Historical Marker
Patterson Hall
Historical marker location:
Lexington, Kentucky
( UK campus, South Limestone St., Lexington)
Women first enrolled at UK in 1880. In 1888, Belle Clement Gunn became the first woman awarded a degree. Women students finally obtained campus housing in 1904, when this hall opened. Built specifically as a women's dormitory, it became the first building constructed off the main campus. Class of 2003.
(Reverse) Patterson Hall - Named for President James K. Patterson, whose brother, Walter, sought funding for the building and oversaw construction. UK's second president, Henry Stites Barker, lived in the dormitory during his presidency. The dorm became co-ed in the 1990s. It is the oldest UK dormitory still in existence. Class of 2003.