Scott Hall

Name

Scott Hall is comprised of two towers and shared interconnecting ground floor and basement structure.  The two towers, North and South Scott, are treated today as separate dormitories.  For the purposes of this Wiki, they will be referred to as one.  

Namesake: Louise Scott

Louise E. Scott was born in the southeast Iowa community of New London in 1895.  After leaving for her education at Iowa Wesleyan University Ms. Scott returned home to teach and later served as the principal of her alma mater, New London High School. In time, and with a Master's Degree from the University of Iowa, she sought a new opportunities and in 1928, Scott came to the Oshkosh State Teachers College to teach history and Latin in junior high school program of the campus Training School. 

Over her time at Oshkosh, Louise Scott developed a reputation as one of the state’s leading teachers of history.  Her pupils formed the “Sawdust City” chapter of junior historians and worked to actively collect and preserve city history.  They won numerous state awards for their work and in 1957, Scott was named an outstanding history teacher.  Scott’s model inspired a generation of social studies teachers who graduated from the Oshkosh Campus.  She eventually worked with education students as a supervisor of practice instruction in the junior high school.  

Scott retired from teaching in 1962. 

Facts

Completion Date: 1967

Cost: $4,171,000.00

Original Purpose of Building: Coed dormitory.

Current Use:  Coed dormitory.

History

Scott Hall was the second complex of "High Rise Dorms" after Gruenhagen Hall and the last dormitory built on campus until Horizon Village was constructed in 2012. 

Built in 1967, Scott Hall could house more than 1200 students. Slightly larger but very similar to Gruenhagen, the same architectural design is also found on other campuses in UW System, including UW Madison's Witte Hall and UW Whitewater's Wells Hall.

Originally the residence, despite having two towers, was considered a single dormitory.  Scott Hall eventually ‘split’ into two dorms, North and South, each with their own identity.  During the 1970s Scott Hall created a floor specifically for international students. More recently, Scott Hall has recently been home to specialty floors such as the ‘Rainbow Floor’, the honors floor, and business students floor. Due its location along the busy Algoma Blvd. and on the edge of campus, Scott Hall’s residents had a front-row seat to some of the campuses most rowdy events, from anti-Vietnam protests of the early 1970s to drinking-age protests of 1989.   

For many years, Scott Hall participated in the ‘Sink or Float’ Regatta, a celebration that first started at Menominee Park, along the beach at Lake Winnebago. Activities at the Regatta included canoe races, live music, and a grill out picnic. Later, the celebration was moved to campus to be accessible to more students. Scott Hall student government also participated in many  charity events and hosted its own social events often taking advantage of its unique setting. 

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