Rose O'Neill Literary House - Facilities - Residence Halls

Residence Halls

Middle, East and West Halls stand on the crest of a low hill (the terrace) at the center of campus. Middle Hall (built 1844) and East and West Halls (built 1854) hold a special place in the history of Washington College in that they are the oldest surviving campus buildings. They serve as monuments to the original Common Building (completed in 1789), whose site they occupy. They are all three story buildings constructed of brick.

They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

They now function as follows:

• East Hall—The International House is a three-floor coed building that serves as a home for students interested in international relation and foreign language study. This theme house has a faculty advisor and has limited housing available for new students.
• Middle Hall—The Creative Arts House is a coed building for students interested in drama, music, visual art, literature, and the creative arts in general. Limited housing available for new students.
• West Hall—The Science House is a three-floor coed building that serves as a home for students interested in the natural sciences. This theme house has a faculty advisor and is limited to upperclassmen.

Other residence halls include:

• Caroline House—This three-floor coed building houses men on the first and second floors, and women on the third floor.
• Cecil House—This building is configured to accommodate four three-student suites and two six-student suites. Phi Delta Theta Fraternity resides here.
• Chester Hall—This is a three-floor coed building housing students of all years. It contains both full suites (with common room) and partial suites (without common room). All suites have a double and two singles. There is a lounge and kitchenette on each floor with a full kitchen on the first floor.
• Dorchester House—This building is configured to accommodate four three-man suites and two six-man suites. Kappa Sigma Fraternity resides here.
• Harford House—This three-floor building is configured to accommodate four seven-person suites per floor.
• Kent House—This is a two-floor building, co-ed by hallway.
• Minta Martin—This single-sex building houses women only; residents include but are not limited to members of the Alpha Chi Omega and Zeta Tau Alpha sororities.
• North Campus/Western Shore Residence Halls (Allegany, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick, Garrett, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, St. Mary's)—These eleven buildings contain four apartment-style suites. Each suite contains four single bedrooms, two baths, a common area, and kitchenette. These halls are limited to upperclassmen. Two new apartment-style suite buildings, Sassafras and Chester, opened in the Fall semester of 2008.
• Queen Anne House—This two-floor, co-ed building is home to the substance-free program. Alcohol and tobacco products are prohibited in this building.
• Reid Hall—This three-floor building is for women only.
• Sassafras Hall—This is a three-floor coed building housing students of all years. It contains both full suites (with common room) and partial suites (without common room). All suites have a double and two singles. There is a lounge and kitchenette on each floor with a full kitchen on the first floor. This building also houses a small exercise room and snack bar open to all residential students.
• Somerset House—This four-floor building houses only men. The fourth floor is occupied by Theta Chi Fraternity.
• Talbot House—This building is configured to accommodate four three-student suites and two six-student suites. Kappa Alpha Order resides here.
• Wicomico House—This is a two-floor men's building. Men are housed on both floors. Until recently, it was a coed dorm with men housed on the first floor, and women on the second floor.
• Worcester House—This is a two-floor coed building, housing men on the first floor and women on the second floor.
• Kent Crossing (Fall 2011-onward)- In order to accommodate the increasing size of the student population, the department of Residence Life has leased out apartments at the nearby Kent Crossing apartment complex. This housing is available to juniors and seniors in good academic standing.