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 ====== Funston Hall ====== ====== Funston Hall ======
  
-Funston Hall is a student dormitory located in the South Campus area adjacent to [[smith_hall|Smith Hall]]. +Funston Hall is a student dormitory located adjacent to [[smith_hall|Smith Hall]] in the "South Campus Neighborhood," which also includes [[elton_hall|Elton]], [[jackson_hall|Jackson]], [[jones_hall|Jones]], [[summit_suites_east?s[]=summit&s[]=east|Summit East]], [[summit_suites_north_and_south|Summit North, Summit South]], and [[trinity_hall|Trinity Hall]]. 
  
-The architects for the two million dollar dormitory were Kilham Beder & Chu of New YorkThe general contractor was +[{{ :funston_hall.jpg?400|Funston HallPhoto credit: Trinity College}}]
-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 the then director of residential services Tina Dow. +The architects for the $2 million dormitory were Kilham Beder & Chu of New York. The general contractor was 
 +The Associated Construction Company of [[hartford|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 servicesTina Dow. 
  
-Funston was also the first student dormitory in the Connecticut, if not in the nation, to be fully equipped for access for persons with physical disabilities. Fixtures in Funston includedextra-wide corridors and stairs, wooden guide rails and carpets in the halls, an elevator with Braille buttons, as well as accessible showers and restrooms and ramp access from the outside.  +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 restroomsand ramp access from the outside.  
  
-The Trustees voted to name the dormitory in 1982, in honor of former Trinity president [[funston_g._keith|G. Keith Funston '32]].+In 1982, the [[trustees|trustees]] voted to name the dormitory in honor of former Trinity president [[funston_g._keith|G. Keith Funston '32]].
  
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 ===== Sources ===== ===== Sources =====
 +[[https://www.trincoll.edu/bantam-network/residential-learning-community/living-at-trinity/neighborhoods/|The Bantam Network: Neighborhoods and Residential Communities]]
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/2/|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter Anne Knapp, p. 423.+[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/2/|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, p. 423.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2016&context=reporter|Trinity Reporter]] (Fall 1978), p. 52.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38540297|Trinity Reporter]] (Fall 1978), p. 52.
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