First occupied in 1940, Hillcrest Hall was the first residence built specifically to house female students. When it opened, male students promptly nicknamed it the βSkirt Barn.β In 1971 it was converted into a male athletic residence hall. In 1982 it was converted into a graduate housing facility. It was converted again in 1992-93 to house University Honors. Hillcrest became the universityβs first Honors house in 2000-01.
Hillcrest Hall
385 West Campus Drive
Hillcrest Hall houses 108 co-ed students. The hall is suite style and every two rooms share a bathroom, except for a few rooms with private baths. Hillcrest has housed scholarship athletes, then graduate students, and is now home to the Honors College and the Hillcrest Honors Living-Learning Community.Β
The Hillcrest Community is designed as a four-year, live-in residential honors program for students who have demonstrated superior academic ability. Students are nominated to participate based upon a review of the honors applications and are invited to join by a selection committee.
Hillcrest
Hillcrest Hall is named for a geographic feature, as it was built atop the crest of a hill.Β
Building History
- Originally Built:
- 1940
- Map Grid:
- K-7
- Abbreviation / Number:
- HILL / 054
- Coordinates:
- 37.2239, -80.42501