James Hall

📍 First-Year Quad, Amherst, MA 01002

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🏛 Corridor🚿 Communal Bathroom👥 Co-Ed❄️ No AC🍳 Kitchen🛗 Elevator🚻 Gender-Inclusive Bathrooms🏢 6 floors

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About James Hall

Originally built in 1946 and renovated in 1973, the building was razed in 2004 and rebuilt in its current form in 2005. [First-Year Quad East] Built in 1946 to address post-WWII housing demand and renovated in 2005, James Hall is one of the most socially vibrant first-year dorms at Amherst. Six-story building with elevator access. Its interconnected basement with Stearns Hall creates a shared hub featuring music practice rooms and laundry facilities — a major social gathering point. Known for fostering exceptionally close floor communities. Contains mostly doubles with some singles; approximately 100 students total. Higher ceilings and lighter spaces following the 2005 renovation.

💡 Good to know about James Hall

Originally built as student housing in 1946, renovated 1973, razed in 2004 and rebuilt on its identical footprint in 2005; a First-Year Quad East hall. James and Stearns share an interconnected basement.
Has an elevator.
One of two dormitories built in 1946 to relieve a postwar housing crunch — named for D. Willis James and his son Arthur Curtiss James, who were members of the Amherst board of trustees over the preceding five decades.
The new furniture installed at the end of August 2023 encourages students to gather around the fireplace.
Originally built as student housing in 1946 and renovated in 1973, the building was razed in 2004 and rebuilt on the identical footprint in 2005.
James and Stearns are both relatively large dorms — they mirror each other in structure.

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James Hall has no air conditioning. Students here often pick up: