Former names Men's Commons Architectural style neo-Gothic Owner University of Chicago | Status extant Opened 1893 Construction started 1890 | |
Type Dining Hall with kitchens, assembly area Location 1131 E 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois Completed 1893; 124 years ago (1893) Architecture firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge Similar Gerald Ratner Athletics, George Herbert Jones La, Ida Noyes Hall, Burton–Judson Courts, Henry Crown Fieldhouse | ||
Hutchinson Commons (also known as Hutchinson Hall) at the University of Chicago is modeled, nearly identically, on the hall of Christ Church, one of Oxford University's constituent colleges. The great room (or main dining room) measures 115 feet by 40 feet, and was for many years the principal site of convocations of the university. It is located in Chicago's Hyde Park community and is currently used as a dining hall and lounge for university students and professors. The Harry Potter film series has used the original hall at Christ Church in each of its films, imparting a tourist interest in its American replicate.. The building was donated to the University by the banker, philanthropist and university trustee and treasurer Charles L. Hutchinson thru a donation of $60,000 (about $1.7 million in 2015) for the purpose.