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Dillon Hall

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{{Infobox residential college

|name = Dillon Hall

|shield = Arms of Dillon.svg

|blazon = Argent a lion passant between three Ds Gules.

|motto =

|established = 1931

|rector = Fr. Edward Dolphin, C.S.C.

|sex = Male

|named_for = Patrick Dillon

|quad = South

|undergrads = 332

|postgrads = 2 (serving as Assistant Rectors)

|chapel = Saint Patrick

|colors = Red and black {{color box|#CC0000}} {{color box|#000000}}

|mascot = Big Red

|sports = Baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, dodgeball, football, golf, hockey, lacrosse, racquetball, soccer, table tennis, tennis, volleyball

|charities = Hannah and Friends

|events = Milkshake Mass, Stache Bash

|url = http://www.nd.edu/~dillon/

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Dillon Hall

| embed = yes

| nrhp_type = cp

| nocat = yes

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| location = Notre Dame, Indiana

| coordinates = {{coord|41.6995|-86.2403|region:US-IN_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Indiana

| partof = University of Notre Dame: Main and South Quadrangles

| partof_refnum = 78000053

| added = May 23, 1978

| built = 1931 {{cite web|url=http://architect.nd.edu/assets/74747/2012_official_building_list.pdf|title=Official Building Inventory|date=1 October 2015|work=Facilities Design and Operations|publisher=University of Notre Dame|access-date=11 November 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044108/http://architect.nd.edu/assets/74747/2012_official_building_list.pdf|url-status=dead}}

| architect = Maginnis and Walsh

| architecture = Collegiate Gothic

}}

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Dillon Hall is one of the 32 Residence Halls on the campus of the University of Notre Dame and one of the 17 male dorms. It is located directly west of Alumni Hall, which Dillon acquired in 1988, and is directly adjacent to South Dining Hall on the west. Dillon was built in 1931 and renovated for the 2020-2021 school year and many of the first floor rooms were converted to living and study areas. It is named after Patrick Dillon, CSC, the second president of the university. The coat of arms is taken from the Dillon family. Together with other historic structures of the university, it is on the National Register of Historic Places.{{cite web|url=https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/structural_surveys.html?_flowExecutionKey=_c8211B3C1-5A12-5149-C806-D81F4036E65B_k57E94178-9E4C-CCAD-FBDF-5D309D3D8FAE|title=Welcome to SHAARD|website=secure.in.gov|access-date=13 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/1c9d1/N/University_of_Notre_Dame_Campus_Main_and_South_Quadrangles_St._Joseph_CO_Nom.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form |publisher=United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service |access-date=2017-05-16}}

File:South Quad, University of Notre Dame.JPG

History

Construction of Dillon and Alumni was part of an extensive building program that started in the mid 20s and aimed at improving educational and living facilities, and increasing supply of on-campus residential facilities.{{cite journal |title=University breaks ground for $850,00 dormitories |journal=The Notre Dame Alumnus |volume=9 |issue=7 |page=240 |url=http://www.archives.nd.edu/Alumnus/VOL_0009/VOL_0009_ISSUE_0007.pdf}} The two dorms were expected to cost $850,000 and add host 500 students to reduce the housing shortage and increase on-campus students to 2,600. Ground was broken on March 2, 1931 and construction was contracted to Sollitt and Sons.{{cite journal |title=University breaks ground for $850,00 dormitories |journal=The Notre Dame Alumnus |volume=9 |issue=7 |page=240 |url=http://www.archives.nd.edu/Alumnus/VOL_0009/VOL_0009_ISSUE_0007.pdf}} Funds were collected through the Alumni Association and a $250,000 gift from the General Education Board.{{cite journal |title=University breaks ground for $850,00 dormitories |journal=The Notre Dame Alumnus |volume=9 |issue=7 |page=240 |url=http://www.archives.nd.edu/Alumnus/VOL_0009/VOL_0009_ISSUE_0007.pdf}} An additional $52,000 came from the 1925 Rose Bowl.Dufresne, Chris "When they were riding high". Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2007

