Haunted Hall
Waldo Hall is thought by many to be the home of at least one ghost. The legend often focuses on the condemned fourth floor. The hall began as a women's dormitory, but later in the 20th Century, it was converted into office space.
Nick Vardanega
Issue date: 10/31/06 Section: News
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But if they happen to be passing by at the right time and their eyes gaze up at the dark and lifeless windows of the fourth floor, they may just happen to catch a glimpse of a shadowy figure lurking.
Many claim the figure seen resembles a ghost residing in Waldo Hall.
There have been several reports of people seeing this strange figure through the windows of the fourth floor, which has been condemned since the 1960s.
On one such occasion, a woman and her boyfriend were walking by late at night and saw someone starring at them through the window. They told this to building manager David Brauner, who went up to the floor to investigate.
Waldo Hall was originally built in 1907 as a 115 room women's dormitory. It was remodeled in 1911 to deal with increased enrollment and in 1959 it was converted to a men's dorm.
In 1963 Waldo received the lowest safety rating possible for violating several fire codes and was condemned. In 1966 the building was renovated and converted into office space, but because of financial considerations, only the first three floors were renovated.
Brauner opened the door to the fourth floor to investigate, which is said to be like stepping into a tomb.
It's still set up like a dorm. The institutional green, yellow, blue and pink-colored walls are severely water damaged with gaping holes that were torn open by maintenance workers to get to pipes.
Sinks and toilets have also been ripped from walls to replace ones on the other floors, leaving pipes sticking out of the wall.
Brauner searched the fourth floor but found no one up there. There was no trace of anyone on that floor until he looked down and - in the layer of dust and insulation that coats the floor and walls - saw two barefoot prints.
There have also been several other strange occurrences within the hall.
Staff and faculty members whose offices are housed by Waldo have described strange feelings of another person's presence in a room with them, only to discover that no one was there.
Student Advisor Julie Hamby was working in her office one evening last spring during a string of 100 degree days. There was no breeze at all going through her office when suddenly her door slammed shut. She was so unnerved by this that she spent the rest of the evening working in the hallway.
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Waldy
posted 10/31/06 @ 7:11 PM PST
"It's still set up like a dorm. The institutional green, yellow, blue and pink-colored walls are severely water damaged with gaping holes that were torn open by maintenance workers to get to pipes. (Continued…)
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