ATHERTON HALL is a four-story building adjacent to the Gold Student Health & Wellness Center. Atherton houses 62 first-year students. Rooms are double occupancy with two rooms sharing an adjoining vanity, bathroom and shower. Common areas include a living room, study rooms and laundry facilities. The bottom level of Atherton Hall houses the mailroom, an art studio with classroom and the Lenzner Family Art Gallery.
Opened in fall 2007, the residence halls of Phase I—Pitzer, Atherton Hall, and Sanborn Halls—received USGBC’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification, making it the first higher education student housing project in the country to reach this major milestone.