Kenneth R. Fox Student Union
{{Short description|Dining and residence hall at the University of Massachusetts Lowell}}
{{Infobox building
|name = Kenneth R. Fox Hall
|image = Fox Hall - University of Massachusetts Lowell - DSC00101.JPG
|location = 100 Pawtucket Street
Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
United States
|coordinates = {{coord|42.652148|-71.320399|region:US-MA|display=inline,title}}
|building_type = Residence Hall, communication
|floor_count = 18
|start_date = 1972
|completion_date = 1973
|references = {{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/123587 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306204949/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/123587 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 123587 |work=Emporis}}
|roof = 226 feet (69 meters)https://www.uml.edu/docs/Notice-of-Project-Change-Form-2016-12-20-EEA-14881_tcm18-266864.PDF {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
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|architect = Perley F. Gilbert Associates
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Kenneth R. Fox Hall, also known as Fox Hall, is a residence hall and student dining facility in Lowell, Massachusetts. It is within the residence hall cluster on the East Campus of the University of Massachusetts Lowell. At 18 stories and 226 feet (69 meters) in height, it is the tallest building in the city of Lowell. When it was built, it was known as the Lowell Technical Institute Dormitory. The building is home to more than 800 students and UMass Lowell's largest student-dining hall, Fox Dining Commons.{{Cite web|url=http://www.uml.edu/student-services/reslife/residence-halls/fox.aspx|title = Fox Hall | Residence Life | Student Affairs & University Events | UMass Lowell}} The transmitter for the university's radio station, WUML, is located at Fox Hall.{{cite web |title=The Merrimack Valley Radio Market: WUML(FM) |url=https://www.bostonradio.org/stations/69410 |website=The Archives @ BostonRadio.org |access-date=October 21, 2021 |date=March 27, 2005}}
The building is also the sixth-tallest tower residence hall in the University of Massachusetts system, as it is 18 stories, four shorter than the five, 22-story tower residence halls in the Southwest Residential Area at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090926091238/http://www.uml.edu/STUDENT-SERVICES/reslife/residence%20halls/fox.html
- {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130409024508/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=foxhall-lowell-ma-usa Emporis.com]}}
{{University of Massachusetts Lowell}}
Category:Residential buildings completed in 1973
Category:University of Massachusetts Lowell
Category:University and college residential buildings in Massachusetts
Category:Buildings and structures in Lowell, Massachusetts
Category:1973 establishments in Massachusetts
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