Built in sections from 1822–1833, Cushing Hall is the oldest four story dormitory still in use in the United States.

Cushing Hall was designed by William Phaup and Reuben Perry in the Federal style of architecture.

[4] After almost a decade after being founded at the University of Virginia, Pi Kappa Alpha was "re-founded" as part of the Hampden–Sydney Convention, held in a student room of Cushing Hall in the late 1870s.

At the New Orleans Convention in 1909, Pi Kappa Alpha officially decided to declare itself a national organization.

[6] As with many 19th Century buildings in academia, Cushing Hall has been used for a myriad of functions throughout its lifetime.