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Gaines Hall

📍 Corner of Nelson and Washington Streets, Lexington, VA
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About Gaines Hall

First-year residence hall on the corner of Nelson and Washington streets, renovated 2013-2014. Houses 265 students in singles, doubles, and triples arranged in alcove/pod-style hallway clusters across 4 floors.

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

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