File:Dillon Alumni court.jpeg

Both halls were designed in 1931 by architects Charles Donagh Maginnis and Timothy Walsh in Collegiate Gothic style. The Maginnis & Walsh was known at the time for its innovative and refined gothic design of churches and campuses in Boston, and was behind the campus architecture of Boston College and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.{{cite web |title=Maginnis & Walsh {{!}} Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada |url=http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/2135 |website=dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org |access-date=4 June 2020}} The architectural style of both Dillon and Alumni was in line with the previous gothic building on campus by Kervick and Fagan such as Morrissey, with local yellow brick with limestone trimmings, adorned with stone carvings on the facade and the interiors. The exterior features carvings of saints and athletes. The building is decorated with four statues by Rev. John J. Bednar, CSC, depicting St. Jerome and St. Augustine (west court), Cardinal Newman (above the southwest entrance), and St. Patrick (south wall), and a statue of Commodore Barry (located in the west court) by Hungarian sculptor Eugene Kormendi, who was sculptor in residence at Notre Dame.{{cite news |title=Campus Statue Project |url=http://www.archives.nd.edu/about/news/index.php/2011/campus-statue-project/ |access-date=November 5, 2019 |work=Notre Dame Archives News & Notes |date=June 17, 2011}}{{cite web |title=Eugene Kormendi |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/eugene-kormendi-2693 |website=Smithsonian American Art Museum |access-date=November 5, 2019}}{{cite journal |last1=Lyman |first1=William |title=Campus Statues - Baffle & Bore |journal=The Notre Dame Scholastic |volume=89 |issue=20 |page=14 |url=http://archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0089/VOL_0089_ISSUE_0020.pdf |access-date=November 6, 2019}} Dillon's chapel is dedicated to St. Patrick, namesake of Patrick Dillon, and a side altar is dedicated to St. Olaf, in honor of Knute Rockne, of Norwegian ancestry, who had passed just before the construction of the hall.{{cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/4190545 |title=Memorializing Knute Rockne at the University of Notre Dame | Sherry Lindquist |journal=Winterthur Portfolio |publisher=Academia.edu |date=January 1, 1970 |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=1–24 |access-date=December 23, 2015|last1=Lindquist |first1=Sherry C. M. |doi=10.1086/665045 |s2cid=146612474 }} When the halls opened in early November 1931 and three hundred freshmen moved in, the Dillon featured some of the latest technologies of the time, such as electric elevators, extension phones, buzzers, and slots for used razors.{{cite journal |title=Alumni and Dillon Halls Opened to Students |journal=Notre Dame Alumnus |date=November 1931 |volume=10 |issue=2 |url=http://archives.nd.edu/Alumnus/VOL_0010/VOL_0010_ISSUE_0002.pdf |access-date=4 June 2020}} The first rector was Rev. Patrick Haggerty, class of 1916.{{cite journal |title=Few Changes In Province's Triennial Chapter |journal=Notre Dame Alumnus |date=October 1931 |volume=10 |issue=1 |url=http://archives.nd.edu/Alumnus/VOL_0010/VOL_0010_ISSUE_0001.pdf |access-date=4 June 2020}}

The dormitory was named after Fr. Patrick Dillon, a Notre Dame graduate who was only 33 years old in 1865 when he was named the University's second president. This continued a long tradition of naming residence halls after previous presidents. Additionally, the hall was built one hundred year after his birth.{{cite journal |title=University breaks ground for $850,00 dormitories |journal=The Notre Dame Alumnus |volume=9 |issue=7 |page=240 |url=http://www.archives.nd.edu/Alumnus/VOL_0009/VOL_0009_ISSUE_0007.pdf}} He was considered lenient in disciplinary matters, a trait that made him popular among students but that had him removed from the administration only one year in his tenure. Since previous newest residential development of Howard Hall, Morrissey Hall, and Lyons Hall (built in 1924-1927) had previously been known as "Gold Coast" because of their refined architecture, Alumni and Dillon quickly were dubbed "Platinum Coast" both because they had improved amenities but also because of the grayer color of the architecture and decoration.{{cite journal |title=Know Thy Notre Dame |journal=Scholastic |date=January 25, 1946 |volume=86 |issue=9 |page=10 |url=http://www.archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0086/VOL_0086_ISSUE_0009.pdf |access-date=6 June 2020}}{{cite journal |journal=Scholastic |date=October 14, 1932 |volume=66 |issue=4 |url=http://archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0066/VOL_0066_ISSUE_0004.pdf |access-date=6 June 2020}}{{cite journal |title=ND Expansion: and still it grows |journal=Scholastic |date=January 13, 1956 |volume=97 |issue=11 |url=http://www.archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0097/VOL_0097_ISSUE_0011.pdf |access-date=6 June 2020}}

During World War II, Dillon and Alumni housed officers for the V-12 Navy College Training Program.{{cite web |title=Directory of Students 1943-1944 |url=http://archives.nd.edu/dir/DIR_1943_1944.pdf |access-date=4 June 2020}}

In 1965, together with Farley and Alumni, it was the first dorm to try the "stay-hall" system, in which residents could stay all four years in the same hall rather than being divided by class as they were up until the 1960s.{{Cite book|last=Blantz|first=Thomas E.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1182853710|title=The University of Notre Dame : a history|date=2020|isbn=978-0-268-10824-3|location=[Notre Dame, Indiana]|pages=423|oclc=1182853710}}

