Marlatt Hall

Marlatt Hall
General information
Type	Residential Hall
Architectural style	Standard red brick
Address	Claflin Rd. and Sunset Ave. Kansas State University
Town or city	Manhattan, Kansas
Country	United States
Coordinates	39°11′32.38″N 96°35′16.76″W / 39.1923278°N 96.5879889°W / 39.1923278; -96.5879889Coordinates: 39°11′32.38″N 96°35′16.76″W / 39.1923278°N 96.5879889°W / 39.1923278; -96.5879889
Current tenants	606 students
Completed	1964
Cost	$1,768,000
Technical details
Floor count	6, and partial basement
Website
http://housing.k-state.edu/reshalls/marlatt.php

Marlatt Hall is a coeducational hall located in the Kramer Community^[1]. It was the only all-male residence hall at Kansas State University, United States. Starting with the 2009–2010 academic year, Marlatt became a coed residence hall which includes the honors program cluster floor (2nd floor), an Architecture cluster floor, and an Engineering cluster floor.^[2] Marlatt has a capacity of 612 men and women in a variety of suite and standard room options. It is located on the west side of Kansas State's Manhattan, Kansas campus in the Kramer Complex. The other buildings in that complex are the Kramer Dining Center, as well as Wefald and Goodnow Hall. A distinguishing feature of this complex is that all buildings in this complex are made of brick, unlike the majority of buildings at K-State, which are fronted with limestone.

Marlatt contains a high concentration of Engineering and Architecture majors due to its proximity to the Engineering Complex. Marlatt is well known for being the most efficient of the residence halls at Kansas State University. In the summer of 2007, the first floor lobby and main desk area were remodeled, along with new furniture for all the Marlatt lobbies. Also during the 2007 summer, new furniture was placed in the basement and on floors one through three in the residents rooms. During the summer of 2008, 4th, 5th, and 6th floors received new furniture in the rooms. During the summer of 2009, Marlatt received new windows on floors 3 through 6. Marlatt Hall had seen many additional changes over the course of the 2009-2010 school year. These changes include: updating the weight room, basement lobby, laundry room, basement hallway, and TV room with new paint and carpet. The biggest change of the 2009-2010 school year was the complete remodel of the kitchen in the building. Marlatt Hall now proudly owns the newest and most up-to-date kitchen on K-State's campus. During the 2010-2011 school year, Marlatt Hall received brand new elevators as well as a main desk area remodel.

Marlatt Hall features music, pool, computer, study, and exercise rooms, as well as other amenities such as a community kitchen, ethernet connections in every room, and a desk staffed 24/7^[3]. An interesting feature of Marlatt was that until the spring of 2010 Marlatt was one of only two Kansas State Residence Halls containing a dark room, the other being Moore Hall.^[4]

History

Marlatt Hall is named after Washington Marlatt, an early Manhattan settler, minister, and administrator at Bluemont Central College, later renamed Kansas State University.^[5]

For many years Marlatt has been teamed up with West Hall for most campus events including homecoming events. This pairing won the overall homecoming award in 2003 and 2004 until it became apparent that West no longer wanted to be paired with Marlatt in 2004. Therefore, in 2005 it was decided to switch to Moore Hall, which Marlatt has a better, more "accepting," relationship with. In 2005 the overall homecoming award was won by the "Moore-Marlatt team." The pairings for Homecoming were again changed for 2006, and in 2007 were paired with Goodnow Hall, resulting in Marlatt Hall's fourth win in five years.^[6] Marlatt was the overall homecoming winner in the 2017-2018 school year, partnered with Ford Hall.

The hall still has several traditions that are carried out to this day, with the most well known being the "Marlatt Casino Night." This event started in 1984 and originally took place in the Student Union. Casino Night was recognized in 2009 as the MACURH region Program of the Year. This was a great honor because the MACURH region includes 7 states and 1 Canadian Province. The 2010 version of Casino Night included a venue change, as Marlatt partnered with the Jardine Apartments to host the event in the brand new Jardine Tower. The event is now held either in the Jardine Tower/Frith Community Center, or in the newly renovated Kramer Dining Center.

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External links

• Official website