page_title: Cornell West Campus
section_title: Baker Dormitories
hierarchical_section_title: Cornell West Campus / Residences / Baker Dormitories
caption_attribution_description: English: The War Memorial on Cornell University's West Campus. Lyon Hall is to the north (right side of the image) and McFaddin Hall is to the south (left side).
context_page_description: West Campus is a residential section of Cornell University's Ithaca, New York campus located west of Libe Slope and between the Fall Creek gorge and the Cascadilla gorge. It now primarily houses transfer students, second year, and upperclassmen.
context_section_description: Known as the Baker Dormitories or recently called The Gothic Halls, these are nine residence halls on West Campus recognizable by their ivy-covered stone walls of local bluestone trimmed in Indiana limestone, reflecting the late Gothic architectural style of Oxford and Cambridge.  All nine were named The Baker Dormitories in honor of George Fisher Baker, a New York City banker.  They housed both freshmen and upperclass males through the 1970s. Women were also housed in some sections of the Baker dormitories beginning in the early 1970s.
  All of the Baker dorms became affiliated with house communities. Boldt Tower, Boldt Hall (Language House), Baker Tower, and North Baker Hall are now part of Alice Cook House. McFaddin Hall is now part of Hans Bethe House. The others, South Baker Hall, Founders Hall, Mennen Hall, and Lyon Hall, are now part of Flora Rose House.
  The halls are currently coeducational except for Lyon Hall (women only), but they are all open only to upperclassmen. Lyon Hall also houses the permanent sanctuary of the Quill and Dagger senior honor society and a war memorial shrine.
caption: Closer view of the War Memorial, with Hans Bethe House in the background
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