Mesa Court was the first residence hall community at UCI, opening with the campus in the Fall 1965. It is now the largest student community on campus, housing 1,834 undergraduates in 29 residence halls. Each hall accommodates between 54 and 71 residents in suite-style layout. Mesa Court houses mainly first year students. [University Communications Photographs. AS-061]
Mesa Court (left foreground) and campus construction in early 1965.
Mesa Court construction in January 1965.
First phase of Mesa Court construction about to conclude, later in 1965.
Move in day in September 1965, as the campus opens.
Check-in on move in day, September 1965.
Move-in day, September 1965.
View of Mesa Court in the distance from Langson Library roof, with Gateway Study Center (left foreground), but before the Student Center and Aldrich Hall were built.