Residences

Morea House and Little Morea:

Located at the west end of the Arboretum, this house (two apartments) built by Professor John Emmet in 1836, is the home of the Principal and Director of Studies.

Mary Munford House:

Originally the "UVA women's dorm," Munford has large lounges and other meeting areas for programming and informal gatherings. The IRC offices are on the first floor of Munford. Except for about six men who live in a small corridor on the first floor, all the residents are women, including all of the first-year women. About 100 people live in Munford, which is not air-conditioned.

A reading room / conference room - which we call the "fishbowl" - is located in the southwest corner of Munford. When you need a break from studying you can enjoy a quiet moment in the "fishbowl", or you can read through one of our many travel guides and dream of far off places. The "fishbowl" can be reserved for meetings and special dinners.

Adjacent to the "fishbowl" is our main meeting room, or The Gathering Place. New tables and chairs for dining have been provided, and when the weather is nice, you can find additional seating just outside on the south-facing terrace. The Kluge-Ruhe Collection has agreed to display aboriginal art in the Gathering Place and the overall effect is extremely inviting.

A set of small tables has been provided in what we call the Munford Classroom which is located in the north end of Munford. Normally, the tables are pushed together to make a conference table for 20 people, but during the exam periods they are separated to accommodate individual study spaces. This space is used for seminars, including our University Seminars, yoga classes, and for showing videos. We have an overhead video projector, a VCR, and a DVD player. Large wall maps of all areas of the world are available to be displayed in the ”Classroom” and in the "fishbowl” conference room.

Roberta Gwathmey House:

Gwathmey is our largest residence (because so much of Munford is used as communal space), holding about 120 students. The first and third floors are all men, including our 30 first-year men, and the second floor is for women. Each floor is equipped with a large kitchen, and each have an an oven, microwave, refrigerator and sink. The first floor lounge is small but mighty with a large TV, DVD, Play Station and 2 Sofa's. Gwathmey is not air-conditioned.

Lewis House:

Lewis holds about 60 upper-class students and is air-conditioned. Lewis is designed in a suite-style. Several rooms are available with private bathrooms though most are shared. Full kitchens are on each floor.

Hoxton House:

Also known as "Mosaic House” and affectionately as "MoHo", is a diverse student-run upper-class residence hall. Its mission is to foster multi-cultural understanding, building upon the IRC mission in a more focused, intimate manner. MoHo explores cultural differences along lines other than nationality (race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, family values, personal upbringing, etc.) and provides a forum in which these differences can be understood and celebrated. Through unique MoHo programs and events within the IRC, or in the University and Charlottesville community, residents learn to value the individuality of others and form lasting friendships with people they may not have encountered or identified with otherwise.

MoHo benefits from being both a part of the IRC, yet unique from it. The Mosaic House Committee, in addition to planning its own events and functions, works with the IRC Council during the year on joint programming. MoHo is suite style and the whole building is air-conditioned.