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Badin Hall
home of the bullfrogs
Welcome to the hoppiest hall on campus! Home to 131 of Notre Dame's best women & renovated in 2018, Badin Hall is centered around tradition and friendship (and snacks!). Use this website to get to know Badin where we seek to "be the reason" and are the "hoppiest hall on campus".
Fast Facts
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BULLFROGS
colors
PINK & GREEN
location
SOUTH QUAD
chapel
ST. STEPHEN
brothers
ALUMNI HALL
sisters
MCGLINN HALL
Badin's History
Badin was originally constructed in 1897 as St. Joseph's Industrial School to teach and house young men training to be blacksmiths, carpenters, bricklayers, tailors, & farmers. In 1917 it was converted to a men's residence hall and renamed Badin Hall in honor of Rev. Stephen Badin: The first Catholic priest ordained in the United States and provider of the land where the original Log Cabin was built. As one of the first buildings on campus, the building was constructed out of bricks made with clay from St. Joseph's Lake. Badin has also housed a barbershop, the bookstore, a shoemaker and cobbler, and a post office.
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Badin was converted to a women's residence hall in 1972 when Notre Dame became co-ed. The smallest women's residence hall on campus, with just 131 residents, Badin is located on South Quad and is the only hall with a balcony. Though Badin is now proud to be the Badin Bullfrogs, Badin was known as the Badin Attitude until 1998. We still have that too, but it's much easier to find frog room decorations! Badin received major renovations during the 2017-2018 academic year including the addition of lounges and kitchens on every floor, renovated bathrooms, an elevator, and a new chapel.
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