Winchell Hall, Dormitory for Women
Property Purchased: 1896
Opened for Occupancy: 1900
Architect: E. H. Gaggin, Syracuse University School of Architecture
Style: Modified Renaissance
Materials: Brick and Stone
Location: Northeast corner of University Avenue and University Place
Demolished: February, 1984
Notes:
This was the first dormitory to be built on the Syracuse University campus, and was named for Alexander Winchell, first Chancellor of Syracuse University, 1872-74, and Professor of Geology, Zoology, and Botany, 1873-78
The building opened in the fall of 1900 and had thirty rooms housing female students. The dormitory later housed 58 students and had offices.. It was in the process of being demolished to make room for the building of the Schine Student Center when a fire swept through it in early February, 1984 and hastened the venerable structure's end.
