassigned to the new dormitories.
Every room in the Alderman Road Residence Area has two desks, two bookshelves, two chairs and two wardrobes (large closets in Courtenay, Dunglison, and Fitzhugh).
[2] Laundry facilities are located in Balz-Dobie, Cauthen, Tuttle-Dunnington, Kellogg, Gibbons, & Watson-Webb.
Association Councils are in charge of organizing and planning house events, such as cookouts, Capture the Flag, games of Assassins, end of exam parties.