Badin Hall (University of Notre Dame)
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| University | University of Notre Dame |
| Campus quad | South |
| Established | 1897 |
| Named for | Rev. Stephen Badin |
| Architect | Bro. Columkille Fitzgerald, CSC |
| Colors | Green |
| Gender | Female |
| Rector | Sr. Susan Sisko, O.S.B.M. (since 2015) |
| Undergraduates | 121 |
| Postgraduates | 2 |
| Chapel | St. Stephen |
| Mascot | Bullfrogs |
| Interhall sports | Flag football |
| Charities | HOPE Initiative NFP |
| Major events |
Badin Breakdown, Polar Bear Plunge, a Conscious Christmas |
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| Location | Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 41°42′02″N 86°14′28″W / 41.7006°N 86.2412°W |
| Built | 1897 |
| Architect | Bro. Columkille Fitzgerald, CSC |
| Architectural style | Collegiate Gothic |
| Part of | University of Notre Dame: Main and South Quadrangles (#78000053) |
| Added to NRHP | May 23, 1978 |
| Website | http://www.nd.edu/~badin/ |
Badin Breakdown, Polar Bear Plunge, a Conscious Christmas
Badin Hall is one of the 30 Residence Halls on the campus of the University of Notre Dame and one of the 14 female dorms. it is located on South Quad, between Howard Hall and the Coleman-Morse center. Badin Hall is, along with other building on the Main Quad of Notre Dame, on the National Register of Historic Places. It was named after Fr. Stephen Badin, the first priest ordained in the US.
Before the main building of the University burned down in the great fire of 1879, it hosted a Manual Labor School (founded in 1843), that was moved after the fire in a location close to the present Walsh Hall. A few years later, it was moved on wheels to the present location of Badin Hall. The temporary structure was substituted with brick structure (the one still standing) and renamed St. Joseph Hall, and hosted the St. Joseph's Industrial School' and was open in November 1897. It was intended to open before the start of the school year, but it did not happen because of a delay in construction. the first floor contained private rooms, a reading room, and a refectory, while the second floor contained classrooms, a study hall, and rooms for prefects. A wide staircase led to the third floor, that was used entirely as dormitory. The first director of the new St. Joseph Hall was Rev. Gallagher, who arranged improvements to the rooms and set up a chapel where Mass was said, and he provided to get newspapers and magazines for the boy's free moments. Once enrolled, young men trained to be blacksmiths, bricklayers, carpenters, farmers, and tailors. The goods produced where used by University personnel, and some where sold in South Bend shops.
Because the school had stopped to be profitable, in 1917 it was converted to a men's University dormitory, it underwent major expansions, and it was renamed Badin Hall, in honor of Rev. Stephen Badin. Stephen badin was the first priest ordained in the United States, and was the previous owner of the land on which the University was built. The first rector of Badin Hall was Rev. Fr. Francis McGarry. From the very beginning, the men of Badin Hall organized in interhall sports, a trademark activity of Notre Dame students. After an expansion project in 1917, it became a men's dormitory, and in 1972, Badin was the first of two residence halls to be converted for women's use, when they began to be admitted into the university. In 1931, the university bookstore, previously located in Main Building, was relocated to the south half of the lower floor of Badin Hall, a space that had undergone a variety of uses; first it was a refectory, then a classroom, and then a recreation room for the members of the Congregation of Holy Cross.
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