Three years ago, the University of Alabama demolished the old Tutwiler Hall to make room for a new residence hall.

Built in 1968, Tutwiler Hall is the second incarnation of the girls’ residence hall. The first was built in 1914 and was located on the land where Rose Administration now stands.

The old Tutwiler, the second UA residence hall named for education and prison reformer Julia Tutwiler, will come down faster than its elevators, with plans for demolition on July 4, 2022.

Construction has begun on the new $150 million Tutwiler Residence Hall on The University of Alabama campus. The new 365,000-square-foot dormitory will replace the existing Tutwiler Residence Hall ...

By August 2022, the distinctive Tutwiler dorm on the University of Alabama campus will be demolished, and the under-construction Tutwiler Residence Hall will be opened for students, just next door.

July 04, 2022; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; The D.H. Griffin Wrecking crew imploded the old Julia Tutwiler residence hall on the campus of the University of Alabama Monday morning.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WGNO) — On Monday, July 4, a building on the University of Alabama’s campus was demolished. Tutwiler Hall housed more than 50,000 women.

The third Julia Tutwiler Hall, a freshman women's dorm on the University of Alabama campus, will be ready for its first residents Aug. 3.

By August 2022, the distinctive Tutwiler dorm on the University of Alabama campus will be demolished, and the under-construction Tutwiler Residence Hall will be opened for students, just next door.

By August 2022, the distinctive Tutwiler dorm on the University of Alabama campus will be demolished, and the under-construction Tutwiler Residence Hall will be opened for students, just next door.

By August 2022, the distinctive Tutwiler dorm on the University of Alabama campus will be demolished, and the under-construction Tutwiler Residence Hall will be opened for students, just next door.