Lehigh University
Richards House
📍 36 University Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015
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🏛 Corridor🚿 Communal Bathroom👥 Co-Ed❄️ No AC🍳 Kitchen🏢 4 floors
Richards House is one of Lehigh's most iconic first-year residence halls, a four-floor stone structure in a modified Gothic design completed in 1938. Named in honor of Charles Russ Richards, president of Lehigh from 1922 to 1935, the building houses 143 first- and second-year students. Residents live on single-gender floors, each with a mix of single and double rooms sharing community bathrooms. The hall is known for its strong sense of community: every floor has a dedicated study lounge and the first floor features a TV lounge, game room, kitchen, and vending machines. Laundry facilities are on-site. Richards has a reputation for being one of the more sociable first-year dorms — its smaller size (143 residents) creates a tight-knit atmosphere, and the single-gender floors help students quickly get to know their neighbors. It is conveniently located near Lamberton Hall and the Iacocca Hall complex.
From DormScouter research.
Richards House has no air conditioning. Students here often pick up:
Gaiatop USB Desk Fan – 5.5" Portable (3-Speed) · $7.98
Vornado VFAN Mini Classic Vintage Desk Fan · $39.99
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