 Baird
Hall (Quad 4), part of the “upper quad” and one of the ten residence
halls that made up the College’s Fraternity
Quadrangle, was first used to house students in September 1964.
The hall, which initially served as the residence of the Sigma Chi fraternity,
was named in honor of Spencer
Fullerton Baird, class of 1840, who taught at Dickinson for
several years and who later became the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution. Actually the second building in the College’s history to
bear the name (the first
Baird Hall housed the Biology department), this dormitory was designed
by Howell Lewis Shay and Associates and cost approximately $200,000
to build. In the fall of 2000, the building was remodeled and joined
with McClintock
Hall (Quad 5) to create a larger residence hall for upperclassmen. |
