Dupont Hall

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DuPont Hall is located on New Campus at the intersection of Ukrop Way and Wake Drive at the College of William and Mary.

Construction began in 1963 when the Harry B. Graham Co. received a $996,997 contract. The Board of Visitors named the building for Jessie Ball DuPont. The official dedication ceremony for the dormitory was held on May 8, 1966. The dormitory went coed and began to house freshman men in 1976. Today, the building serves as a co-ed dormitory for freshman undergraduates.

Photographs

• 1967--Colonial Echo, p. 16

References

• University Archives Buildings File (2007), DuPont Hall, Earl Gregg Swem Library, The College of William and Mary.

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