View source for Upper campus residence halls (University of Pittsburgh)

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[[File:Cathedral from Upper.jpg|thumb|The upper campus provides dramatic views of the lower campus, including the [[Cathedral of Learning]], seen here from a location near K. Leroy Irvis Hall.]]
The '''upper campus residence halls''' at the [[University of Pittsburgh]] include Sutherland Hall, Panther Hall, K. Leroy Irvis Hall, the fraternity housing complex, and the Darragh Street Apartments. Among the newest residence facilities at the university, these buildings reside on the upper campus located near many of the school's athletic facilities. The upper campus resides approximately {{convert|200|ft|m}} above the lower campus that lies along [[Forbes Avenue|Forbes]] and [[Fifth Avenue (Pittsburgh)|Fifth]] Avenues, providing dramatic views along the hilltop and slopes.<ref>{{citation | url=http://www.facmgmt.pitt.edu/MasterPlans/2010.pdf | title=Proposed Institutional Master Plan Update University of Pittsburgh (Final Draft) | last1=University of Pittsburgh Facilities Management Division | last2=MacLachlan, Cornelius & Filoni, Inc. | publisher=University of Pittsburgh | pages=43–45 | date=2010-01-29 | access-date=2011-01-23}}</ref>  Planning for upper campus student housing originated in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but stalled due to community and political opposition until the early 1990s with the opening of Sutherland Hall, the first major student residence constructed by Pitt in 29 years.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.pitt.edu/~copc/pittsburgh%20case%20--%20University%20as%20Developer.pdf | title = The University of Pittsburgh and the Oakland Neighborhood: From Conflict to Cooperation, or How the 800 Pound Gorilla Learned to Sit with -- and not on -- its Neighbors | work = Sabina Deitrick and Tracy Soska |  year = 2003 | access-date = 2008-02-21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author=Perry, David C. and Wiewel Wim (eds) | title=The University as Urban Developer: Case Studies and Analysis| location=Cambridge, Massachusetts | publisher=[[Lincoln Institute of Land Policy]] | year=2005 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aGZZVo7svCkC |isbn=0-7656-1641-6}}</ref>

==Sutherland Hall==
[[Image:SutherlandfromPete.jpg|thumb|300px|right|View of Sutherland Hall at the University of Pittsburgh from the [[Petersen Events Center]] prior to the construction of Panther Hall]]

'''Sutherland Hall''' is a residence hall of the University of Pittsburgh and is located on the upper campus next to the major athletic facilities and the [[Petersen Events Center]]. The $24 million<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=h64zAAAAIBAJ&pg=6002%2C3913722 | first=Tom | last=Barnes | title=Pitt plans dormitory on 5th Ave. | newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date=1995-01-25 | access-date=2011-07-13}}</ref> (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|21000000|1992}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}) structure opened in 1992.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tour.pitt.edu/tour-182.html | title=Tour Pitt: Sutherland Hall | publisher=University of Pittsburgh | location=Pittsburgh, PA | access-date=2010-10-23}}</ref> It is named for famed [[Pittsburgh Panthers|Pitt football]] coach [[Jock Sutherland]].

===Accommodations===
Sutherland Hall, providing a view of the entire University (minus much of lower campus, which is shielded by Panther Hall and K. Leroy Irvis Hall), houses 739 students, a majority of which are first-year students as well  some of the sports teams, such as [[Pittsburgh Panthers|the football]] team. It comprises a ten-floor West wing and an eight-floor East wing, adjoined by a commons building. The air-conditioned rooms are mostly doubles with semi-private baths, but there are also 6 and 8 person suites. There are two identical lounges on each floor; one is typically used as a TV lounge while the other is typically used as a study room. 

The East and West wings of Sutherland Hall share a commons area complete with The Perch (a small dining hall), Hill o' Beans coffee cart, The Market at Sutherland (a small convenience store), a computer center, multiple small lounges, and a student mail center. There is a laundry facility and lobby area with a TV on the ground floor of each wing. The East wing also has a small gym while the West wing has a kitchen and a recreation room complete with a ping pong table. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pc.pitt.edu/dining/locations/sutherland.html |title=Sutherland Dining |website=www.pc.pitt.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060219042722/http://www.pc.pitt.edu/dining/locations/sutherland.html |archive-date=2006-02-19}}</ref>

