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 [{{:hamlin_hall_interior_.jpg?300 | The interior of Hamlin's banquet space. Photo credit: Trinity College}}]
-Hamlin Hall is located on the southern corner of the [[long_walk|Long Walk]], connecting [[seabury_hall|Seabury Hall]] and [[cook_hall|Cook Hall]]. Hamlin also extends further south, connecting to [[mather_hall|Mather Hall]]. The building contains a banquet room as well as the offices for Multicultural Affairs and Residential Life. Hamlin was completed in 1932 and was originally utilized as a dining hall. It housed two cafeteria-style dining spaces, one of which was an early iteration of [[cave|The Cave]], now housed in Mather Hall.
+Hamlin Hall is located on the southern corner of the [[long_walk|Long Walk]], connecting [[seabury_hall|Seabury Hall]] and [[cook_hall|Cook Hall]]. Hamlin also extends further south, connecting to [[mather_hall|Mather Hall]]. The building contains a banquet room as well as the offices for Multicultural Affairs and Residential Life. Designed by James Kellum Smith of McKim, Mead, and White, Hamlin Hall was completed in 1932 and was originally utilized as a dining hall. It housed two cafeteria-style dining spaces, one of which was an early iteration of [[cave|The Cave]], now housed in Mather Hall.
-Hamlin Hall was referred to as the "College Dining Hall" until 1947, when it was named after Albert C. Hamlin, a member of the Class of 1887 who had frequently made donations to the school. Hamlin died in 1939 and in his will left a sum of money to be given to Trinity College as well as a number of [[fraternities|fraternities]] at Trinity. Following his death, an endowment fund was established under his name.
+Hamlin Hall was referred to as the "Commons" or "College Dining Hall" until 1947, when it was named after Albert C. Hamlin, a member of the Class of 1887 who had frequently made donations to the school. Hamlin died in 1939 and in his will left a sum of money to be given to Trinity College as well as a number of [[fraternities|fraternities]] at Trinity. Following his death, an endowment fund was established under his name.
 Throughout the years, Hamlin Hall has been used for a variety of events, including Halloween dances, a capella concerts, fundraiser dinners, an array of reunions, department gatherings, and faculty/staff lunches. The main banquet hall has portraits of past Trinity presidents lining the walls.
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 ===== Sources =====
 [[https://www.trincoll.edu/austin-arts-center/arts-venues-at-trinity/|Arts Venues at Trinity, Hamlin Hall]]
+[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/2|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, p. 74.
 [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/152/|The Trinity Tripod]], 11/05/1991.