Housing & Residence Education
SW 13th Street & Museum Road
PO Box 112100
Gainesville, FL 32611-2100
Phone: (352) 392-2161
Tolbert Hall
Quick Facts
Office Ph# — (352)392-6031
Opened — 1950
Capacity —252
Total Rooms — 127
(room type preference = doubles or triples)
limited singles available
Location — See Map
Coed — by floor
AC — central
Typical Double Room |
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Tolbert Hall is dedicated to the memory of former UF Professor of Education Benjamin A. Tolbert, who also served as Dean of Freshmen (later Dean of Students) from 1928 until his death in 1937. Tolbert supported a loan program to help students to continue to attend school during the Great Depression. In 1934, $300 had been raised to initiate the program with monies raised by the sale of two-dollar UF scholarship automobile license tags. The fund raised $30 thousand by 1958 and was renamed the Benjamin Tolbert Memorial fund.
Tolbert Hall is part of the Tolbert Area, which is central and across the street to the south of UF's collegiate baseball stadium, soccer field, track, indoor activities building (O'Connell Center), and Ben Hill Griffin Football Stadium. Architect Guy Fulton designed Tolbert Hall, and it opened in 1950 at a cost of $562,295.
Tolbert Hall is a Faculty-in-Residence Community. In an effort to bring faculty and students together beyond the classroom, the Faculty-in-Residence Program promotes interaction between students and an on-site faculty member. The faculty-in-residence lives in an apartment in Tolbert and shares the residence hall experience with students. The faculty-in-residence provides academic advising and helps plan and implement special programs.