Hulme Midrise

87 Hulme Court
Stanford, CA 94305

This eight-story building named after Stanford professor, Edward Maslin Hulme (b. 1868), one of Stanford’s first graduates, Dean of the College of Letters and Sciences, and Stanford professor emeritus of history. Born in England, Hulme arrived in the U.S. as a child and was forced, after just five years of schooling, to “take employment”, eventually as a shipping clerk.

Despite his lack of formal education, Hulme was passionate about history, literature, fine art, music, and theater. When he learned about the newly-opened Stanford University, Hulme convinced President David Starr Jordan to accept him as a student. After graduating from Stanford in 1897, Hulme taught high school, earning enough money to study further at Harvard, Cornell, and in Paris.

Hulme returned to Stanford in 1921 and taught history until 1937.

Hulme Midrise has 63 one-bedroom apartments for couples or two single students, and each apartment has a sliding glass door that opens onto a balcony. Lobbies, lounges, and other common spaces provide areas for social activities.

The mid-rises were remodeled between 1997 and 2002.

www.stanford.edu/dept/rde/shs/grad/ev_mid.htm