Stockwell Hall is the next dorm in line for major renovations at the University of Michigan as the latest project in the university’s Residential Life Initiative.
The university’s regents approved $39.6-million in renovations to the all-female dorm on Obersevatory Street overlooking Palmer Field. Work on the dorm will feature a thorough updating of the building’s infrastructure, making it Wi-Fi friendly, new bath facilities and accessibility improvements, along with new plumbing, heating, cooling, ventilation, fire detection and fire suppression systems.
The renovations will also preserve the historic integrity of the 1940 structure. The 6-story, Tudor-style building houses 425 female students. Its paneled lounge and two fireplaces will be preserved. It dining hall will be replaced and moved to the Hill Dinning Center, currently under construction at Mosher-Jordan residence hall. Removal of the dinning hall will allow for the creation of more meeting and community spaces.
Work is expected to begin after the dinning hall is finished next year. A firm construction schedule has not yet been set. Goody Clancy & Associates, also the architectural firm responsible for the Mosher-Jordan renovation project, will handle the Stockwell renovations.
The building is named for Madelon Louise Stockwell, who in 1870 became the first woman admitted to the University.
Source: Diane Brown, senior information officer for facilities and operations at UofM
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