Named For: Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E Johnson of Racine, Wisconsin; Mrs. Johnson was a trustee.

Location: On Thorne Street, between Tri-Dorms and Bowen's Woods.

Date of Construction: 1962. Dedicated Nov 2, 1962; Addition, 1966.

Architects: Shattuck, Siewert & Associates of Neenah. Cost: $885,000 (original); $117,713 (addition).

Capacity: 210 students.

Present Uses: Johnson is the primary upperclass women's dorm, including sororities (Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Psi Delta, and Alpha Chi Omega) and Independents. Pi Delta Xi was housed in Johnson in 1991-1992.

Note: Johnson Hall replaced Duffie, Hall, Harwood, Lyle, Parkhurst and Tracy Houses as women's dorms when it was built and housed all the sororities. The original dorm was financed on a self-amortizing basis with a loan obtained from the Federal Housing Authority.

References: Fact Sheet, p.3.