High Rise Hall
High Rise Hall is an eight-story student dormitory located in the “Vernon Street Neighborhood,” which also consists of Doonesbury, Hansen, North Campus, Ogilby, and Vernon Place.
The Board of Trustees approved construction of High Rise Hall in October 1965. Construction of the building began in May 1967, and the building was completed and ready for occupancy in September 1968. In the 1969-1970 academic year, High Rise Hall had a capacity of 128 students.
In the fall of 1985, first-years were allowed to live in High Rise Hall for the first time, which raised the concern among some students of the wisdom of concentrating first-years into selected residential areas. Nevertheless, a Trinity Tripod article from the time claimed that undergraduates had been largely supportive of that idea, and it was best for first-years to be integrated into these dorms prior to the beginning of residential academic 'mentors,' a program which was proposed to commence in the fall of 1986.
High Rise Hall is comprised of four-person suites with four suites per floor. Within each suite there is a living room, single bedrooms, and a bathroom.
Sources
The Bantam Network: Neighborhoods and Residential Communities.
Trinity College in the Twentieth Century (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, p. 256.
Trinity Tripod, 04/16/1986.
Trinity Tripod, 04/15/1975.
Trinity Tripod, 05/02/1969.