Thompson Hall

Also known as the Old Infirmary, or Old I for short, Thompson Hall is a dormitory located north of Mission Park, at the intersection of Park Street and Lynde Lane. It features spacious rooms and other desirable features such as a relatively nice kitchen, a pool table in the basement, working fireplaces in the first and second floor common rooms, a large wooden balcony accessible from the third floor, and wide, sociable hallways.

Information, stories, people, etc. relating to specific floors:

• Thompson 1st Floor
• Thompson 2nd Floor
• Thompson 3rd Floor

Thompson 3rd Floor

The third floor of Thompson Hall is comprised of a wide hallway, two bathrooms, an elevator, and six single rooms. The floor's lack of common space is made up for by a large balcony accessible from the hallway. Its distance from the laundry room in the basement is also made up for by a functioning elevator, although the wisdom of using said elevator was called into question in the winter of 2003-2004, when the elevator refused to open, trapping Broderick Dunn '04 (a resident of the third floor) inside. After a tense hour-and-a-half standoff, involving several security officers, a crowbar, and an electrician who had to be paged from North Adams, Broderick was finally rescued.

Thompson 3rd Floor on WSO/plans

Thompson 303

Probably one of the smallest singles (but still larger than your normal Greylock single) in the dorm, Thompson 303 may be a slight disappointment to the senior envisioning a room complete with a big screen TV and a double twin bed. However with some creative ideas and a little jerry-rigging the room can become a great space. As with the other rooms on the west side of the house, sunlight doesn't come in until the afternoon, so expect to use an artificial light source. The room’s biggest downfall and the cause of its small size is a huge section that juts from the wall next to the door and is covered on one side by a painted wooden board. It's a huge eyesore and whatever's behind it hums like crazy when the air vent in the kitchen is on. Otherwise, it's a pretty nice room in a great location. Full carpet, no closet, door slams.

Current resident: LaVonna Bowen '06.

Thompson 313

Thompson 313 is a spacious single on the southeast corner of Thompson, adjacent to the famous Thompson Hall balcony. The room has two windows, but one of them only opens partially; nonetheless, it opens wide enough to run a power cable out to the balcony, which is handy if you ever throw a shindig out there and need music, lighting, or refrigeration. The room gets decent sunlight in the morning, and that light is filtered by the pine trees just outside the dorm. One nice thing about the room is that its door, unlike most doors in Thompson and elsewhere, does not slam shut, so that you can leave the door open without a wedge, cement block, or other makeshift doorstop. The floor of the room is carpeted wall to wall. There is no closet.

The room is currently occupied by Evan Miller '06. Previous residents include:

• Jumi Song '05
• Jacob Eisler '04

Other Thompson Hall resources:

• WSO/plans entry
• B&G Property Book entry