===Living Learning Communities===
[[File:SutherlandHallpathPitt.jpg|thumb|right|Sutherland Hall commons building]]
The Healthy Living Living Learning Community and the [[University of Pittsburgh Honors College|University Honors College]] program for first-year men and women are located in Sutherland Hall.<ref name="housingbook">{{cite book | url=http://www.pc.pitt.edu/downloads/publications/Residence-Hall-Living-Book-11-12.pdf | title=Panther Central: Residence Hall Living | publisher=University of Pittsburgh | year=2011 | page=23 | access-date=2011-08-11}}</ref> A resident director, an assistant hall director, a program coordinator, and 16 resident assistants are on staff.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pc.pitt.edu/housing/halls/sutherland.html |title=University of Pittsburgh: Panther Central |website=www.pc.pitt.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031219104014/http://www.pc.pitt.edu/housing/halls/sutherland.html |archive-date=2003-12-19}}</ref>  Previously, a Math and Physical Science Living Learning Community had been located in Sutherland.

In 2008, a $3.3 million renovation of The Perch, Sutherland Hall's main food service area which serves as the primary dining venue for students on Pitt’s upper campus, created an area similar to the Market Central dining area in [[Litchfield Towers]] and introducing made-to-order services inducing Red Hot Chef, Hilltop Grille, Mato's deli, and an ice cream and breakfast bar.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 13, 2008 |title=Pitt Property and Facilities Committee Approves $120 Million in Construction and Renovation Projects |url=https://www.news.pitt.edu/news/pitt-property-and-facilities-committee-approves-120-million-construction-and-renovation-project |website=University of Pittsburgh News Services}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-db=ustory&-lay=a&-format=d.html&storyid=8254&-Find |title=Kimberly K. Barlow & Peter Hart, What's New? Places, University Times, Vol 41, No. 1, Aug 28, 2008; University of Pittsburgh |access-date=August 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616081214/http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-db=ustory&-lay=a&-format=d.html&storyid=8254&-Find |archive-date=June 16, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

===Sutherland Hall external links===
[[File:Sutherland Owl1939.jpg|thumb|left|100px|[[Jock Sutherland]]]]
* [http://www.umc.pitt.edu/tour/tour-182.html University of Pittsburgh Virtual Tour: Sutherland Hall]
* [http://www.pc.pitt.edu/housing/halls/sutherland.html Housing Services: Sutherland Hall]
* [http://www.pc.pitt.edu/dining/locations/sutherland.html Sutherland Hall Dining]
* [http://www.drs.pitt.edu/map/SUTHD.htm Sutherland Hall Disability Entrances]
* [http://www.reslife.pitt.edu/staff/sutherland.html Sutherland Hall Staff]

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== K. Leroy Irvis Hall ==
[[Image:NewPennsylvaniaHall.jpg|thumb|300px|K. Leroy Irvis Hall, a residence hall at the University of Pittsburgh]]
'''K. Leroy Irvis Hall''', formerly known as Pennsylvania Hall when opened in 2004, is one of the newest residence halls at the University of Pittsburgh. Designed by [[Perkins Eastman|Perkins Eastman Architects]], its construction cost $22.1 million.<ref>[http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-db=ustory.fp5&-format=d.html&-lay=a&-sortfield=issueid%3a%3aissuedate&-sortorder=descend&keywords=pennsylvania%20hall&-max=50&-recid=34108&-find= University Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> It is located on the upper campus adjacent to the [[Petersen Events Center]], having nine floors and housing 420 men and women, primarily upperclass students, in air-conditioned four-person suites and doubles with private baths. An open lounge and laundry facilities are on every floor, and the commons area contains The Pennsylvania Perk coffee cart, a fitness center, a meeting room, and a student mail center.

K. Leroy Irvis Hall houses Living Learning Communities for the French Language and Culture, the Italian Language and Culture, Leadership, and Pre Law.<ref name="housingbook"/> A resident director, a program coordinator, and seven resident assistants are on staff.<ref name="pitt.edu">[http://www.pc.pitt.edu/housing/halls/pennsylvania.html  Pennsylvania Hall Overview, University of Pittsburgh, www.pitt.edu]</ref>

