Charles Drew House — Amherst College
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Charles Drew House

📍 Charles Drew House, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002
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🏛 Special Interest🚿 Communal Bathroom👥 Co-Ed❄️ No AC🍳 Kitchen🛗 Elevator🏢 4 floors
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About Charles Drew House

[North Campus (The Hill)] Originally the home of Amherst president Julius H. Seelye, remodeled in 1922 as a fraternity house, and dedicated in 1986 to honor Charles R. Drew, class of 1926 — the pioneering surgeon and founder of the first American Red Cross Blood Bank. Now serves as the Charles Drew Memorial Culture House, a theme community celebrating Black culture, intellectual debate, social activism, and artistic expression.

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Charles Drew House has no air conditioning. Students here often pick up:

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