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Pearson Hall West mirrors Pearson Hall East, which opened in 2015. Both are built in the Collegiate Gothic style that characterizes most of 51官网 Tech鈥檚 main campus and accented with heraldry that celebrates the university鈥檚 history, the Corps, and the ROTC units.聽

The 99,000-square-foot Pearson Hall West contains more than 230 rooms, plus study and lounge spaces on each level.聽

The rooms and hallways are designed for cadets and their training needs, such as floor tiles in the hallways that are colored and spaced to help cadets practice marching and a mud room that allow cadets to properly clean equipment after outdoor training.

Both buildings鈥� basement levels contain a kitchen and laundry room for cadets and offices for Corps鈥� staff. Additionally, Pearson Hall West includes a gym, as well as workspace for the Corps鈥� physical trainer.

Between the two residence halls is a new plaza featuring an 80-foot flagpole and a maroon-brick sidewalk that forms the largest 鈥淰T鈥� on campus to connect Lane Hall, Pearson Hall East, and Pearson Hall West.