K. Leroy Irvis Hall sits on the site of the former medical school building, called Pennsylvania Hall, constructed in 1910 (dedicated in January 1911) and demolished in late November 1998.<ref>[http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pittyearbooks;cc=pittyearbooks;g=documentingpitt;xc=1;xg=1;q1=pennsylvania%20hall;rgn=full%20text;idno=1956e49702;didno=1956e49702;view=image;seq=0015 Documenting Pitt<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.pitt.edu/utimes/issues/31/100198/19.html University Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> It was one of only four buildings of the school's original acropolis campus plan to be constructed.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pittmiscpubs;rgn=full%20text;idno=00c50130m;view=image;seq=0013 |last=Alberts |first=Robert C. |title=Pitt: The Story of the University of Pittsburgh 1787&ndash;1987 |page=xi |year=1986 |isbn=0-8229-1150-7 |publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press |no-pp=true }}</ref>

On June 30, 2017, the University passed a resolution to rename the residence hall from Pennsylvania Hall to K. Leroy Irvis Hall in honor of [[K. Leroy Irvis]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pittwire.pitt.edu/news/building-renamed-honor-k|title=Building Renamed to Honor K. Leroy Irvis|website=Pitt Wire|language=en|access-date=2017-07-01}}</ref>

=== K. Leroy Irvis Hall external links ===
*[http://www.pc.pitt.edu/housing/halls/pennsylvania.html K. Leroy Irvis Hall Overview]
*[http://www.pc.pitt.edu/housing/halls/tour/pennsylvaniaqtvr.html K. Leroy Irvis Hall Panorama]
*[http://www.umc.pitt.edu/tour/tour-190.html K. Leroy Irvis Hall on Pitt Virtual Tour]
* [http://www.drs.pitt.edu/map/PAHLL.htm K. Leroy Irvis Hall Disability Entrances]

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==Panther Hall==
[[Image:Panther Hall Pitt.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Panther Hall at the University of Pittsburgh]]
'''Panther Hall''', opened in 2006, is one of the newest residence halls at the University of Pittsburgh. Designed by Perkins Eastman Architects, its construction cost $33.2 million.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-db=ustory&-format=d.html&-lay=a&-sortfield=issueid%3a%3aissuedate&-sortorder=descend&keywords=%2433.2%20million&-max=50&-recid=34119&-find= | title = New dorm, purchase of University Club approved | work = University Times |  year = 2005 | access-date = 2008-02-21 }}</ref> It is located on the upper campus adjacent to the [[Petersen Events Center]] and just west of [[K. Leroy Irvis Hall]], it is ten-floors and houses 511 men and women, primarily upperclass students, in air-conditioned rooms that are a combination of three- and five-person suites, and doubles with private baths.

An open lounge, study area, and laundry facilities are on every floor, and the commons area contains Thirst & 10 coffee cart, a fitness center, a meeting room, and a student mail center.

Panther Hall houses six Living Learning Communities: Civic Engagement and Community Service, the Entrepreneurial Experience, Natural Science Research, Social Science Research, Upper-class Engineering, and Multicultural Affairs.<ref name="housingbook"/> A resident director, a program coordinator, and ten resident assistants are on staff.<ref>[http://www.pc.pitt.edu/housing/halls/pantherhall.html New Residence Hall<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

===Panther Hall external links===
*[http://www.pc.pitt.edu/housing/halls/pantherhall.html  Panther Hall Overview]
*[http://www.umc.pitt.edu/media/pcc060823/look_PANTHER_2006AUG23.html Panther Hall Opening]
*[http://www.drs.pitt.edu/map/PANTH.htm Panther Hall Disability Entrances]

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==Fraternity housing complex==
[[Image:FrathousePittIV.jpg|thumb|right|One of the on-campus fraternity housing complex units]]

The [[University of Pittsburgh|University of Pittsburgh’s]] fraternities are located in both on- and off-campus housing. The fraternities with on-campus housing can be found on the hill near [[Sutherland Hall]] and between [[Panther Hall]] and the [[Falk School]]. Students commonly refer to the fraternity houses as “the hill houses.”<ref name="pitthousing">{{cite web|url=http://www.pc.pitt.edu/housing/halls/frat.html|title=Fraternity Complex|publisher=University of PIttsburgh Housing Services|date=August 9, 2012|access-date=February 14, 2013}}</ref>  The fraternity housing complex was constructed at a cost of approximately $450,000 (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|450000|1983}}}}) for each of the eight units that opened in the fall of 1984.<ref name="OwlFraternity">{{cite book|url=http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?xc=1;g=documentingpitt;cc=pittyearbooks;rgn=full%20text;idno=31735022398998;view=image;seq=324;page=root;size=s;frm=frameset;|title=Panther Prints, 1984|volume=79|year=1984|publisher=University of Pittsburgh|location=Pittsburgh, PA|editor-first=Mary|editor-last=Gillespie|editor2-first=Larry|editor2-last=Mann|pages=18, 320–321|access-date=February 13, 2013}}</ref> Each unit has an occupancy of 25 students. The original eight fraternities that occupied the complex were [[Delta Tau Delta]], [[Sigma Chi]], [[Phi Kappa Theta]], [[Zeta Beta Tau]], [[Pi Kappa Alpha]], [[Theta Chi]], [[Sigma Alpha Epsilon]], and [[Delta Sigma Delta]].<ref name="OwlFraternity"/> Currently, seven of Pitt’s undergraduate fraternities occupy the buildings on the hill.<ref name="pitthousing"/>

