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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 [[Board of Visitors]] voted to rededicate the building to the late [[William and Janie Hoge]], a local African American couple who played a critical role in the success and well-being of the first African American students attending Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1950s, including hosting [[Irving 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]].
==External Links==
{{Residence Hall|name=Lee Hall|uri=lee|num=0030|osm=32709325}}
[https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/08/bov-buildings-resolutions.html|https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/08/bov-buildings-resolutions.html]
