Armstrong: Armstrong is one of ten buildings that made up Dickinson College’s Fraternity Quadrangle. Armstrong Hall (Quad 8) was first used in September 1964 as the residence of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. After the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity moved out, the building continued to serve as a general residence hall. This building, one of the four Lower Quads, was later named for John Armstrong, one of the nine founding patentees of the Carlisle Grammar School and a founding trustee of Dickinson College in 1783.
Atwater: Constructed in the 1960’s, Atwater today is a first-year residence hall. Each room is in an “S” shape and accommodates two, three, or four students. Each building is home to approximately 40 students and has various lounge spaces, laundry, and kitchen facilities. This building is located across between the HUB and the Kline Center.
Davidson-Wilson: This residence hall is named for Robert Davidson, the elected Acting Principal following Charles Nisbet's death in 1804. He held this position until his resignation in 1809. He is considered the second president of Dickinson College, although he never officially held that title. It is also jointly named for James Wilson, who studied law under John Dickinson, for whom the college is named. He started a practice in Cumberland County and was well-regarded for it, so much so that he was elected a head of a correspondence committee in Carlisle. At the outbreak of war in May, 1775, he was even elected to the Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence alongside John Dickinson.
