Editing North Hall and ECMPLX Markers (section)

==History of North Hall==

With a rapidly expanding campus under President P.C. Ricketts, the need for additional campus housing was growing quickly in the early 1900's. In response Rickett's proposed the construction of two dormitories north of Sage Avenue, which would be completed in 1932. These buildings were divided into ten separate units each bearing the name of an alumni who had been president of a railroad company. At this time they were set to house 171 students with cost ranging from $108 to $165 a year, with rooms mostly being singles [1][2].

Temporarily from 1961 to 1978 the dormitories were converted to laboratory and office space. Once reopening they remained so until 2014 where they were shut down due to availability of updated campus housing. In response to the largest class of its time the school invested into renovating the dormitories in 2016, which were to accommodate 180 students in 142 rooms.