==Darragh Street Apartments==
[[File:DarraghStApartmPitt.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Darragh Street Apartments]]
The Darragh Street Apartments are an on-campus apartment complex consisting of four four-story buildings that provide preferred housing for Pitt's medical students adjacent to the [[University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine|medical school's]] [[University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine#Scaife Hall|Scaife Hall]], [[Salk Hall]], and the main hospitals of the [[University of Pittsburgh Medical Center]]. Designed by Renaissance 3 Architects,<ref>[http://www.tedco.com/house_6.html Tedco: Darragh Street Housing, 2006, accessdate=2008-08-15]</ref> the housing complex totals {{convert|99400|sqft|m2}} and contains 184 beds in one- and two-bedroom garden-style apartments. The complex was completed September 2007 for $18.2 million. The construction of the medical student housing on Darragh Street allowed the University to renovate [[Ruskin Hall]], the former medical school residential complex, for undergraduate housing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-db=ustory&-format=d.html&-lay=a&-sortfield=issueid%3a%3aissuedate&-sortorder=descend&keywords=darragh%20street&-max=50&-recid=36451&-find= |title=Database Not Open |access-date=2008-02-21 |archive-date=2011-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930032223/http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-db=ustory&-format=d.html&-lay=a&-sortfield=issueid::issuedate&-sortorder=descend&keywords=darragh%20street&-max=50&-recid=36451&-find= |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-db=ustory&-format=d.html&-lay=a&-sortfield=issueid%3a%3aissuedate&-sortorder=descend&keywords=darragh%20street&-max=50&-recid=39355&-find= |title=Database Not Open |access-date=2008-02-21 |archive-date=2011-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930032237/http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-db=ustory&-format=d.html&-lay=a&-sortfield=issueid::issuedate&-sortorder=descend&keywords=darragh%20street&-max=50&-recid=39355&-find= |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Darragh Street Apartments external links===
*[http://www.medschool.pitt.edu/pdfs/sa/studentlife/Darragh%20brochure.pdf Darragh Street Apartments]
*[http://www.ocl.pitt.edu/apartments/darragh.html University Owned Apartments: Darragh Street Apartments]

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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:CathedralofLearningfromUpperCampus.jpg|A view of the [[Cathedral of Learning]] from the upper campus
File:CathedralfromPAHall.jpg|A view of the [[Cathedral of Learning]] from K. Leroy Irvis Hall
File:PennsylvaniaHallPittUpperCampus.jpg|K. Leroy Irvis Hall
File:FrathousePittI.jpg|Fraternity complexes next to [[Sutherland Hall]]
File:FrathousePittII.jpg|A newer fraternity house complex designated as Building 5
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tour.pitt.edu/tour/sutherland-hall Sutherland Hall on Pitt's virtual Campus Tour]
* [http://www.pc.pitt.edu/housing/halls/sutherland.html Sutherland Hall at Pitt Housing]
* [http://www.tour.pitt.edu/tour/pennsylvania-hall K. Leroy Irvis Hall on Pitt's virtual Campus Tour]
* [http://www.pc.pitt.edu/housing/halls/pennsylvania.html K. Leroy Irvis Hall at Pitt Housing]
* [http://www.tour.pitt.edu/tour/panther-hall Panther Hall on Pitt's virtual Campus Tour]
* [http://www.pc.pitt.edu/housing/halls/pantherhall.html Panther Hall at Pitt Housing]
* [http://www.tour.pitt.edu/tour/fraternity-housing Fraternity Housing on Pitt's virtual Campus Tour]
* [http://www.tour.pitt.edu/tour/darragh-street-apartment-complex Darragh Street Apartment Complex on Pitt's virtual Campus Tour]

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