Harriet Hall

Residence Halls 1 & 2 were dedicated in 1977 and named for Henry "Harry" Loeb Jacobs' first wife, Harriet "Hattie" Einstein Jacobs. Harry Jacobs was president of Bryant from 1916-1961. Hattie Jacobs was born in Kitanning, Pennsylvania and died in 1930 after a long illness. She was the mother of Dorothy Jacobs and E. Gardner Jacobs, President of Bryant from 1961-1969. Throughout her life she had been active in welfare and philanthropic work.

Bryant's original Harriet Hall was located at 71-73 Charlesfield Street, Providence, Rhode Island.  This  wooden framed building (9,800 sq. ft.) was constructed in 1921 and was used as a women's dormitory housing 36 students in addition to a house director in a one room apartment.  When Brown University acquired Bryant's East Side Campus in 1969, Brown renamed this building Milhous.