Stockwell Hall - Ann Arbor, MI - People-Named Places on Waymarking.com

The Place
"Stockwell Hall, completed in 1940 at a cost of $1 million, is a formerly all-female (now coed) residence hall at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. It houses 418 predominantly second-year students. It was named after Madelon Louisa Stockwell of Kalamazoo, Michigan, the first woman admitted to the University in 1870.

Men were in residence for a single summer session in the early 1990s.

Stockwell was closed for the 2008/2009 school year for a $40 million renovation, which included upgraded bathrooms, plumbing, heating ventilation and air conditioning, wired and wireless internet access, and fire detection and sprinkler systems. The existing cafeteria was converted into new community spaces as the new marketplace style Hill Dining Center located next door currently serves the Hill community. It became a coed residence hall in fall 2009."-Stockwell Hall

The Person
"Madelon Stockwell Turner (August 9, 1845 - June 7, 1924) was an American diarist and the first woman to earn a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan.

Stockwell studied at Albion College and Kalamazoo College before applying to the University of Michigan under the encouragement of her mentor and teacher Lucinda Stone.

On February 2, 1870, Stockwell began her first semester at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She was the first woman to enroll at the school following a decision by the Board of Regents to open the university to female students. The following semester, 34 additional female students, including Laura Rogers White and Olive San Louie Anderson, enrolled at the University of Michigan. Stockwell graduated from the university with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1872, and was selected to deliver her class's commencement address, in which she stated that "There was never a time in which I did not long to attend our State University"".-Madelon Stockwell

Year it was dedicated: 1940 Location of Coordinates: Building center Related Web address (if available): [Web Link] Type of place/structure you are waymarking: building

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