Past rectors include Mark L. Poorman and Daniel R. Jenky, who later was rector of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart and Bishop of the Diocese of Peoria.{{cite web |title=Staff List |url=https://www.catholicpeoria.com/staff/view/id/9762 |website=Heart of Peoria Catholic Community |access-date=6 June 2020 |language=en}}

Traditions

Image:Brady Quinn at pep rally.jpg at the Dillon Hall pep rally]]

Dillon's signature event of every year was formerly the Dillon Hall Pep Rally now called the Rockne Rally, hosted on South Quad on the Thursday preceding the first home game.{{cite book |title=Notre Dame game day : getting there, getting in, and getting in the spirit |date=23 October 2001 |publisher=Diamond Communications, Inc |page=128|isbn=9781461733973}}{{cite news |title=Dillon pep rally a rousing success |url=https://irishrover.net/2012/09/dillon-pep-rally-a-rousing-success/ |access-date=6 June 2020 |work=Irish Rover |date=14 September 2012}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=auRJ37aPFZ8C&q=dillon+hall+pep+rally&pg=PA128 |title=Notre Dame Game Day: Getting There, Getting In, and Getting in the Spirit - Todd Tucker, Lou Holtz |via=Google Books |isbn=9781888698305 |access-date=December 23, 2015|last1=Tucker |first1=Todd |last2=Holtz |first2=Lou |year=2000 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield }} The pep rally was a comedy/variety show performed outside of Dillon the Thursday before the first home football game of the fall.{{cite web|author=Irish Traditions: Dillon Hall Pep Rally |url=http://www.uhnd.com/articles/traditions/dillon-hall-pep-rally/ |title=Dillon Hall Pep Rally - Notre Dame Traditions |publisher=UHND.com |access-date=December 23, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://ndsmcobserver.com/2012/09/dillon-is-ready-to-rally/ |title=Dillon is ready to rally |work=The Observer |date=September 2012 |access-date=December 23, 2015}}{{cite web|last=Flatley |first=Andrew |url=http://www.irishrover.net/?p=4233 |title=Irish Rover |publisher=Irish Rover |date=September 14, 2012 |access-date=December 23, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wndu.com/sports/ndfootball/headlines/52692427.html |title=ND pep rallies changing locations this football season |publisher=Wndu.com |date=August 14, 2009 |access-date=December 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140310094810/http://www.wndu.com/sports/ndfootball/headlines/52692427.html |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://southbendtribune.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=1316584&CategoryID=52882&ListSubAlbums=0&thisPage=3|title=News and Feature Photos from Friday September 2, 2011 |work=South Bend Tribune}}{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/449082-irish-game-day-a-guide-to-events-and-traditions-at-notre-dame |title=Irish Game Day: A Guide to Events and Traditions at Notre Dame|first=Michael|last=Collins|website=Bleacher Report }} Dillon's current signature event is Opening Day, a wiffle ball tournament between the sections of Dillon.{{cite news |title=Dillon Hall to host Opening Day event // The Observer |url=https://ndsmcobserver.com/2019/04/opening-day-2/ |access-date=4 June 2020 |work=The Observer |date=26 April 2019 |language=en}} The hall gives out free food, as well as hosts games and activities in the courtyard between Dillon and South Dining Hall. Dillon's other major events are Milkshake Mass and the Big Red Dog Dance with Alumni Hall.{{cite web |title=Dillon Hall keeps community in Baumer for year // The Observer |url=https://ndsmcobserver.com/2019/08/dillon-hall-keeps-community-in-baumer-for-year/ |website=The Observer |access-date=4 June 2020 |language=en |date=28 August 2019}} Alumni Hall is the traditional rival of Dillon.

Notable residents

Gallery

Dillon Hall windows.jpg|Dillon Hall side

Dillon hall courtyard.jpg|The courtyard between Dillon and Alumni

DillonHallEntrance.jpg|Dillon Hall's main entrance

References

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External links

  • [http://sites.nd.edu/dillon-hall/hall-staff/ Official site]
  • [http://tour.nd.edu/locations/dillon-hall/ Campus tour]
  • [http://residentiallife.nd.edu/undergraduate/halls/dillon-hall/ Residential life]

Sources

  • [http://magazine.nd.edu/news/hall-portrait-dillon/ Hall Profile]

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Category:1931 establishments in Indiana

Category:University and college buildings completed in 1931

Category:National Register of Historic Places in St. Joseph County, Indiana

Category:Historic district contributing properties in Indiana

Category:University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana