Wallace Hall

Courtesy Wallace Berry

Wallace Hall is a room (not a building) located at the west end of the John Deutsch University Centre. It  was designed in the style of a medieval banqueting hall. Wallace Hall has been a study hall, a banquet hall, a dining hall, and a venue for lectures, concerts, receptions, and banquets since its construction in 1947.

When the Student Memorial Union (the former name of the John Deutsch University Centre) was built, it was essentially a men's club. Wallace Hall has the dubious distinction of being the last room in the building to allow women. Women were banned from the room, except during formal dinners, until 1960.

It is named after Principal Robert Wallace.