Syddum Hall, The First School Sponsored Dormitory For Women
1918 Fall
Syddum Hall, the first school sponsored dormitory for women, was opened at 390 Madison Ave. by Marion Syddum Van Liew, head of the Home Economics Department. Twenty-two young women were accomidated in the initial Syddum Hall. Van Liew advanced the money to rent the house. In 1921, now under the guidance of Anna Pierce, Dean of Women, Syddum Hall moved to 1 Englewood Place. In the new location thirty young women were housed. Both quarters were rentals.
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S. Mildred Hotchkiss, "Syddum Hall," Alumni Quarterly, October 1919, p. 55, and "Syddum Hall," Alumni Quarterly, October 1921, pp. 1-3 with a photo of the new Syddum Hall at 1 Englewood Place