Balch Hall

Balch Hall is the only remaining all-female residence hall on the North Campus of Cornell University. Originally, Balch Hall consisted of four eighty-student halls, hence the more former name the Balch Halls, which has fallen out of use.

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Type: Dormitory
Description: residence hall at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Also known as: “Balch Hall (Cornell)” and “Balch Halls”
Address: 600 Thurston Avenue, Ithaca, NY

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fuertes Observatory and Bailey Hall.

Fuertes Observatory

Observatory

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Fuertes Observatory is an astronomical observatory located on the North Campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The observatory was designed by L.P. Fuertes Observatory is situated 1,400 feet east of Balch Hall.

Bailey Hall

Theater building

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Bailey Hall is the largest auditorium at Cornell University, an Ivy League university in Ithaca, New York. The auditorium seats 1,300 people, and it is named for Liberty Hyde Bailey, the first dean of what is now Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Bailey Hall is situated 1,500 feet south of Balch Hall.

Olin Library (Cornell)

Library

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Olin Library (Cornell) is situated 2,400 feet southwest of Balch Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cayuga Heights and Forest Home.

Cayuga Heights

Town

Cayuga Heights is a village in the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, United States, and a suburb of Ithaca, New York. The population was 4,114 at the 2020 census.

Forest Home

Hamlet

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Forest Home is a census-designated place in the town of Ithaca, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Forest Home had a population of 1,168. It is located immediately east of the Cornell University campus.

Northeast Ithaca

Neighborhood

Northeast Ithaca is a census-designated place in Ithaca, New York in Tompkins County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Northeast Ithaca had a population of 2,701. Northeast Ithaca is a suburb of adjacent Ithaca, New York.

Balch Hall

Categories: building and residential building
Location: Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.45339° or 42° 27′ 12″ north

Longitude

-76.47968° or 76° 28′ 47″ west

Elevation

830 feet (253 metres)

Open location code

87J5FG3C+94

OpenStreetMap ID

way 403931090

OpenStreetMap feature

building=dormitory

GeoNames ID

7185927

Wikidata ID

Q4850238

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In Other Languages

“Balch Hall” goes by many names.

Italian: “Balch Hall”

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