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Although only first-years, transfer and exchange students are required to live on campus, most upper-class students choose College housing, with generally fewer than three percent living off campus each year.

Please refer to the Residential Life Handbook for Residential Life policies.

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  • Barclay Hall

    •   Constructed: 1877
    •   Capacity: 118
    •   Residential Floors: 4
    •   Room Types: Singles & Doubles
    •   Laundry: Yes
    •   Full Meal Plan: Mandatory
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    The College's first separate dormitory. There is a large 1st floor lounge. The first three floors house first-year students, their UCAs, and Customs people. Double and some single rooms open directly onto the main corridor; other singles are grouped in 2-person suites. The 4th floor houses upper-class students in double rooms.

    First-year and upper-class students. ​

  • Cadbury House

    •   Constructed: 1886
    •   Capacity: 13
    •   Residential Floors: 3
    •   Room Types: 9 singles, 2 doubles
    •   Laundry: Yes
    •   Full Meal Plan: Mandatory
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    A Special Interest House for students who want a quiet study dorm where no alcohol or other substances are permitted. Most of the 1st floor is a faculty residence except for the student lounge. The 2nd and 3rd floors are reserved exclusively for student housing. There are six singles, one double and two bathrooms on the second floor and three singles, one double and one bathroom on the 3rd floor.

    Upper-class students only.

  • Comfort Hall (1/3 North Dorms)

    •   Constructed: 1968
    •   Capacity: 64
    •   Residential Floors: 4
    •   Room Types: Singles
    •   Laundry: Yes
    •   Full Meal Plan: Mandatory
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    Most singles are configured in suites of four rooms with a common room. Singles on the 1st floor are configured in suites of three rooms with only one suite having a common room. The basement features a common lounge with a television.

    Upper-class students only.

  • Henry S. Drinker House

    •   Constructed: 1902
    •   Capacity: 18
    •   Residential Floors: 2
    •   Room Types: 4 singles, 7 doubles
    •   Laundry: No
    •   Full Meal Plan: Mandatory
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    The 1st floor houses 8 people in 3 doubles and 2 singles. The 2nd floor houses 10 people in 4 doubles and 2 singles. There is a common living room on the 1st floor.

    Upper-class students only.

  • Gummere Hall

    •   Constructed: 1964
    •   Capacity: 156
    •   Residential Floors: 3
    •   Room Types: Singles
    •   Laundry: Yes
    •   Full Meal Plan: Mandatory
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    Some singles open directly onto a main corridor but most are configured in four-person suites. The 2nd section basement contains a lounge with TV and an adjacent all-purpose room. The 3rd section basement features a Coffee Lounge. Gummere houses first-year students, their UCAs, and Customs people.

    First-year building.

  • Jones Hall (1/3 North Dorms)

    •   Constructed: 1968
    •   Capacity: 64
    •   Residential Floors: 4
    •   Room Types: Singles
    •   Laundry: Yes
    •   Full Meal Plan: Mandatory
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    Most singles are configured in suites of four rooms with a common room. Singles on the 1st floor are configured in suites of three rooms with only one suite having a common room. The basement features a common lounge with a television.

    Upper-class students only.

  • Kim & Tritton Halls

    •   Constructed: 2012
    •   Capacity: 80 each
    •   Residential Floors: 2
    •   Room Types: Singles
    •   Laundry: Yes
    •   Full Meal Plan: Mandatory
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    Both Kim and Tritton Halls offer all single rooms, along with two common areas, and one study lounge per floor. There is an open courtyard in the middle of each building.

    Kim: Upper-class students only.
    Tritton: First-year students, their UCAs, and Customs people.

  • Haverford College Apartments (HCA)

    •   Constructed: 1949
    •   Capacity: 380 (fluctuates annually)
    •   Residential Floors: 2
    •   Room Types: Singles, Doubles
    •   Laundry: Yes
    •   Full Meal Plan: Mandatory for first-year students, optional for upper-class students
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    HCA is a complex comprised of 21 garden-style, two story apartment buildings located at the south end of Haverford's campus.

