The Valley

The Valley was the geographical housing designation used by the Department of Residence Life for the four small houses between Avenues I and J, south of Bowers Boulevard, consisting of:

• Adams House
• Allen House
• Barrett House
• Parkhill House

During the 1990s, the Department of Residence Life renamed and re-classified the names for the groups of houses that stood adjacent to Avenue I:

• The Valley (c. 1997) [1]
  • Adams, Allen, Barrett, Parkhill
  • Aydelotte, Gidley, Hathorn, McCray
  • Randel, Spivey, Vick
• Four Central (c. 1997) [2]
  • Adams, Allen, Barrett, Parkhill
• Three South/Four Central (c.2001) [3]
  • Adams, Allen, Barrett, Parkhill
  • Aydelotte, Gidley, McCray
• Nine South (c. 2004) [4]
  • Adams, Allen, Barrett, Parkhill
  • Aydelotte, McCray
  • Randel, Spivey, Vick
• The Valley (c. 2005)
  • Adams, Allen, Barrett, Parkhill
  • Aydelotte, McCray
• The Valley (c. 2006-16)
  • Adams, Allen, Barrett, Parkhill

The four houses were scheduled for demolition during the fall 2014 semester [5] but remained standing past that point. The Department of Residence Life announced Barrett and Parkhill would be unavailable after the spring 2016 semester to prepare the buildings for demolition [6]. All four houses were demolished in July 2016 to make way for the Biology Laboratory Building.

Location

• South of Bowers Boulevard between Avenues I and J

Timeline

• 1959-61
  • Constructed
• 2016
  • Demolished

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