![Estabrook Hall, circa 1912](https://s28151.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Estabrook-Hall-circa-1912.jpg)
Clark University had been open for less than 20 years when a dining commons was constructed on the corner of Woodland and Charlotte streets. However, the growing University and undergraduate Clark College, established in 1903, quickly required more space.
![Clark University dining commons, 1912](https://s28151.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/Estabrook-Dining-Hall-1912.jpg)
In the early 1920s, a $100,000 bequest from the estate of Arthur F. Estabrook — a Clark University trustee from 1904 until he died in 1919 — allowed the University to add two stories onto the building, which was completed in 1924 and christened Estabrook Hall.
Those top two floors were used as a dormitory, with space for a proctor and 52 students.
Estabrook Hall now houses the Language, Literature, and Culture Department and the Music Program, as well as classroom and rehearsal space.