Temple University - Residential Halls and Facilities

Residential Halls and Facilities

Freshman and Sophomore students have the opportunity to live in several on-campus housing units: Johnson and Hardwick Residence Halls, Peabody Residence Hall, James S. White Residence Hall, 1940 Residence Hall, 1300 Residence Hall, and Temple Towers Residence Hall.

Extensive renovations have been made to the existing Temple University residence halls to keep up with modern expectations. Since 2006, both Johnson and Hardwick Residential Halls received complete renovations of their bathrooms and also received complete room restorations. The Temple Towers Apartment Complex saw the long awaited refurbishment of their student apartments with an addition of individual common areas and balconies to add more space to the student units. The final Johnson and Hardwick restorations were completed in 2010 with the final renovation of a lobby with new entry points, security stations, office space, and lounge space. Pending commonwealth budget funding, the Peabody Residential Hall is to receive upgrades to their common bathrooms in the near future.

As part of the Temple 20/20 plan, the university has plans to build a new 1,300 bed three-building student mixed use residential, retail, and cafeteria complex on the corner of Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue. This would be the first university-run building since the completion of 1300 Residence Hall in 2001. The building will sit on the former site of the University Services Building which was demolished in January 2010. The current University Service offices moved to a building off the Main Campus site.