There are 33 undergraduate residence halls at the University of Notre Dame including 17 male halls, 15 female halls, and one mixed community. Several of the halls are historic buildings which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. With . Map of district included with [|text version available at National Park Service]. Residence halls are the center of the student life and some academic teaching; most students stay at the same hall for most of their undergraduate studies. Each hall has its own traditions, events, mascot, sports teams, shield, motto, and dorm pride. The university also hosts Old College, an undergraduate residence for students preparing for the priesthood.
Notre Dame's undergraduate hall system has elements of a residential college system. All first-year students are placed in one of the 32 halls upon enrollment, and students rarely switch halls. Each hall has its own spirit, tradition, mascot, sport teams, events, dances and reputation. Approximately 80% of undergraduate students live on campus, and often a student lives in the same dorm for the entirety of their undergraduate career. Even students who move off campus tend to maintain strong bonds with their affiliated residence hall. Halls complete in intramural sports, and the interhall football between Notre Dame male dorms is the only intramural tackle football that has remained at any US university.
Each dorm has its own architectural features, some of which were designed by famous architects such as Willoughby J. Edbrooke, Maginnis & Walsh and Thomas Ellerbe, and each hall has a chapel dedicated to the hall's patron saint. With the exception of Carroll Hall, the residence halls are split among six main segments of the campus: Main (God) Quad, South Quad, North Quad, Mod Quad, West Quad, and East Quad. While Carroll is officially part of South Quad, it has its own lawn by Saint Mary's Lake informally called Far Quad due to its distance from the rest of the halls. All first-year students are not only guaranteed on-campus housing, but are required to reside on campus for at least six semesters, starting with the Class of 2022.
List Residence hall Sex Established Quad Capacity Colors ChapelArchitect Mascot Motto Alumni Hall Male 1931 South Quad 225 Green and white St. Charles Borromeo Maginnis & Walsh Dawgs (ΔΩΓ) Notre Dame by choice, Alumni Hall by the grace of God. Badin Hall Female 1917 (building dates to 1897) South Quad 131 Green and white St. Stephen Columkille Fitzgerald, C.S.C. Bullfrogs Estote ratio (Be the reason) Baumer Hall Male 2019 West Quad 251 Burgundy and gold St. Martin de Porres Goody Clancy Buccaneers Per Ardua ad Spes (Through adversity to hope) Breen-Phillips Hall Female 1939 North Quad 162 Blue and pink St. Francis of Assisi Maginnis and Walsh BabesLand of the Free, Home of the Babes Carroll Hall Male 1967 (building dates to 1906) Far Quad 102 Crimson and gold St. André Bessette Charles Harding, C.S.C. Vermin All are most welcome Cavanaugh Hall Female 1936 North Quad 211 Green and purple The Holy Spirit Maginnis and Walsh Chaos Embrace the Chaos Coyle Hall Male 2026 South Quad 258 Green and white St. Paul Mackey Mitchell Architects The Crew Faciam vos fieri piscatores hominum ("I Will Make You Fishers of Men") Dillon Hall Male 1931 South Quad 253 Red and black St. Patrick Maginnis and Walsh Big Red "Smartest, Strongest, Humblest" and "It's OK to be jealous" Duncan Hall Male 2008 West Quad 232 Green and navy St. Walter of Pontoise Mackey Mitchell Architects Highlanders Communitas, Fraternitas, Observantia (Community, Brotherhood, Respect) Dunne Hall Male 2016 East Quad 221 Green, Blue and Gray Bl. Basil Moreau Goody Clancy Sentinels Potentia Videre, Fortitudo Agere Farley Hall Female 1947 North Quad 215 Teal and yellow St. John the Evangelist Maginnis and Walsh Finest Come Share Life Undergraduate Community at Fischer Mixed 80 Flaherty Hall Female 2016 East Quad 226 Lavender and Navy Mary Queen of Angels Goody Clancy Bears Fortuna Audaces Juvat Graham Family Hall Male 2024 East Quad 262 Purple and Gold St. Augustine Mackey Mitchell Architects Royals Go and Do Likewise Grojean Hall Female 2026 South Quad 275 Pink and yellow St. Theodore Guerin Mackey Mitchell Architects PenguinsBloom Where You're Planted Johnson Family Hall Female 2020 East Quad 225 Blue and white St. Teresa of Calcutta Mackey Mitchell Architects Valkyries Wings Up, Ride Valks Keenan Hall Male 1957 North Quad 250 Navy and white Holy Cross Ellerbe Associates Knights Fratres in Christo Keough Hall Male 1996 West Quad 271 Blue and red Our Lady of Guadalupe Ellerbe Becket Kangaroos Brothers, Scholars, Champions Knott Hall Male 1988 Mod Quad 252 Orange and blue St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Ellerbe Associates Juggerknotts We are Knott Men Lewis Hall Female 1965 Main (God) Quad 269 Blue and yellow St. Teresa of Ávila Ellerbe Associates Chicks Lyons Hall Female 1926 South Quad 182 Black and gold All Souls' Francis Kervick and Vincent Fagan Lions Benignitas, Indulgentia, Sacrificium McGlinn Hall Female 1997 West Quad 272 Green St. Bridgit of Kildare Ellerbe Becket Shamrocks Act Justly, Love Tenderly, Walk Humbly Morrissey Hall Male 1926 South Quad 188 Black and gold St. Thérèse of Lisieux Francis Kervick and Vincent Fagan The Manor