Girls Dorms
• It’s a converted home that opened as a dorm in 1986.
• It was renovated in 2000 to provide air conditioning and data and voice outlets in each room.
• It’s the smallest dorm on campus.
• It houses 10 girls, mostly upper-middlers and seniors.
• It’s home to the Thorne family—two faculty members and their children. (The Thornes’ chickens and goats are a frequent sight around the house and garage.)
South Cottage
• It was built in 1839.
• It’s one of the original three buildings on campus.
• It is now the oldest dormitory that is still in use.
• It was used during the Civil War as a hospital for soldiers wounded in the Battle of Gettysburg.
• It houses 36 girls in 18 double rooms.
• It’s home to two faculty families.
• Former residents include Rhodes Scholar Cresson Kearney ’33,
Rhodes Scholar Edward F. D’Arms ’21, Rhodes Scholar Dudley L. Harley ’27, Rhodes Scholar James M. Tunnell ’28, and Olympic gold medalist in track William Carr ’29.
Swank Hall
• It was constructed in 1896 as the Main Hall Annex.
• It burned to the ground in 1927 and was rebuilt in 1928.
• It wins the prize for most versatile building on campus: it was a dining hall, an academic building, an assembly hall, a library, and a boy’s dorm before becoming a girls’ dorm in 1995.
• It was last renovated in 2000 to add air conditioning and voice and data outlets. With its cozy rooms, Swank is one of the most popular dorms.
• Former residents include Nobel Prize winner Burton Richter ’48 and 1992 Olympic gold medalist Melvin Stewart ’88.
Tippetts Hall
• It was built in 1960.
• It was renovated in 1999 to include air conditioning and voice and data outlets in each room.
• It’s the largest of the girls’ dorms.
• It houses 82 girls, mostly ninth graders and new students, in double and triple rooms.
• It’s home to six faculty members, including a first-generation German/Italian family.
• It’s the only dorm with its own beach.
• It’s the only dorm with carpet in the rooms.
• It has a faculty member’s collection of three classic Harley-Davidson motorcycles in the basement
• It is the source of a variety of ghost stories.
• It contains several secret passages.
• Former residents include 1984 Olympic gold medalist in swimming Betsy Mitchell ’83.
