Located on the William Smith Hill, Hirshson Hall is home to 78 William Smith students. Hirshson has single, double, and triple style bedrooms. All rooms are equipped with cable and computer/Internet access. The residence has a kitchen, bathroom on each floor, and laundry facilities on the ground level. Hirshson Hall also has a full ballroom on the first floor that is often used by groups for meetings. Members of the HWS community wishing to reserve the ballroom can do so through the Office of Residential Education. Hirshson Hall opened in 1962 and was named after the Reverend Louis Melbourne Hirshson, who served as president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges from 1956 to 1966.