Jackson Hall is a student dormitory located in the “South Campus Neighborhood,” which also includes Elton, Funston, Jones, Smith, Summit East, Summit North, Summit South, and Trinity Hall.

Jackson Hall. Photo Credit: Cheryl Cape

The hall was part of a mid-twentieth century student housing expansion plan which included the new adjacent dormitories of Smith Hall and Wheaton Hall (now Trinity Hall). Jackson Hall was financed through the federal Housing and Home Finance Agency and all three dormitories were built at the same time.

Construction began in 1964 and the dormitory was ready for occupancy in the fall of 1966. Jackson Hall opened with single rooms and multi-student suites.

All three of these dormitories were named for past Trinity presidents. Jackson Hall honors the Rev. Abner Jackson, who served from 1867 to 1874.

In 1992, Jackson Hall received a designation as the “Science Dorm,” housing students majoring in the sciences. The designation of dorms for “Program Groups” was an initiative of the Office of Residential Life for alternative living arrangements, primarily at the request of students and faculty. The dorm's proximity to the Science Quad was one of the prime reasons for choosing the location.

Trinity College in the Twentieth Century (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, pp. 255-256, 315.

Trinity Reporter (Winter 1992), p. 8.