University of Florida student housing

Student housing at University of Florida is governed by the Division of Student Affairs, and provides housing for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on and off-campus.

Student Housing

Established	1906
Director	Norbert Dunkel
Students	9,200
Location	Gainesville, Florida , United States
Website	housing.ufl.edu

Approximately 8,100 students live in single-student residence halls. Nearly 1,600 students and their families also live on campus in 980 apartments arranged in Village Communities.

Undergraduate Housing

East Campus Residence Halls

Broward Hall, built in 1954, originally housed female students; similar to many other campus buildings built during that era, its architecture amalgamates Collegiate Gothic and Brutalist styles.

Buckman Hall was built in 1906 and is one of the oldest buildings at the university.

Murphree Hall, built in 1939

Fletcher Hall, built in 1938

Keys Residential Complex opened in 1991 as apartment-style student housing

Springs Residential Complex, built in 1995, replaced existing facilities located at the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

Lakeside Residential Complex, built in 2000

Beaty Towers, built in 1967, is the subject of a popular urban legend

Murphree Area Henry H. Buckman Hall (1905) Buckman Hall Capacity: 126 Rooms: 82 Registered Historic Building William R. Thomas Hall (1905) Thomas Hall Capacity: 170 Rooms: 109 Registered Historic Building Andrew Sledd Hall (1929) Sledd Hall Capacity: 187 Rooms: 98 Registered Historic Building Duncan U. Fletcher Hall (1939) Fletcher Hall Capacity: 166 Rooms: 87 Registered Historic Building Albert A. Murphree Hall (1939) Murphree Hall Capacity: 348 Rooms: 169 Registered Historic Building

Yulee Area Nancy W. Yulee Hall (1950) Yulee Hall Capacity: 177 Rooms: 94 Global Living Learning Community Angela Mallory Hall (1950) Mallory Hall Capacity: 175 Rooms: 91 Mary M. Reid Hall (1950) Reid Hall Capacity: 166 Rooms: 86 Fine Arts Living Learning Community Cypress Hall (2015) Cypress Hall Capacity: 255 Rooms: 131 Annie I. Broward Hall (1954) Broward Hall Capacity: 690 Rooms: 325 Faculty-in-Residence Community Marjorie K. Rawlings Hall (1958) Rawlings Hall Capacity: 364 Rooms: 177 May A. Mann Jennings Hall (1961) Jennings Hall Capacity: 520 Rooms: 248 GatorWell at Jennings Robert Calder Beaty Towers (1967) Beaty Towers Capacity: 787 Rooms: 200 Infinity Hall (2015) Infinity Hall Capacity: 308 Rooms: 92

West Campus Residence Halls

Tolbert Area North Hall (1950) Capacity: 158 Rooms: 85 Harold C. Riker Hall (1950) Riker Hall Capacity: 194 Rooms: 105 Benjamin A. Tolbert Hall (1950) Tolbert Hall Capacity: 252 Rooms: 127 Faculty-in-Residence Community Rudolph Weaver Hall (1950) Weaver Hall Capacity: 171 Rooms: 98 International House at Weaver Hall East Hall (1961) Capacity: 210 Rooms: 105 East Hall Engineering Community

Graham Area Klein H. Graham Hall (1961) Graham Hall Capacity: 218 Rooms: 105 Career Exploration Community Thomas M. Simpson Hall (1961) Simpson Hall Capacity: 225 Rooms: 109 Harry R. Trusler Hall (1961) Trusler Hall Capacity: 208 Rooms: 104 Leader/Scholar Program Keys Residential Complex (1991) Capacity: 419 Rooms: 107 Springs Residential Complex (1995) Capacity: 476 Rooms: 286 GatorWell at the Springs Lakeside Residential Complex (2000) Capacity: 528 Rooms: 135 Faculty-in-Residence Community Hume Hall (2002) Capacity: 608 Rooms: 322 Honors Residential College

Honors Housing

Honors Residential Housing at Hume Hall

The University of Florida Honors Program offers housing for freshmen at Hume Hall. This residentially-based academic community consists of two residence halls and integrates the housing needs of Honors residents with facilities, staff, and programs in support of the Honors Program.

