Past, Present and Future - A Century of Student Housing
- Early University Years: 1905 - 1920
- 1905
- Davis is established as a research campus
- 1908
- First Davis students attend classes in October
- North Dormitory (North Hall) opens
- 1909
- University Farm School opens in January
- 1912
- South Dormitory (South Hall) opens; South Dormitory eventually becomes a women's residence hall
- 1914
- West Dormitory (West Hall) opens
- Some of the Tri-Coooperative houses built in downtown Davis (they are relocated to campus in 1951 and become cooperative housing in 1972)
- University Housing Expansion: 1921 - 1964
- 1923
- Remaining Tri-Coooperative houses built in downtown Davis (they are relocated to campus in 1951 and become cooperative housing in 1972)
- 1938
- View of Davis campus in 1938
(click photo to enlarge and see building names)
- 1947
- Ash Hall, Birch Hall, and Cedar Hall, buildings moved from Benicia to Davis, open; they are located on the site now occupied by the Marya Welch Tennis Center, immediately west of the North Entry Parking Structure
- Hayes and Deck Houses - originally large homes - are utilized
- Aggie Villa, originally units from a millitary housing project, are relocated to Davis at what is now 2nd and B Street, and opens to married students
- 1951
- Beckett Hall and Hughes Hall open; they each house 203 men; these are the first university-built, on-campus residence halls in the entire UC system
- West Hall razed to in order to build the Memorial Union
- Tri-Cooperative houses relocated to campus
- Note: the naming of Beckett Hall and Hughes Hall marks the beginning of the tradition of faculty committees naming or renaming campus buildings after perons who have made considerable contributions to UC Davis (Windows of the Past, 2000)
- 1954
- Struve Hall opens; it houses 205 women; later it houses men
- Hughes Hall becomes a women's residence hall
- 1959
- UC Davis designated as a general campus
- Titus Hall opens; it houses 203 women; together with Beckett, Hughes and Struve, group is known as 'Primero Halls'
- 1960
- Bixby Hall, Gilmore Hall, and Malcolm Hall open; Bixby houses 205 men, and Gilmore and Malcolm house 205 women
- 1961
- South Hall converted from residence hall to office use
- Room and board is $840 for the year
- 1963
- Ryerson Hall opens; it houses 205 men
- 1964
- North Hall converted from residence hall to office use
- Solano Park Apartments open; 275 units are occupied by families; Solano Park is the first family dwelling to be constructed with U.S. Housing and Home Finance Agency funds
- Orchard Park opens; its 200 units are furnished by the university and occupied by both single students and families
- Early Student Housing Years: 1965 - 1978
- 1965
- First Director of Housing appointed; previously, the Dean of Men and the Dean of Women were responsible for housing
- Educational Program Advisor is hired
- Regan Hall opens; it is comprised of seven buildings housing 60 students each; they are subsequently named Campo, Indio, Nova, Paloma, Rienda, Sereno, and Talara
- Emerson Hall, Thoreau Hall, Webster Hall, and Oxford Circle Dining Commons open; these halls are privately operated in partnership with UC Davis
- 1966
- UC Davis becomes first school of its size to go to contract housing
- 1967
- Pierce Hall and Thille Hall open; each hall is comprised of 6 buildings hosuing about 70 students each; they are named G, H, J, K, L, M and A, B, C, D, E, F respectively
- Aggie Villa decommissioned; interim halls are used while Ash, Birch, Cedar and Aggie Villa are razed
- 1968
- Russia House is started
- Community Housing Office opens
- 1969
- Regan Hall opens as a co-educational residence hall; it is the first co-ed residence hall
- Malcolm Hall is host to a new living-learning program
- Castilian Hall opens; it is privately operated in partnership with UC Davis
- 1970
- Lysle Leach Hall opens; it houses 180 graduate students; Leach Hall is a series of six buildings, named A, B, C, D, E, and F, comprised entirely of single-occupancy units
- Malcolm Hall becomes a co-ed residence hall
- 1972
- Housing crisis: shortage of on- and off-campus housing
- Improved maintenance and physical facilities program begins
- Baggins End, a progressive cooperative living environment, opens
- The Tri-Cooperatives open
- Aggie Villa razing completed
- 1973-1974
- Housing reorganization; extensive reorganization of off-campus housing office
- 1975
- AIRE Center opens
- 1976
- East Hall, a former Dining Hall and Infirmary, is demolished
- The Last Thirty Years: 1979 - 2008
- 1979
- Student Housing opens its administration building just south of Regan Hall
- 1985
- Russell Park opens
- 1986
- Student Housing purchases Emerson Hall, Thoreau Hall, Webster Hall, Castilian Hall, and Oxford Circle Dining Commons
- LaRue Park opens
- 1989
- Thoreau renovated
- Oxford Circle Dining Commons reopens after conversion
- 1992
- Student Housing expands administration building; opens 'south wing', adding space for new services and two new multi-function conference rooms
- 1994
- Tercero Dining Commons reopens after renovation
- 1997
- Primero area halls (Beckett, Hughes, Struve, and Titus Halls) razed
- 1999
- Primero Grove opens; it is built on land previously occupied by Primero, and is privately owned and operated
- Leach Hall houses both undergraduate and graduate students
- Resident Directors become Community Development Coordinators (CDCs) in all housing areas
- 2000
- Residential Education (REO) rolls out new function-specific "Coordinator" model in Segundo and Tercero; Community Development Coordinators (CDCs) become Academic, Leadership and Conduct Coordinators
- 2001
- The Colleges at LaRue opens; it is privately owned and operated
- Residential Education (REO) rolls out new "Coordinator" model in Cuarto; there are no more RDs and CDCs in the residence halls
- 2003
- Alder Hall, Miller Hall, and Thompson Hall open
- 2005
- Kearney Hall and Laben Hall open
- Segundo Dining Commons opens a new state-of-the-art facility with a Culinary Support Center (a State of the Art Cook/Chill production kitchen), replacing the existing dining commons; it features a platform dining style
- 2006
- Tercero Dining Commons reopens after a major renovation; the new DC matches the Segundo DC's platform dining and relies on its Culinary Support Center
- Expansion - The Next Ten Years: 2009-2018
- 2010
- Anticipated opening of Wall Hall, Cambell Hall and Potter Hall in the Tercero Area ("Tercero South Phase II" project)
- Anticipated reopening of Oxford Circle Dining Commons after an extensive remodel
- Anticipated closing of Castilian Dining Commons
- 2011
- Anticipated opening of the Segundo Services Center
- Anticipated reopening of Bixby Hall, Gilmore Hall, Malcolm Hall and Ryerson Hall after completion of major renovation
- Anticipated decommission of Castilian Hall
- 2012
- Anticipated decommission of Leach Hall
- 2014
- Anticipated opening of "Tercero South Phase III" buildings
- 2018
- Anticipated redevelopment of Orchard Park and/or Solano Park Apartments
