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 鈥淪kirt Barn.鈥� 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 university鈥檚 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.聽
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.聽
Building History
- Originally Built:
- 1940
- Map Grid:
- K-7
- Abbreviation / Number:
- HILL / 054
- Coordinates:
- 37.2239, -80.42501