Florence Moore Hall


Florence Moore Hall is an undergraduate dormitory at Stanford University. Designed by Milton Pflueger in 1956, Florence Moore Hall was initially a women's dormitory. The dorm made headlines for its cost of $2.6 million, of which $1 million was donated by Florence Moore.
The hall consists of seven three-story buildings, Alondra, Cardenal, Faisan, Gavilan, Loro, Mirlo, and Paloma, organized around a cafeteria, courtyard, and central offices. In addition to being connected on the first floor by the cafeteria, the seven buildings were once connected by a network of catwalks. They were removed during renovation in the summer of 2013.
Over the years, Florence Moore has flipped back and forth from having some all-female buildings and some all-male buildings, but as of 2016, all seven are co-ed. Alondra is a freshmen-only dorm, while Cardenal, Faisan, Gavilan, Loro, and Paloma are four-class. Mirlo is all upperclassmen. Flo Mo, as it is known to some, is best known for its rooms' wall-to-wall windows, for its dining hall's availability of ice cream at every meal, and for East Florence Moore Hall being the site of Structured Liberal Education.