List of Brigham Young University residence halls

This is a list of residential buildings at Brigham Young University which includes residential halls, dining facilities, housing area offices, laundry facilities, and other buildings directly connected with the residence halls.

[3] The on-campus complex consists of 25 individual apartments for men and women learning eleven different languages (depending on demand): Hebrew, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, and Spanish.

[4] Helaman Halls, named after one of the Book of Mormon heroes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was first opened for use in the Fall of 1958.

[7][8] Two more residence buildings were already under construction when the completion of the original Helaman Halls Complex was announced on September 18, 1958.

[9] The two new buildings were opened for use in September 1959, and housed 234 women each, bringing the total occupancy number of the complex to 1638.

There are basic kitchen facilities in the basement lobby of each hall, but residents are required to purchase a meal plan.

[citation needed] Notable individuals who lived at Helaman Halls include Mike Leach,[16] Vai Sikahema,[17] and Alema Harrington.

They were the oldest dorms on campus until they were torn down (see Previous Residential Facilities below) and replaced by the new Heritage Halls buildings.

[30][31] Today, Heritage Halls is a complex of dorms that consists of 14 buildings, located on the East side of campus.

Activity rooms on each floor have pictures with Church history themes and have floor-to-ceiling windows that offer views of the surrounding area.

[35] The buildings in the Heritage Halls complex are as follows: Wymount Terrace is the family housing unit for married students and is located on the northeast side of campus.

The university had purchased 150 mobile home units to provide housing for married students until Wyview Park was built.

As part of this temporary MTC complex, the LDS church also obtained a lease for the Raintree Apartments across the street to the west and both facilities are used together to house missionaries and their training activities.

Originally it was a men's dormitory, but during World War II, a large influx of female students caused the university to make it a women's dorm.

In 1962, the building ceased to be a student dormitory altogether, and was used as temporary housing for missionaries while the Church's Language Training Mission was under construction.

[46] The BYA Boarding House was established in 1885 with Joseph B. Keeler as steward and Willard Done as presiding tutor.

After the winter semester the remaining buildings were used to hold conferences and did not serve as residential apartments anymore.

[56] In 1946, during the postwar BYU growth, President McDonald purchased forty-eight buildings from a nearby Air Force station in order to house students.

They were sold as surplus by the government in October 1956, moved to Provo early in 1957 and ready for occupation by August 1957.