A virtual tour of Georgia College's residence halls.
Bell Hall
Bell Hall is a residential hall located on central campus. Constructed in 1928, this large residence hall, now the central residence of the Honors students, was named for Miller S. Bell, a strong supporter of Marvin Parks. Bell served as mayor of Milledgeville from 1908 until 1924, matching his friend Parks in his energy and determination to bring the old town into the 20th Century. Known for its iconinc rocking chairs, this neoclassical-style hall offers suite-style housing for 190 students.
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Adams Hall
Adams Hall is located on Central Campus. Opened in 2004, it replaced the 1966 Adams Hall. The proximity of Wells Hall and Adams is appropriate, since Ethel Adams, appointed dean of women in 1935, worked closely with Wells throughout his presidency. This energetic and gracious woman from Griffin established and perpetuated many of the college's most cherished traditions.
Adams Hall is a four-story suite-style building which provides housing to 244 students. This hall features a community room, study room and computer rooms on each floor along with a multipurpose room, kitchen, vending area and laundry room on the main floor. The suite-style restrooms feature separate areas for sink, shower and toilet. The hall also offers a small courtyard.
Sanford Hall
Sanford Hall, erected in 1938, has been carefully renovated, preserving its fine architecture while upgrading the facilities. The hall was judiciously named for Steadman V. Sanford (1871-1945), president of the University of Georgia (1932-1935) and Chancellor of the University System from 1935 until his death in 1945. Chancellor Sanford was a towering figure in the expansion of higher education in Georgia and a good friend of President Wells and GSCW.
Renovated extensively in 2004, Sanford offers a variety of suite-style room types. Sanford Hall also houses the University Housing office on the terrace level of the building.
Napier Hall
In 2004, a rambling Napier Hall (1971) was demolished and a new Napier (2005) arose. This residence hall is named for mathematics professor Alice Napier. In a 1943 Colonnade poll, Napier was voted the college's "all-time, greatest teacher." Napier literally devoted her life to Georgia College, teaching mathematics here from 1893 to 1946 – an amazing 53 years!
Napier Hall houses 184 students and is located on Central Campus. It houses a classroom on the terrace level and community rooms on the second and third floors.
Wells Hall
Wells Hall (2004) replaced the rather squat, nearly windowless Wells built in 1965. Guy Wells (1892-1965) served as president of what was then Georgia State College for Women from 1934 to 1953. The students from those years (Jessies) remember him with great fondness. Wells was nervously energetic, rather stout and jowly and, according to some faculty, lacking in polish. Whatever his cultural deficiencies, Wells was a shrewd judge of personnel and a genuine father figure for students. In the midst of the Depression and in spite of anemic state funding, the university flourished during the Wells years.
Opened in January of 2004, this is a three-story, suite-style building which provides housing to 189 freshmen students.
Parkhurst Hall
Parkhurst (2003), an imposing structure that replaces the 1949 Parkhurst Hall that chiefly had been occupied by faculty. The first Parkhurst was built with money from the Sylvester Mumford Fund, established by Mumford's daughter, Goertner Parkhurst (1850-1949). Sylvester Mumford was a New York merchant who settled near Waynesville, Ga., and built a stately, antebellum home. Mrs. Goertner Mumford Parkhurst later used her considerable fortune to support the cause of women's education.
Foundation Hall
This residence hall opened in 2003 at the west end of Centennial Square. It is called Foundation in recognition of all those who have so generously supported our students and faculty since President Robert E. Lee created the University Foundation in 1959.
The Village Apartments
The Village apartments on West Campus - close enough to be convenient, but far enough away that you can stretch out and enjoy yourself. Designed with today's student in mind, these fully loaded one, two- and four-bedroom units are available to underclassmen and graduate students. Life at The Village is based on a simple philosophy: the perfect balance of apartment living freedom with the security and convenience of University Housing.