Martha Elizabeth Taylor Robins Memorial Hall
Site: On the north side of the lake, near the Robins Center , faces Sarah Brunet Hall
Construction began: Summer, 1958
Completed: May 16, 1959
Architect: Carneal & Johnston
Size: 32,151 square feet
Robins Memorial Hall was erected relatively soon after Wood Hall was completed in 1956 in order to address rising enrollments. The building was dedicated as a memorial to Martha Elizabeth Taylor Robins, the mother of E. Claiborne Robins. Mr. Robins was a 1931 graduate of Richmond College, a University trustee, and president of A. H. Robins Co., Inc. Rueben Alley reports that the cost of the building was $384,818. In addition to Robins Memorial Hall the Robins family supported the construction of the Robins Athletic Center, Lora Robins Court, and the Lora Robins Gallery of Designs from Nature.
The building was intended to house about 80 male students and a new infirmary. The infirmary had two exam rooms, four isolation rooms and three wards for sick students. Dr. J. Langdon Moss was the University physician.
Today Robins Memorial Hall houses approximately 100 women.
Sources:
UR website
Alley, Reuben E. History of the University of Richmond, 1830-1971
Collegian 1958-59