Harris Dining Hall (Miami University)

Harris Dining Hall
Harris Dining Hall A view of Harris Dining Hall
Location within Oxford, OH
Alternative names	Harris Hall
General information
Architectural style	Georgian Revival
Location	Oxford, Ohio, Oxford
Country	United States
Coordinates
Inaugurated	16 September 1961
Cost	$1,278,000.00
Owner	Miami University
Dimensions
Other dimensions	50,035 GSF
Design and construction
Architect	Cellarius & Hilmer
Main contractor	Frank Messer & Sons

Harris Dining Hall – also known simply as Harris Hall- was named after Andrew Lintner Harris and is one of the many dining facilities located on the campus at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Since 1961, it has been the main all-you-can-eat dining hall for undergraduate students who live on the southern side of the campus. There is a wide variety of food within the dining hall to choose from including Mexican cuisine and grilled food. Harris was designed like most other buildings on campus in red brick and with a Georgian Revival architectural style.

Location

Harris Dining Hall is located on the South Quadrangle of Miami University's campus. Adjacent to the main dining hall in the same building are two other dining areas, Panache, a restaurant in the west side of the building, and La Mia Cucina in the east dining room. La Mia Cucina, a restaurant which opened February 3, 2010, serves many different Italian meals at low prices. Each of these dining spaces accepts payment in the form of a meal plan or with cash or credit.

There are quite a few residence halls that border Harris Dining Hall and many of the students who live in these areas eat here because of its convenient location. Anderson Hall and Stanton Hall are located directly next to Harris Dining Hall. Dodds, MacCracken and Porter Hall are also situated in the same area on the South Quad. There are three other halls across the street, Morris, Emerson, and Tappan that form an area which is sometimes referred to as MET quad. They are also considered a part of South Quad.

History

Before Harris Dining Hall was built, the area held a temporary dining spot called South Dining Hall. In 1946, this wooden structure was purchased as war surplus from the government and used for dining services. In 1961, Harris Hall was built and dedicated in a ceremony along with six other newly developed buildings. The dedication took place on the South Quadrangle of South Campus in a ceremony on September 16, 1961 at approximately 11am. President John Millett spoke at the dedication ceremony and the chairman at that time, Edward Nippert, presided over the event.

Each of these new residence and dining halls, MacCracken, Dodds, Stanton, Harris, Anderson, and Porter Hall, were dedicated to people who had relations to Miami University. Two halls, Anderson and Stanton Hall, were named after past presidents of Miami. Harris Dining Hall was named after Andrew Lintner Harris, a former governor of Ohio and Miami University student. Harris Dining Hall was built to be the central dining hall for South Campus and still today serves as such.

Andrew Lintner Harris

Main article: Andrew L. Harris

Andrew Lintner Harris

Andrew L. Harris (b. November 17, 1835º was the 44th governor of Ohio.