For more information, please see Gavigan Hall in our digital collections.

Architect:

Leung, Hemmler, Camayd

Donors:

Information Not Available

Purpose:

Residence Hall

Beginning Construction Date:

Groundbreaking April 2, 1984.

Ending Construction Date:

Fall 1989

Opening Date/Dedication:

August 1989

Major Renovations:

Information Not Available

Notes:

Houses approximately 240 students. The property used to be a parking lot and location of the Lancaster House.

Bibliography:

"Uniting the Academic and the Residential-Gavigan College." Scranton Record. April 1989, p.1

"Creating a New Residence Life Experience." Scranton Record. Sept. 1989, p. 3

"Gavigan Slated as Residential College." Aquinas, 1 March 1989, p. 3

"Residential College Plan Affirmed." Aquinas, 8 March 1989, p. 1

"Kostka Purchased as New Residence." Aquinas, 7 Sept. 1988, p. 3

"Groundbreaking Starts New Dorm." Aquinas, 3 April 1984, p. 1

"Apartment Dorm to be Built will be Completed by Fall '89." Aquinas, 9 Sept. 1987, p. 3

"Gavigan Opens Amid Disagreement of Readiness by Students at University." Aquinas, 30 Aug. 1989, p. 1.