BOSTON — During a structural assessment of a residence hall at Northeastern University officials discovered significant internal and external water damage forcing the building to be shut down indefinitely.
University officials announced on Tuesday that incoming students who were assigned to White Hall will be reassigned. The announcement came a week before first-year students were slated to move into the building.
“As part of a planned building improvement project involving the exterior of White Hall, we discovered significant water damage impacting the structure of the interior and exterior brick walls of the building,” university spokesperson Renata Nyul said in a statement.
Structural engineering experts are evaluating the building, and university officials expect to receive their report within the next two weeks.
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“At that point, we will determine the necessary repair work and the timeline to complete it,” Nyul said. “In the meantime, the building remains temporarily unoccupied. Incoming students who were going to be housed in White Hall have been reassigned to other campus locations. We are always prepared for unexpected disruptions and we are able to make beds available on campus on short notice.”
Nyul did not specify how many students the closure would affect but confirmed some incoming first-year students who were expected to live in White Hall will be reassigned to other campus locations. Resident Assistants assigned to White Hall were moved to other residence halls.
The five-story traditional-style residence hall, built in 1899, houses hundreds of first-year students in singles, doubles, triples, and quads each academic year.
White Hall sits at the corner of Forsyth Street and Huntington Avenue, according to the university’s website.
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