Type House Construction started 1916 | Phone +1 517-337-2977 | |
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Location 420 Evergreen Ave,
East Lansing, Michigan, 48823 Address 420 Evergreen Ave, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA Architectural style Tudor Revival architecture Similar MSU Extension Services, Office of Admissions, MSU Union, Community Resource Manage, College of Engineeri | ||
Raft Hill is a student housing cooperative located in East Lansing, Michigan and a member of the MSU SHC. The house has been operating as a cooperative for over thirty years. It is situated two blocks north of Michigan State University's campus.
Founding and history
Built by the former dean of MSU, Edward H. Rhyder, in a Tudor Revival-style, Raft Hill has changed hands many a time in the last ninety-plus years. It has served as the base of operations for the Green Earth Food Co-op (1972) as well as provided shelter for runaways (1970).
While it served as a shelter, it adopted the moniker of The Raft, which would later inspire its current name of Raft Hill.
Today, the house functions as a graduate student co-op and its occupants prepare only vegetarian meals as established by the current constitution.