Housing at the University of Chicago

The buildings were designed by Henry Ives Cobb and served as dormitories for divinity school and graduate students.

[4] The buildings feature oriels along their facades and gables along the roof line that are signs of the Chicago Gothic architecture.

[6] Located south of the Midway Plaisance, Burton-Judson is a castle-like edifice built in a neo-Gothic style similar to that of the university's main quadrangles.

Facing the Midway Plaisance, it was created in 1932 as a gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr. specifically to foster relationships between students from different countries.

It is notable for having housed many famous artists, scientists, and scholars connected with the university, including Langston Hughes and Enrico Fermi.

After months of negative media attention and intense public criticism by faculty, alumni, and local activists, the administration finally reversed its decision and allowed the International House to remain open.

[12] The buildings' name recognizes alumnus Max Palevsky, who had donated $20 million to the university "to enhance the quality of residential life on campus.

"[14] Subsequent architectural criticism has been more favorable, finding that the buildings' layout meets the needs of the modern student body and that their colors and windows echo those of their neighbors.

Named South Campus Residence Hall when opened in 2009, the dorm was rededicated as the Renee Granville-Grossman Residential Commons in February 2015 after a $44 million donation to the university.

Snell–Hitchcock is known for having a high level of community spirit and involvement, which is best seen at the annual University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt.

It is connected via emergency exits to Searle Chemistry Laboratory.Hitchcock was built in 1901, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

It is built in a collegiate Gothic style, like Snell and most of the University of Chicago's campus, but has many Prairie School elements, such as stone corn husks instead of gargoyles and flat-roofed instead of gabled dormers.

[19] It is notable for not being owned by the university itself, instead being financed by Capstone Development Partners and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and constructed by Turner Construction, though the day-to-day management of the facility is managed by the University Housing and Residence Life staff.

Students resided in "half-double apartments," in which each pair of single rooms contains a shared kitchenette and bathroom.

The residents who had lived there for several years were reluctant to leave, but for the university a more pressing matter left them with no alternative.

Despite the apparent urgency in Blackstone's transformation into nursing accommodations, by the end of 1954 the university continued to have difficulties with filling vacancies in the building.

In 1966, university officials proposed renovations to reverse the "shabbiness" and deterioration seen in older buildings such as Blackstone.

[24] Blackstone Hall was one of five "satellite" dorms that was closed after the 2015–2016 academic year upon the opening of Campus North Residential Commons.

As one of the smaller dormitories on campus, but one of the largest houses, it was home to undergraduates in its final years, though it had served graduate students in the past.

[26] In 1898, Ina Law Robertson, an Oregon schoolteacher studying at the University of Chicago, founded "Eleanor Club"[27] to offer affordable housing for employed, single women.

[28] The proceeds of the sale created an endowment that funds grants for Chicago women and girls in need of financial assistance.

[32] Breckinridge House was originally slated to have its name changed to that of a university donor and its residents relocated to Campus North Residential Commons, but after on-campus activism by the "Save our Satellites" campus organization, it was the sole satellite to retain its original name.

[36] With the opening of Campus North Residential Commons, Broadview Hall closed after the 2015–2016 academic year and was subsequently sold to be turned into apartments.

With the opening of Campus North Residential Commons, Maclean Hall closed after the 2015–2016 academic year and was subsequently sold to be turned into apartments.

Both Henderson and Tufts Houses originally occupied Pierce Hall, but with its closure and demolition in 2013, they migrated to New Grad.

[41] The journal Architectural Record described it as a "major breakthrough on the anti-slab front"; built while Hyde Park was undergoing urban renewal, it was also described as a fortress.

Shoreland Hall consisted of the following residential houses: Fallers (floors 1,2,3), Bishop, Dewey, Michelson, Fishbein, Compton, Hale, Filbey, Bradbury and Dudley.

The hall closed for student housing at the end of the 2020 school year with the opening of Woodlawn Residential Commons.

The dorm was demolished in 2001, replaced by the Charles M. Harper Center of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

It was on E. 58th St. between S. Kimbark and S. Woodlawn Avenues, affording residents views of Robie House and Rockefeller Chapel.