In total 608 residents can be accommodated, and Hume Hall is located in the heart of the UF campus. The facility has a commons building, a number of multimedia-capable classrooms, faculty offices with an on-site academic advisers, a large activity room, and an information desk.[1]

Graduate and family housing

The graduate and family housing complexes are: Corry Village, Diamond Village, Maguire Village, Tanglewood Village, and University Village South. In addition they may reside in the UF affiliate The Continuum.[2]

Dependent children residing in the student housing with their parents are assigned to schools in the Alachua County Public Schools. As of 2015, residents of Diamond Village, Maguire Village, Tanglewood Village, and University Village South are assigned to Idylwild Elementary School. Corry Village and The Continuum are in the zone for Finley Elementary School. Kanapaha Middle School and Gainesville High School are the assigned secondary schools for all of the properties except for Tanglewood Village, which is instead assigned to Lincoln Middle School and Eastside High School.[2][3]

Village Apartments

Diamond Village

University Village

Tanglewood Village

Maguire Village

Corry Memorial Village (1958)

• Corry Village
• Units:
  • 1 bedrooms — 100
  • 2 bedrooms — 108
  • 3 bedrooms — 8

Emory Gardner Diamond Memorial Village (1965)

• Diamond Village
• Units:
  • 1 bedrooms — 104
  • 2 bedrooms — 104

Raymer Francis Maguire Memorial Village (1971)

• Maguire Village
• Units:
  • 1 bedrooms — 110
  • 2 bedrooms — 110

University Village South (1972)

• Units:
  • 1 bedrooms — 64
  • 2 bedrooms — 64

Tanglewood Village (1973)

• Units:
  • 1 bedrooms — 89
  • 2 bedrooms — 81
  • 2 bedroom townhouses — 30
  • Efficiencies — 8

Former facilities

The building once known as The King's House was built in 1921 and was used to house the Institute of Hispanic/Latino Culture before being demolished in 2017.

Building 271 is the only building that remains from Schuct Village. It is currently used by Shands to house transplant patients

There have been some buildings at the University of Florida that were used for housing, but have since been demolished or converted to other uses.[4]

After rapid increases in enrollment after World War II and the allowing of women to enroll, several temporary buildings were erected on the campus. These included

• Flavets (1945–1974) - Named after a contraction of the term "Florida Veterans," these former military housing units were located at three locations on campus, including Flavet I near the current site of the J. Wayne Reitz Union, Flavet II at the current location of Beaty Towers, and Flavet III at the current location of the Keys Residential Complex.
• Temporary Frame Residence Halls (1946-1960s) - One story frame buildings built in several locations on campus, including the current site of the O'Connell Center and the current Computer Science and Engineering building.
• Grove Hall (1946–1977) - Reconstructed military building relocated from Camp Blanding located on the current site of the Architecture and Fine Arts colleges

Other facilities built after World War II included:

• The King’s House (1954–1967) - Two white framed buildings on University Avenue originally built in 1921 and used for experimental housing arrangements. The King's House was an unofficial name for Building 880, the eastern building. The buildings later housed the Institute of Black Culture and the Institute of Hispanic Culture before being demolished in 2017.[5]
• Lonilair & Michael Halls, Pierce & Patrick Courts - Leased off-campus housing for women, located north of University Avenue near Anderson Hall and Library West
• Trailervet Village, Alachua Army Air Base, and Stengel Air Field - Temporary housing consisting of trailers and military barracks was located at the Alachua Army Air Base (now Gainesville Regional Airport) and Stengel Air Field (now Butler Plaza)
• Yon Hall (1966–1995) - Athlete housing located in the east side of the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. When the NCAA ruled against athletic housing, the Springs Residential Complex was constructed and the facilities at the stadium were converted into offices for several university departments.
• Schucht Village (1959–1997) - Apartment buildings constructed for veterans and their families, and later graduate students and their families. The facility was located near Shands, and the complex was sold to Shands in 1997. Shands subsequently demolished all of the buildings except for Building 271, which was refurbished and is now used to house transplant patients.
• Hume Hall (1958–2000) - "Old Hume" was large multi-story residence hall located at the intersection of Gale Lemerand Drive (formerly North South Drive) and Museum Road. The building was demolished in 2000 to construct the current Honors Residential College at Hume Hall.

See also

• University of Florida Campus Historic District

References

1. "About Hume Hall". Archived from the original on 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
2. "Graduate & Family Housing Villages". University of Florida. Retrieved on September 13, 2015.
3. "School Site Locator." Alachua County Public Schools. Retrieved on September 13, 2015.
4. Residence Halls - Housing History, University of Florida Department of Housing
5. The IBC and La Casita demolished for reconstruction, The Independent Florida Alligator

External links

• Official UF Housing Website
• UF Housing Statistics
• Past Residences
• College Board Statistics