North Court is a historic

dormitory A dormitory (originated from the Latin word ''dormitorium'', often abbreviated to dorm) is a building primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people such as boarding school, high school, college or university s ...

building located on the University of Richmond campus in

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. The building was originally built for Westhampton College, which together with Richmond College became the University of Richmond in 1920. It was designed by architect

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and built in 1911 in the

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style. The three- to four-story building is constructed of brick, stone, and concrete and has a "U" shaped plan with an encloses a courtyard with one open corner on the northwest end. an
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in 2013.

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