Court Hall

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[edit] Court/Kay/Bauer Complex

Court/Kay/Bauer Complex is one of the two newest dorms on North Campus that opened in the Fall of 2001 as part of the North Campus Initiative. Originally the dorm was only named Court Hall, based on the architectural courtyard it formed with Dickson Hall. But, due to generous $10 million dollar donations by the Robert and Virginia Bauer ('40 and '42) and Bill Kay ('51), the right side and middle sections of the building, respectively, have been renamed.

The building is four stories with 90 residents on each floor. Floors are coed, while suites are not. Each single-sex open suite contains two double rooms, one single room, and a bathroom with one shower, one toilet, and two sinks. Each floor contains both a study lounge, and a recreation (social) lounge with a television and a kitchen. A typical room contains (per person) an extra-long twin bed, a desk, a desk lamp, a desk chair, a dresser, a bookcase, a waste basket, a closet and high-speed internet access. The Bauer Hall lounge on the first floor contains a Billiard table as well as a ping-pong table, while the Kay Hall lounge contains a piano and a large projection television. A sample room number would be 212A in which the first digit corresponds to the floor number, while the next two digits refer to the section of the building and the final letter representing a room within a suite of three.

Cornell students often refer to the Court-Kay-Bauer Community as the “Court-Resort” because, in comparison to many of Cornell’s other freshmen residence halls, Court Hall is modern, bright, cheerful, and climate control.

Starting with the incoming Class of 2005, the first class ever to live in the building, Court Hall has traditionally had a rivalry with Mews Hall.