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Overview and Description
Completed in 1963, Oxford Housing cost $2.4 million to build. The award-winning design is a testament to the facility's unique offerings and special features. Originally an all-female hall, the complex became co-educational in 1971.

Oxford is located in the Hill Area. See a map of the campus area near Oxford. Oxford Housing houses approximately 325 students, primarily freshmen and sophomores. The University of Michigan Transportation Services and Ann Arbor Transportation Authority created a joint Link/Oxford/Trotter House shuttle to provide transportation to Oxford housing. More information is available from the Residence Hall Transportation page. There is limited parking availble via a lottery at Oxford Housing. More parking information is available from the Housing Parking section.

The resident staff is made up of: 8 Resident Advisors, 1 Minority Peer Advisor, 1 Academic Peer Advisor and 1 Resident Computer Systems Consultant.

The student government is made up of the Oxford House Council and the Oxford Cultural Council (Minority Council). Students have access to many of the study or lounge areas in Oxford, including the Mahatma Gandhi lounge.

Oxford offers continental breakfast and evening meals. In addition, all rooms are equipped with a mini-fridge. Oxford also features the Oxford Express, a Retail Dining location where students can enjoy coffee, cereal, pastries, bagels, fresh fruit, and assorted juices or beverages.

The ResComp Computing Site contains computers, a laser printer, and a scanner. Unfortunately, there are no elevators located in Oxford Houses.

Virtual Tours
Take a virtual tour of Oxford!

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Address
Oxford Housing 627 Oxford Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2634 General Information: (734) 763-3480 Facsimile: (734) 647-0991

History and Biographies
Oxford was the result of a co-op planning committee's effort to address women's needs in cooperative housing. Oxford became coed in the fall of 1971.

Hall and House Histories and Biographies
M. Goddard	Mary Alice Goddard was the sister of Professor Goddard from the University. She was also a professor of botany at Michigan State Normal in Ypsilanti.
Cheever	Adelia Noble Cheever was the wife of Judge Nova Cheever, a Ann Arbor couple remembered for their generousity to UM students. She ran the famous boarding house of the same name for young women attending the university. In continuing honor of her, Helen Newberry House offers the Michigan Learning Community Adelia Cheever Program dedicated to cultural awareness and global issues.
Geddes	Geddes was the original name of the co-operative complex which was razed in order to make way for the construction of the Oxford complex.
Emanuel	Julie Esther Emmanuel was the only female in her graduating class of 40 pharmacy students in 1889. She died at the age of 91 on March 28, 1962 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She remembered the University generously in her estate.
Noble	Pamela Noble (1838 - 1921), was an active participant in the Ann Arbor hospitals. She was the sister of Adelia Cheever and ran her sister's boarding house after Adelia died. Noble died in 1921 of a brain hemorrhage.
Seeley	Laurel Harper Seeley was on the board of Cheever House and she had an interest in co-operative living. Mrs. Seeley was a student of architecture at the University from 1928 - 1929 and she maintained a life long interest in women's housing. The John Harper Seeley fund was established by Mrs. Seeley and her husband for their son who died in 1944.
L. Goddard	Lillian Emma Roswarne Goddard was the wife Professor Goddard. She was known as "Mother Goddard" by the many students who lived in her house. She was the first president of the Cheever House Board.

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