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Guild-Memorial Hall

Guild and Memorial Halls were the first residence halls on Valparaiso University’s campus, and in 1999 they were joined to make our current Guild/Memorial Hall. “GM” is a co-ed hall that has the capacity for 294 students, with 137 upper-class women living on the Guild side and 157 upper-class men living on the Memorial side.

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About Guild and Memorial Halls

Address: 1210 Union St./1200 Union St., Valparaiso, IN 46383

Constructed (Renovated): 1946 (1999)

Guild and Memorial Halls were the first residence halls on Valparaiso University’s campus, and in 1999 they were joined to make our current Guild/Memorial Hall. “GM” is a co-ed hall that has the capacity for 294 students, with 137 upper-class women living on the Guild side and 157 upper-class men living on the Memorial side. GM is a traditional style hall with single, double, triple, and quadruple rooms available. Rooms are equipped with movable beds, desks with chairs, and have built in wardrobes, bookshelves and dressers. All floors have community bathrooms that are cleaned daily by our building services staff, while a few rooms have private bathrooms. Guild/Memorial Hall is unique in that room sizes and shapes vary.

Floor Plans:

Room Amenities

  • Typical Room Dimensions:
    • Double: 13 ‘ x 18’
    • Triple: 18’ x 18’
    • Quad: 12’ x 25’
  • Sinks in Room: Yes
  • Flooring: Tile
  • Window Covering: Blinds
  • Bed: Twin XL (Movable)
  • Desk: Movable
  • Dresser:
    • Built-in: doubles
    • Movable: triples and quads (GM is very unique and all rooms vary)
  • Closet/Wardrobe:
    • Closet: doubles
    • Wardrobes: triples and quads (GM is very unique and all rooms vary)

Building Features

  • Floors: 4
  • Bathrooms: Common, Some Rooms Private Bath
  • Air conditioning: Yes
  • MicroFridge in Room
  • Room types: Doubles, Triples, Quads, and Limited Singles
  • Classification: Upper-Class

Community Spaces

  • Chapel: Second Floor
  • Computer Lab: First Floor Guild
  • Laundry: First Floor Memorial
  • Lounges:
    • First Floor Guild large quiet study lounge with seating and private study rooms
    • First Floor Memorial large TV lounge with pool and ping pong
    • Second-Fourth Floor Lounges study/TV lounge
  • Kitchen: Second-Fourth Floor
    • Fridge, Stove and Microwave on each floor of Guild and Memorial
    • Trash/Recycling: Dumpsters West of hall

Gallery

Harre Union at dusk

Mailing Information

All mail for students living on campus is delivered to their mailbox in the Harre Union. A student’s mail unit number can be found on their DataVU profile. To make sure it is properly delivered, please use this format on letters and packages:

Student Name
1509 Chapel Drive, Unit [number]
Valparaiso, IN 46383

 

Please note: Using a different format, omitting information, or including “Valparaiso University” could delay the delivery.