Baumhart Hall & Terry Student Center
Campus Living in the Heart of Chicago
The Rev. Raymond C. Baumhart, S.J., Residence Hall and Terry Student Center, a $51 million, 25-story high-rise on Loyola's Water Tower Campus, opened in Fall 2006.
Located at 26 E. Pearson St., the building is named after Father Baumhart, a past president of Loyola University Chicago. The Terry Student Center, which occupies the first three floors, was dedicated in memory of Gregory and Rosalind Terry, children of John (BS 1959) and Terese (BS 1959) Terry.
One of several new and renovated facilities at Loyola's dynamic Water Tower Campus, this new structure enables Loyola graduate, professional and undergraduate student residents to:
- Experience contemporary living in fully furnished apartments with spectacular city views.
- Live in the heart of the city at Pearson and Wabash, two blocks west of Chicago's Magnificent Mile, and steps from CTA bus and el stops.
- Walk across the street to the Loyola Law Center and Law Library, Graduate School of Business, University Library and classrooms, and Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA)
Amenities and Features
- 24-hour security staff
- Food court and late-night café
- State-of-the-art fitness center with individual televisions on cardio machines
- Study lounge
- University chapel
- Flapjaws Café
- University gift and bookstore
- Outdoor terrace
- Seminar room with AV capabilities
- Wireless access in apartment bedrooms and public areas
- Laundry room, equipped with "smart system" washers and dryers that enable residents to monitor usage and track laundry from their apartments
- Smoke-free and pet-free
- Rent includes all utilities, heat and air-conditioning, cable and high-speed Internet access
Facts and Figures
- Number of units: 168
- Number of beds: 627
- Number of bathrooms: 333
- Total square footage: 249,657
- Building height: 282'4"
- Number of bricks used: 209,634
- Square footage of windows: 51,475
- Cubic yards of concrete: 27,197
- Pounds of rebar: 2,041,891
- Pounds of concrete: 106,476,255
- Pounds of PT cable: 205,405
- Gallons of paint per floor: 200
- Miles of conduit: 27
- Building is equipped with six elevators; each travels at 350' per minute
- Building is constructed on 42 caissons; each is between 85' - 97' tall
- Caissons straddle a 14' diameter water tunnel, constructed almost 100 years ago, that is 90' below ground level and filled with 583 cu. ft. of grout
- Average construction rate: One floor built start-to-finish every 2.5 weeks
Contact Us
For more information about the Rev. Raymond C. Baumhart, S.J., Residence Hall and Terry Student Center:
- E-mail: wtc-res@luc.edu
- Call: 312.915.6705