    Each building has eight apartments, with three two bedroom apartments and a one bedroom apt on each floor. Each apt has a bathroom, a living/dining area, closets, and a full kitchen; apts have hardwood floors and laundry located in the basement.

    There are five designated First-year buildings. First-year students are housed in double rooms in two-bedroom (occasionally one-bedroom) apts. Living in these buildings along with the first-years are their Customs People and UCAs. The 1st floors of all first-year buildings are arranged in an open communal floor plan, where the entire 1st floor has more shared common space with one expanded and one regular kitchen.

    The rest of the buildings are upper-class housing. Upper-class apts differ from first-year apts in that one of the bedrooms in the two-bedroom apt is classified as a single.

    HCA #30 houses a computer lab. Three of the four Community Houses are housed at HCA. Community Houses are located on the 1st floor of HCA #14, #15, and #50 and features an open floor plan.

    First-year and Upper-class students.

  • La Casa Hispánica

    •   Constructed: 1911
    •   Capacity: 6
    •   Residential Floors: 3
    •   Room Types: Singles
    •   Laundry: Yes
    •   Full Meal Plan: Mandatory
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    A Special Interest House which supports the endeavors of students actively engaged in organizing programs concerned with the cultures and civilizations of the Spanish-speaking world. The 1st floor houses a large room used for student group and Spanish Dept. activities, a foyer, and a separate faculty residence. La Casa Hispánica is located just steps off-campus in a residential neighborhood. Because of this, La Casa is a designated quiet-house.

    Upper-class students only.

  • Leeds Hall

    •   Constructed: 1955
    •   Capacity: 60
    •   Residential Floors: 2
    •   Room Types: Singles
    •   Laundry: Yes
    •   Full Meal Plan: Mandatory
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    Has two sections. Section One offers 20 single rooms (10 per floor) that open onto a corridor and with a common room and shared bathroom on each floor. Section Two offers singles configured in five-person suites with their own bathroom.

    Upper-class students only.

  • Lloyd Hall

    •   Constructed: 1920
    •   Capacity: 108
    •   Residential Floors: 2
    •   Room Types: Singles
    •   Laundry: No
    •   Full Meal Plan: Mandatory
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    Lloyd is designed as a series of 9 separate entries. The single rooms are configured either as six-person suites with a common room and a bathroom or as two-person suites with a common room and shared bathroom. There are six two-person suites, and sixteen six-person suites.

    Upper-class students only.

  • Lunt Hall (3/3 North Dorms)

    •   Constructed: 1968
    •   Capacity: 60
    •   Residential Floors: 4
    •   Room Types: Singles
    •   Laundry: Yes
    •   Full Meal Plan: Mandatory
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    Most singles are configured in suites of four rooms with a common room. Singles on the 1st floor are configured in suites of three rooms with only one suite having a common room. The basement features a common lounge with a television. On the 1st floor is a large community lounge. The student-run Lunt Café and a large, all-purpose room with a small stage are located in the basement.

    Upper-class students only.

  • Ira de A. Reid House

    •   Constructed: 1900
    •   Capacity: 6
    •   Residential Floors: 2
    •   Room Types: Singles
    •   Laundry: Yes
    •   Full Meal Plan: Optional
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    The Ira de A. Reid House is a designated Special Interest House for students invested in the histories, legacies, and traditions of the African diaspora as well as a cultural center for the campus community.

    Upper-class students only.

  • Yarnall House

    •   Constructed: 1900
    •   Capacity: 13
    •   Residential Floors: 2
    •   Room Types: Singles & Doubles
    •   Laundry: Yes
    •   Full Meal Plan: Mandatory
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    On the 1st floor there are three bedrooms (two doubles and one single), a kitchenette, two common rooms, bathroom, and laundry. On the 2nd floor there are three doubles, two singles and one bathroom.

    Yarnall is located just steps off-campus in a residential neighborhood. Because of this, Yarnall is a designated quiet-house.

    Yarnall houses one of four community houses.

    Upper-class students only.