Saugeen-Maitland Hall
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Saugeen-Maitland Hall
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| Alternative names | "Saugeen" "The Zoo" |
| General information | |
| Type | Student Residence |
| Location | The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada |
| Address | 289 Windermere Road |
| Coordinates | 43°00′41.11″N 81°16′43.63″W / 43.0114194°N 81.2787861°WCoordinates: 43°00′41.11″N 81°16′43.63″W / 43.0114194°N 81.2787861°W |
| Completed | 1969 |
| Renovated | 2015 |
| Renovation cost | CA$3.4 Million |
| Owner | The University of Western Ontario |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 36 |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect | McMichael Ruth, Ryan Stirling |
Saugeen–Maitland Hall is a co-ed students' residence at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. It is currently home to 1250 students and is the largest student residence on campus.
Saugeen–Maitland Hall is actually a combination of two residences which are built upon the same foundation and share the same entry floor. The building is divided at the upper elevator lobbies with Saugeen on the east side and Maitland on the west side. The residence has a cafeteria and snack bar, a large main floor lounge with a home theatre system and projection screen, an exercise room, four academic cafes, and music practice rooms. The residence is sub-divided into units, each consisting of three floors. Maitland has three units and Saugeen has nine. Most floors have 16 double rooms and four single rooms. The most recent renovation completed in 2016 included the dinning hall at a cost of $3.4 Million.
Saugeen is an Ojibwa word meaning "inlet." It is in reference to the Saugeen River in Bruce County which flows into Lake Huron and was once an important shipping barge route. Maitland is also the name of a river in Ontario flowing into Lake Huron near the town of Goderich. It was named for Sir Peregrine Maitland, a Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada.
The residence is most often known simply as "Saugeen", and until a few years ago, it was frequently called "The Zoo". While touring the residence while still under construction, Dr. T.B. Ong, the first residence proctor, commented that he "couldn't help thinking of the sectioned cages used for experimental animal specimens." Given the atmosphere of the early days, the name evolved naturally, and "The Zoo" first appeared in print as early as 1971, in the first yearbook.
Due to increased enrolment in the 1960s, UWO was facing a housing crunch. To alleviate this, a new housing complex for single and married students was planned on the west side of Western Road near Medway Creek. Estimated to cost $12 million, the complex included the nearby apartment buildings of Bayfield, Beaver and Ausable Halls. Together with Saugeen-Maitland, the complex was named the Glenmore Residences.
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