- Hansee Hall
Hansee Hall is a building and student dormitory in Seattle, belonging to the
University of Washington . Hansee Hall is the oldest residence hall at the University, and was constructed in the 1930s. It took its name in 1961, being named after Martha Lois Hansee.Fact|date=April 2008 Its internal divisions consist of a narrow corridor attached to four different "Houses", Blaine, Austin, McKee and Leary. In 1936, all of these took their name from prominentWashington ian women from the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. During theSecond World War , Hansee Hall was used by the U.S. military. The building imitates the red brick style of certainIvy League schools, and otherwise has a mixture of Tudor and Collegiate Gothic architecture.Fact|date=April 2008 The building is located off N.E. 45th Street in the north campus, just a short walk from nearbyMcCarty Hall . It is used as a residence hall to house mostly sophomore through junior undergraduates at the University, and mandates 24-hour quiet hours.Fact|date=April 2008 It was once a women-only dorm, but is nowunisex .Hansee Hall has its own residence hall council called the Kingdom of Hansee in conjunction with the nearby and much smaller
2104 House . The hall council hosts an annual haunted house, as well as a semi-formal ball open to all residence hall students at the University.External links
* [http://students.washington.edu/hansee/index.htm Hansee Hall website]
* [http://archives.thedaily.washington.edu/2000/101200/N8.featureHan.html "All 'bout the buildings: Hansee Hall," Daily, 2000]
* [http://archives.thedaily.washington.edu/1997/052197/mis052197.html "Daily misrepresents Hansee Ball," Daily, 1997]
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