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'''Barringer Whitehurst Hall''' (BAR, #26) is a 220 person, all-male dormitory located on the [[President's Quad]]. The building, constructed primarily out of [[Hokie Stone]] and concrete, was completed in 1962 and was originally dedicated on May 16, 1966 to [[Paul Brandon Barringer]], a former Virginia Tech [[President]] and noted eugenicist. In August of 2020, the building was re-dedicated to [[James Leslie Whitehurst Jr.]] '63, the first Black student permitted to live on campus in 1961, and later the first Black member of the [[Board of Visitors]]
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==External Links==
{{Residence Hall|name=Barringer Hall|uri=barringer|num=0026|osm=60193862}}
* [https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/08/bov-buildings-resolutions.html VTNEWS: Board of Visitors Executive Committee approves new names for residence halls]
