Towers Residence Hall is an all male residence hall in the Georgia Tech Freshman Experience located on the east side of campus. Towers is dedicated to Donigan Dean Towers.

History

Towers originally cost $481,000 to construct and was designed by architects Bush-Brown, Gailey, & Heffernan. It was built in 1947 by contractor J. A. Jones.

Towers was home to Dean James E. Dull during the early 1960s. While he resided in the staff apartment, he spotted a Ford Model A

Ford Model A (1927)

The Ford Model A of 1927–1931 was the second huge success for the Ford Motor Company, after its predecessor, the Model T. First produced on October 20, 1927, but not sold until December 2, it replaced the venerable Model T, which had been produced for 18 years...

 outside of Towers that would eventually become the Ramblin' Wreck.

Since 1990, Towers has hosted an annual haunted house

Haunted house

A haunted house is a house or other building often perceived as being inhabited by disembodied spirits of the deceased who may have been former residents or were familiar with the property...

 in its attic. Georgia Tech students are invited every Halloween

Halloween

Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...

 to enjoy the pranks and props in the attic created by East Campus residents.

In Fall 2006, Towers hall housed the infamous "triples", which was a project that put three residents into a two man room. Certain pieces of furniture were not provided to the third resident as to accommodate a third bed. When spaces became available in other parts of campus, the third resident was moved elsewhere.

Tradition

Towers is an archrival to neighbor dorm Glenn Hall

Glenn Hall (Georgia Tech)

Glenn Residence Hall is an all male residence hall in the Georgia Tech Freshman Experience. Glenn dedicated to William H. Glenn, Tech alumnus...

. Glenn and Towers compete in an annual "Battle for the Quad" in which the winner determines the name of the greenspace located between the two structures. Towers had held the rights to the quad since Spring 2007 until Spring 2009, when Glenn finally won. Towers won in Spring 2010 and defended their title in Spring 2011.

Towers Hall also manages to field competitive teams outside of the interhall rivalry. Towers is always a strong competitor in the Mini 500

Mini 500

Mini 500 is the name of a tricycle race performed annually at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Indiana University.-Indiana:Indiana's Mini 500 began in 1955 as a means to involve women in the Little 500 celebration. The Mini 500 was exclusively for women until 1978...

 and the only Freshman Experience Residence Hall to win the men's division since FE's first year of 1992.

Mascot

While the idea of a Towers mascot had been considered multiple years with such incarnations as a Spartan and a Chubacabra (an animal that preys on goats, the mascot of rival Glenn Hall). Residents of Towers have most recently been referred to as the Knights of Towers. Knights were chosen based on the qualities of strength, bravery, physical and mental fortitude, and chivalry.