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'''Hewitt Hall''' is a [[Barnard]] residence hall on [[The Quad]].
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'''Hewitt Hall''' is a [[Barnard College|Barnard]] residence hall on [[The Quad]].
  
 
==History==
 
==History==

Revision as of 14:25, 21 May 2013

Hewitt Residence Hall
Hewitt.jpg
Address The Quad (3009 Broadway)
Population 215
Barnard Residential Life and Housing

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Hewitt Hall is a Barnard residence hall on The Quad.

History

Hewitt is the only Barnard campus building designed by Columbia master planners McKim, Mead, and White. It was built between 1924 and 1925, and was the fourth building on the Barnard campus site.[1]

Facilities

Hewitt has 8 corridor-style floors, made up of mostly singles (and a few doubles & triples).

The Hewitt Dining Hall is in the basement. All residents of Hewitt are required to participate in the Quad Upperclass meal plan.

A number of offices, including Furman Counseling Center and the Office of Disability Services, are located on the 1st Floor.

Accessibility

The Sulzberger and Brooks entrances are wheelchair accessible and elevators stop at all floors.

Floor plans

Floor plans are available at http://barnard.edu/reslife/floorplans/Hewitt.pdf.

Advantages

  • Almost all single rooms
  • Non-airshaft views
  • Relatively convenient location
  • Floors are usually quiet
  • Anti-social corridor style layout

Disadvantages

  • No kitchen (except for one usually smelly communal kitchen on each floor of the adjoining Sulzberg building)
  • Required Quad Upperclass meal plan
  • Thin walls
  • No air conditioning
  • Anti-social corridor style layout

References

Map

<googlemap lat="40.808712" lon="-73.964432" type="map" zoom="16" width="500" height="300" controls="small"> 40.808712, -73.964432, Hewitt Residence Hall </googlemap>

Building address

3009 Broadway
New York, NY 10027

External links