MONTREAL/October 19, 2004—
Hingston Hall was officially opened on April 18, 1964 as a men's residence built to accommodate 308 male students. The Resident's Administrative Council was established at the time to govern all facets of life in the residence. The complex is named in memory of William Hingston, S.J. (1877-1964), who was Rector of Loyola College, from July 1, 1918 to July 31, 1925.
Hingston Hall was the second building project in the 1960s development plan for the Loyola campus. The new residence buildings carried on the long tradition of Loyola boarders which had begun at CollËge Sainte-Marie, and in the buildings on Bleury and Drummond Street. The boarder tradition continued from 1915, on the west-end campus in the Junior and Administration Buildings (third and fourth floors), and eventually in makeshift accommodations on West Broadway. In 1959 Loyola College became co-educational, and in 1967, Langley Hall opened on Sherbrooke Street West at Mariette, the first women's residence at Loyola. It held 28 apartments, housing 90 students, and was named for Susan B. Langley, whose bequest had funded the purchase of the house. The Langley Hall Residence closed in June 1995, and the building was sold in 2000.
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