Funston Hall is a student dormitory located adjacent to Smith Hall in the “South Campus Neighborhood,” which also includes Elton, Jackson, Jones, Summit East, Summit North, Summit South, and Trinity Hall.

Funston Hall. Photo credit: Trinity College

The architects for the $2 million dormitory were Kilham Beder & Chu of New York. The general contractor was The Associated Construction Company of Hartford. The dormitory opened in the fall of 1978 with housing for 97 students in 57 single rooms and 10 four-person suites. Students had a direct say in the interior décor of the building through a committee organized by then-director of residential services, Tina Dow.

Funston was also the first student dormitory in Connecticut, if not in the nation, to be fully equipped with access for persons with physical disabilities. Fixtures in Funston included extra-wide corridors and stairs, wooden guide rails and carpets in the halls, an elevator with Braille buttons, accessible showers and restrooms, and ramp access from the outside.

In 1982, the trustees voted to name the dormitory in honor of former Trinity president G. Keith Funston '32.

The Bantam Network: Neighborhoods and Residential Communities.

Trinity College in the Twentieth Century (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, p. 423.

Trinity Reporter (Fall 1978), p. 52.