Wright Quadrangle

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Wright Quadrangle is one of the eleven undergraduate dormitories in operation at the Indiana University, Bloomington campus. It is located at the intersection of North Jordan Avenue and Tenth Street. It's campus address is 501 North Jordan Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana, 47406.

The dormitory's namesake is derived from 1849-1857 Indiana Governor Joseph A. Wright. It is composed of eighteen connected units (or "houses") and can house over 900 students at maximum capacity. Each unit consists of two, three, or four stacked floors and contains a house lounge usually located on the top floor.

Each unit is named after an important trustee or alumni of Indiana University.

Unit 1: Dodds House Unit 2: Ferguson House Unit 3: Stockwell House Unit 4: Dunn House Unit 5: Parks House Unit 6: Dewey House Unit 7: Rollins House Unit 8: Jenkins House Unit 9: Hummer House Unit 10: Nichols House Unit 11: Ruter House Unit 12: Todd House Unit 13: Hall House Unit 14: Campbell House Unit 15: Harney House Unit 16: Lowe House Unit 17: Elliott House Unit 18: Harding House

Wright Quad is considered to be the center of the IU campus, located East of the university's main library, South of the student health facility, and West of Teter Quadrangle. The University's Honors College shares a property line with Wright. Wright Quad also has the campus's largest student dining facility, the Wright Place Food Court.

Wright Quadrangle is home of the famous Little 500 cycling teams, the male team Dodds House & the female team Wright Cycledelics. Dodds House won the race in 2006 and 1998.

Wright Quad is staffed by a residence manager, assistant residence manager, environmental operations personnel, graduate assistants and resident assistants.