- Patterson Hall looks mainly the same as it did when it was first built.
- It was built where the first couple to be married in Kentucky built their house.
- First building on the North side of Euclid, which used to be Winslow Street.
- First accommodated 139 women.
- The 11 June 1903 Lexington Leader reports that Mrs. Carrie Wallis was elected as first matron from nearly one hundred applicants.
- It opened to male students for the first time (except when it housed soldiers) in the Fall of 1993.
From the University Housing webpage, we learn that the capacity is now 136 and it's air conditioned and they have 24/7 visitation, and more fun things like that. The University Housing page also shows floor plans. I would like to know if the floor plans are the same now as they always have been, or if they have been changed.
Edited to add:
I FOUND MORE. YES.
Okay, here's what else I found.
In this, the brief history of UK, it talks about Patterson some.
- Women had to walk 200 yards to their daily classes. (Note to self: find out how far that is)
- Twenty four years after women started attending UK.
- Opened to residents in 1904.
- Henry Barker (president: 1910-1917) stayed in this dorm during his presidency, because President Patterson was still in The Residence.
- First hall to not be built on the historic Central Campus.
- Plans for this Hall were drawn out by F. Paul Anderson, dean of the college of Engineering.
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