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[[File:Lee_Hall_at_night.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Lee Hall at night|Lee Hall at night]]
'''Lee Hoge Hall''' (LEE, #30) is an 824 person, co-ed dormitory located in the [[Prairie Community]]. The building itself is clad in [[Hokie Stone]] and was first occupied in 1967. On May 30, 1968, the building was dedicated to [[Claudius Lee]]. Renaming has been periodically reconsidered since 1997, when it was discovered that Lee was listed as President of the KKK in an old yearbook. In August of 2020, the [[Theme housingBoard of Visitors]] programs in Lee include voted to rededicate the building to the late [[GalileoWilliam and Janie Hoge]], which occupies a local African American couple who played a critical role in the sixth success and seventh floorswell-being of the first African American students attending Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1950s, and the including hosting [[Biological and Life Sciences Learning CommunityIrving L. Peddrew III]]when he arrived in Blacksburg in 1953.
Lee Hall's penthouse is the highest point in [[Blacksburg]] and was home to the broadcast antenna for [[WUVT]] until summer 2009, when broadcasting for WUVT was relocated to [[Price Mountain]].
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==Theme Housing==
Since fall 2012, Lee Hall hosts the majority of the [[theme housing]] programs at Virginia Tech, including [[Galileo]], [[Hypatia]], and the [[Biological and Life Sciences Learning Community]]. Previously, the only theme housing programs in the residence hall were Galileo and the Biological and Life Sciences Learning Community,
==External Links==
{{Residence Hall|name=Lee Hall|uri=leehoge|uri2=Lee|num=0030|osm=32709325}}* [https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/08/bov-buildings-resolutions.html VTNEWS: Board of Visitors Executive Committee approves new names for residence halls]