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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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 Cornell Fine Arts Library and Bailey Hall.
Cornell Fine Arts Library
Library
The Cornell Fine Arts Library is an extensive educational facility that services the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University. In 1871, three years into his tenure as the first president of Cornell University, Andrew Dickson White… Cornell Fine Arts Library is situated 1,200 feet southwest 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.
John Henrik Clarke Africana Library
Library
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John Henrik Clarke Africana Library is situated 1,600 feet northwest 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. The population was 572 at the 2010 census. 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. The population was 2,655 at the 2000 census. 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″ northLongitude
-76.47968° or 76° 28′ 47″ westElevation
830 feet (253 metres)Open location code
87J5FG3C+94OpenStreetMap ID
way 403931090OpenStreetMap feature
building=dormitory
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In Other Languages
“Balch Hall” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Balch Hall”
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