HOUSING AND RESIDENCE LIFE
RESIDENCE HALLS and APARTMENTS
Richmond Hall
 Richmond Hall is the Honors Residence Hall and offers a variety of living arrangements. Room size ranges from one to four student occupants. Rooms are arranged
- Along a corridor with corridor and lounge bathroom facilities;
- In quads: accommodating up to 12 people in double, 3 person, and 4 person rooms with a bathroom and lounge facility.
Rooms are carpeted and equipped with heating/air-conditioning units, beds, wardrobes and a chest-of-drawers, desks, and chairs, and draperies. There is a large multipurpose where honors classes are taught, at other times it is used for programs, lounging and studying. Richmond Hall houses 107 students.
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Important Phone Numbers
Greg Moreau
Residence life Coordinator, Newell Hall & Richmond Hall
Office Phone: 410-704-3630
Community Center: 410-616-3250
Who Are Our Residence Halls Named After?
Sarah Elizabeth Richmond
Sarah Elizabeth Richmond was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 20, 1843. She attended public schools and at the age of fifteen graduated from Wedtern High School. Before her seventeenth birthday she began teaching in a primary school for one hundred dollars a year. During the Civil War, Miss Richmond set up a small private school that continued until June, 1865. Second to enroll at the Maryland State Normal School in it's opening year of 1866, Miss Richmond graduated in June with six others. Miss Richmond remained a life-long student. She took summer courses throughout her entire life, including one from Harvard. Sarah Richmond also enrolled in the John Hopkins Courses for Teachers, and Western Maryland College granted her an honorary Bachelor of Arts degree in 1909.
Miss Richmond's fifty-five years of consecutive service in the state of Maryland began when M. A. Newell, the first principal of the Maryland State Normal School, selected Sarah Richmond, at the age of 23, to be a teacher in the school. By 1868 Miss Richmond was a professor of mathematics and taught algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and mathematics. In a few years, Sarah Richmond made Vice Principal of the School, and in 1909 Miss Richmond was made Vice Principal of the Maryland State Normal School. Even though she filled administrative positions Miss Richmond continued to teach courses in civics, education theory, and classroom management. In 1915 she achieved her long-cherished goal of moving the school to the rural setting of Towson. Miss Richmond remained principal until 1916 when she resigned to become Dean of the school.
Along with her duties at the Normal School, Miss Richmond was also the first female president of the Maryland State Teacher's Association.
Sarah Elizabeth Richmond passed away on March 4, 1921, ending the life of one of the great pioneers in Maryland's public education.
To learn more about the biograhpies of TU Presidents and the chornology of Towson University, please visit the university archives at Albert S. Cook Library:
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