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Porter Hall — Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University

Porter Hall

📍 McKean Road, State College, Pennsylvania, 16802
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🏛 Corridor🚿 Communal Bathroom👥 Co-Ed❄️ Has AC🍳 Kitchen🍽️ Dining Hall On-Site
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About Porter Hall

Porter Hall is one of nine Pollock area residence halls at Penn State, named for David Rittenhouse Porter, 9th Governor of Pennsylvania. Traditional corridor-style housing with communal floor bathrooms, no air conditioning. One of the nine governor-named buildings in the Pollock residential area.

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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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