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Folk Hall (Georgia Tech)
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Folk Residence Hall is a residence hall in the Georgia Tech Freshman Experience. Folk originally cost $478,000 to construct and was designed by the architects Bull & Kenney.
Folk is a coed by floor. It is the sibling dorm of Caldwell
both being constructed mirror images of one another in 1969.
The Folk Caldwell Ultimate Frisbee Team captured the Intramural Housing Division Ultimate Frisbee Championship beating Center Street Apartments in the Fall of 2008.
Circa 1980 students blocked off the 1st floor bathroom with plywood, purposely clogged bathroom drains and then turned on all water faucets; purposely creating a swimming pool out of the 1st floor bathroom.
In fall 1993, Folk was converted to an all-female dorm. A sizable remnant of Folk males made it over to Caldwell.
In Fall 2006, Folk housed the infamous "triples", which was a project that put three residents into a two man room. Certain pieces of furniture were not provided to the third resident as to accommodate a third bed. When spaces became available in other parts of campus, the third resident was moved elsewhere.
Folk is a coed by floor. It is the sibling dorm of Caldwell
Caldwell Hall (Georgia Tech)
Caldwell Residence Hall is a coed residence hall in the Georgia Tech Freshman Experience.Caldwell is a coed by floor and is the sibling dorm of Folk.-Dedication:...
both being constructed mirror images of one another in 1969.
The Folk Caldwell Ultimate Frisbee Team captured the Intramural Housing Division Ultimate Frisbee Championship beating Center Street Apartments in the Fall of 2008.
History
The dorm is named after Edwin H. Folk, an esteemed English professor at Georgia Tech. He taught from 1924 to 1959 and became one of the most popular professors on campus during his tenure.Circa 1980 students blocked off the 1st floor bathroom with plywood, purposely clogged bathroom drains and then turned on all water faucets; purposely creating a swimming pool out of the 1st floor bathroom.
In fall 1993, Folk was converted to an all-female dorm. A sizable remnant of Folk males made it over to Caldwell.
In Fall 2006, Folk housed the infamous "triples", which was a project that put three residents into a two man room. Certain pieces of furniture were not provided to the third resident as to accommodate a third bed. When spaces became available in other parts of campus, the third resident was moved elsewhere.