Alspaugh

Alspaugh Residence Hall 

Alspaugh residence hall is home to approximately 125 First Year students on Duke University's East Campus. Opening in 1927, the building was named for John W. Alspaugh (Normal College, 1855), a member of the committee of management that steered the Normal College (predecessor to Duke University) through financial troubles in the 1880s.

Like all other halls on campus, Alspaugh is co-ed, with male and female students living on different wings on the same floor. Each floor has two common area bathrooms and the first floor contains a kitchen, commons room, and study room.  The majority of rooms in Alspaugh retain the original hardwood floors that were laid 80 years ago when the building was built.  Alspaugh is staffed by one Graduate Assistant and five Resident Assistants under the supervision of Residence Coordinator Philip Duhart.

The Faculty-in-Residence Program is one of the ways in which Duke University seeks to facilitate, strengthen, and expand interaction between faculty members and undergraduates beyond the classroom. The Alspaugh Faculty-in-Residence is Robert Cook-Deegan, Director IGSP Center for Genome Ethics, Law & Policy, Research Professor of Public Policy Studies, and Research Professor of Medicine.

For more information or if you have any questions, please contact Residence Coordinator Philip Duhart.

 

Third floor room nicknamed "hobbit hole" because of the configuration of the doorway.  The architecture of the building lends to interesting nooks and crannies within the rooms.  No two rooms are identical. 

A view inside an unoccupied double room in Alspaugh. 

 

Main commons room in Alspaugh.