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====== Hamlin Hall ======
[{{:hamlin_hall_interior_.jpg?300 | The interior of Hamlin's banquet space. Photo credit: Trinity College}}]

Hamlin Hall is located on the southern corner of the [[long_walk|Long Walk]], connecting [[seabury_hall|Seabury Hall]] and [[cook_hall|Cook Hall]]. Hamlin also extends further south, connecting to [[mather_hall|Mather Hall]]. The building contains a banquet room as well as the offices for Multicultural Affairs and Residential Life. Hamlin was completed in 1932 and was originally utilized as a dining hall. It housed two cafeteria-style dining spaces, one of which was an early iteration of [[cave|The Cave]], now housed in Mather Hall.     

Hamlin Hall was referred to as the "College Dining Hall" until 1947, when it was named after Albert C. Hamlin, a member of the Class of 1887 who had frequently made donations to the school. Hamlin died in 1939 and in his will left a sum of money to be given to Trinity College as well as a number of [[fraternities|fraternities]] at Trinity. Following his death, an endowment fund was established under his name. 

Throughout the years, Hamlin Hall has been used for a variety of events, including Halloween dances, a capella concerts, fundraiser dinners, an array of reunions, department gatherings, and faculty/staff lunches. The main banquet hall has portraits of past Trinity presidents lining the walls. 

In 1991, in an effort to diversify the portraits in the space, the [[student_government_association|Student Government Association (SGA)]] agreed to sponsor the installment of a portrait of [[women_at_trinity|Marjorie Butcher]], the first female professor at Trinity, on the wall as well. Months later, the SGA changed the proposed location to the Koeppel Student Center in its proposal to the [[presidents|President]] and [[trustees|Board of Trustees]]. However, ultimately the Butcher portrait was hung in what is now the [[nutt_mathematics_engineering_and_computer_science_center|Nutt Mathematics, Engineering and Computer Science Center]], deemed by some to be an appropriate location since Butcher was a professor of mathematics.

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===== Sources =====
[[https://www.trincoll.edu/austin-arts-center/arts-venues-at-trinity/|Arts Venues at Trinity, Hamlin Hall]]

[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/152/|The Trinity Tripod]], 11/05/1991.

[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/144/|The Trinity Tripod]], 03/19/1991. 

[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/bulletin/628/|The Trinity College Bulletin]] (1954-1955) Report of the Treasurer. 

[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/bulletin/573/|The Trinity College Bulletin]] (1948) Catalogue. 

[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/2790/|The Trinity Tripod]], 11/03/1948. 

[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/handbook/41/|Trinity College Handbook]], 1947-48.

[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/reporter/366/|Trinity College Alumni News]], September 1939. 

[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/2445/|The Trinity Tripod]], 05/14/1932.

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