The Residence for women
| Description: |
Designed by Mr. Stern, an Indianapolis architect, the Residence served as the first dormitory on the Irvington campus. Built in 1882, the three-story brick building cost $13,582.62. The coed building was only open for five years before it was in disrepair. Students has vandalized it and knocked holes through the dividing wall, which divided the sexes, and poor construction led to frequent repairs. Under new management, the Residence saw its occupancy increase. Twenty-six men and thirteen women lived in the facility in 1889. A coeducational dormitory proved to be impractical; therefore on July 19, 1893, by action of the Board, the building was used only for women students. Parental protests against the coeducational living style had prompted the shift. With only three women living in the dormitory in 1898, the Board of Directors decided to close the building. The closure was short-lived, however, as the Residence reopened at the beginning of the 1898-1899 school year with housing only for men. It was then reverted to an all-female dormitory in 1901, with renovations including wiring for electricity and increasing public areas. In 1919, the Residence was at full capacity with forty women. Butler University left Irvington for the current Fairview campus in 1928, and approximately ten years later, the Residence building fell to the wrecking ball. |
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| Created By: |
Jones, W. Frank |
| Source: |
http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BldgsGrnds/id/324 |
| Collection: |
Butler University Buildings and Grounds Collection |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted |
| Geography: |
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 39.766581, -86.080970 39.766581 -86.080970 |
| Subjects: |
Dormitories Porches Fire escapes Ivy Butler University--Buildings Butler College--Buildings College buildings Butler College--History Butler University--History Irvington (Indianapolis, Ind.)--History Residence Irvington campus |
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