Bonum Jucundumque Habitare Fratres O'Neill Family Hall Male 1996 West Quad 266 Blue, red, and silver St. Joseph the Worker Ellerbe Becket Angry Mob Fratres in Unum Pasquerilla East Hall Female 1981 Mod Quad 248 Red and black St. Catherine of Siena Ellerbe Associates PyrosNo Pyro left behind. Pasquerilla West Hall Female 1981 Mod Quad 249 Purple and white St. Clare of Assisi Ellerbe Associates Purple Weasels Peace, Love, Pdub Ryan Hall Female 2009 West Quad 254 Aqua, navy, and white St. Anne Mackey Mitchell Architects Wildcats Ryan go Bragh Siegfried Hall Male 1988 Mod Quad 252 Maroon and gray Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom Ellerbe Associates Ramblers Hall of Champions Sorin Hall Male 1888 Main (God) Quad 143 Blue and gold St. Thomas Aquinas Willoughby J. Edbrooke Otters Frater Pro Fratre (Brother for Brother) St. Edward's Hall Male 1929 (building dates to 1882) Main (God) Quad 154 Green and gold St. Edward the Confessor Edward Sorin, Charles Harding Gentlemen For Hall and King Stanford Hall Male 1957 North Quad 230 Green and gold Holy Cross Ellerbe Associates Griffins Auri Custos Walsh Hall Female 1909 Main (God) Quad 160 Navy and light blue Our Lady of the Visitation William J. Brinkman Wild Women Strong. Free. W.I.L.D. Welsh Family Hall Female 1997 West Quad 266 Light blue, navy, and salmon St. Kateri Tekakwitha Ellerbe Becket Whirlwinds Faith, Family, Friends
Defunct Residences Residence hall Sex Quad Capacity Established Disestablished Nickname Brownson Hall Male Main (God) Quad 1855 (named 1890) WW2 (became office space) Brownsonites Carroll Hall (Old) Male Main (God) Quad 1850s? (named 1890) WW2 (became office space) Carrollites Corby Hall Male Main (God) Quad 1895 (1899 as dorm) 1936 (became priests' residence) He-MenFisher Hall Male South Quad 183 1952 2024 (demolished) Green Wave Flanner Hall Male Mod Quad 530 1969 1997 (became office space) Gamecocks Freshman Hall Male North Quad 1922 1932 (demolished) Grace Hall Male Mod Quad 520 1970 1996 (became office space) Grace Lightning Holy Cross Hall Male Far Quad 1968 1990 (demolished) HogsHoward HallFemaleSouth Quad14819252026 (became a "swing" residence hall)DucksPangborn HallFemaleSouth Quad17519552024 (demolished)Royals Sophomore Hall Male North Quad 1923 1936 (demolished) Fighting Sophs, Maroon HordeZahm HallMaleNorth Quad17619372021 (became a "swing" residence hall)Ignats
History
Origins (1843–1888) When the first students arrived on campus in the fall of 1843, they all resided in a two-story brick building built by Sorin that spring, a building known today as Old College. In the fall 1844 the first main building (then called college building because it housed virtually the entire college) was constructed with the help of the architect Marsile of Vincennes. The structure was a four-story brick building eighty feet long by thirty-six feet wide, -story high with a small cupola (but not yet a dome) with a bell in it, in French style. The third floor housed both the student dormitories and the residences for priests and brothers; with additional dormitory space on the fourth floor. Two lateral wings (which gave the building the shape of an H) were opened in 1853. In 1865 this structure was replaced by the second iteration of the main building, which hosted student dormitories on its fourth and fifth floor. This building burned down in the great fire of 1879, but its successor, the current main building, was swiftly reconstructed and once again hosted most of the university's facilities, including student dormitories. By the mid-1880s, two lateral wings were added to each building to add dormitory space bringing the length of the building from 224 feet to 320. Like all incarnations before, these were open dormitory areas, with no private rooms. In the fall of 1890, the names of Carroll and Brownson Hall were given to dormitories in the west half and the east half of the main building respectively, and portraits of Orestes Brownson and Charles Carroll had been ordered to be placed in the respective halls. The 1892 Golden Jubilee history of the university stated that Carroll Hall was named after John Carroll, who was the first bishop in the United States.
Early years and growth (1888-1965) Sorin Hall, erected in 1888, was the first dormitory built specifically to host students at the university. During the early mid-1880s, the Holy Cross priests experimented with private rooms for upperclassmen with high academic grades and the results were positive. Since the Main Building was overcrowded with students, Father Edward Sorin decided to build a freestanding dormitory to expand residential space for students and alleviate the housing shortage. It was the first of its kind among all Catholic universities and one of the first among colleges across the country.
As of 1891, juniors and seniors of the collegiate course were housed in Sorin Hall. Students between the ages of 13 and 17 were housed in Carroll Hall (west side of the main building), while those ages 17 and up were in Brownson Hall (east side). Students of different halls had little interaction outside of occasional shared classes. Pupils below 13, called the minims, had St. Edward's Hall to themselves and had their own facilities. Minims had little to no interaction with the other students.