Atherton Hall — Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University

Atherton Hall

📍 East College Avenue, State College, Pennsylvania, 16802
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🏛 Corridor🚿 Communal Bathroom👥 Co-Ed❄️ Has AC🍳 Kitchen🏢 7 floors
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About Atherton Hall

Atherton Hall is one of the traditional residence halls in Penn State's South Halls residential area, named for George Atherton, Penn State's transformative president (1882–1906) who built the institution into a major university. Traditional corridor-style rooms with communal floor bathrooms, no air conditioning. South Halls is on the south side of University Park near the College of Engineering, College of Ag Sciences, and the Bryce Jordan Center.

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Bathrooms here are communal, so you'll be carrying your things down the hall. Students here often pick up:

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🗺 Floor Plans

Atherton Hall has 3 floor plans on DormScouter (Typical double room — overhead layout, Typical double room — interior wall view, Typical double room — exterior wall view).

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