Burton-Judson

This past weekend, our wonderful photographer, Allison Titus, documented what it is like to live at Burton-Judson Courts, one of the few dorms that gives you the authentic "Hogwarts feeling." 

Here is its exterior view, which faces the Midway Plaisance on 60th Street. The dorm is located on the corner of 60th and Ellis.

The main entry gate which students walk through to enter the building. The entrance is just steps away from the Artley D. Cathey Dining Commons and the South Campus Residence Hall. 

Students often hang in the courtyards when it's warm outside. The building cost $1,756,287 to complete when it was first constructed. 

Second courtyard. What a beautiful view!

Arches connect the two courtyards. The neo-Gothic structure was designed by the Philadelphia architectural firm Zantzinger, Borie and Mediary in 1931.

This door leads into Linn-Matthews house. BJ has six houses: Dodd-Mead, Linn-Matthews, Salisbury, Coulter, Chamberlin, and Vincent.

This is the basement lounge, otherwise known as the "Pit". A few people can sometimes be found hanging out down here, but people are usually in the basement to use the kitchen or do laundry.

The BJ kitchen, which can get pretty busy on weekends with special house dinners and study breaks or just students who like to cook!

Many students choose to study in BJ's study rooms when they're not exploring the surrounding area. This dorm is close to the Midway ice skating rink, Midway Market, AEPi, and Sig Ep.

The Upper Burton Lounge is open to all residents of BJ.

The Lower Burton Lounge is also open to all residents of BJ and is often busy with students doing homework or holding meetings.

View down the hallway through the dorm.

Here is one of BJ's double suites, which consist of two rooms.

View from the outer room looking into the inner room.

The residents of this double have chosen to keep both of their beds in one room and both of their desks in the other, although some convert their suites into two single rooms.

A look into a typical BJ single room. What lovely lighting!

This happens to be Tucker Max's former room. Tucker Max is a well-known blogger and writer.

Now it belongs to first-year Andrew Hungate. Other notable BJ former residents include Carl Sagan (famous astronomer), James Cronin (Nobel Prize winning physicist and UChicago faculty), and Evan Sharp (founder of Pinterest)