Cloudman Hall (Georgia Tech)

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Josiah Cloudman Hall

Established: 1931
Type: Residence Hall
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Campus: FE North
Emblem: English Ivy
Website: Cloudman Hall Site

Cloudman Residence Hall is a residence hall in the Georgia Tech Freshman Experience. Cloudman Hall is dedicated to Josiah Cloudman. Cloudman originally cost $128,000 to construct and was designed by architects Bush-Brown, Gailey & Associates.[1]

It is the northern wing of Brittain Dining Hall, while Harris Hall is the southern wing. All female.

Cloudman Hall was the site of a dry ice bombing that resulted in the Atlanta Bomb Squad responding in October of 2005.[2] A Glenn Hall resident had made several dry ice bombs and left them outside of the hall. The proceeding morning, a facilities employee detonated the bombs on accident causing slight hearing damage. The student was initially charged with felony possession of a destructive device and reckless conduct.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cloudman Building Information
  2. ^ “Water bottle explosion empties 2 dorms at Tech Culprit could face charge of terrorism, Atlanta police say”, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2005-10-11 
  3. ^ “Ga. Tech student admits placing water bottle bombs on campus”, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2005-10-12