You are here: American University Student Affairs Housing & Residence Life Letts Hall

Back to top

Letts Hall

Letts Hall Building

About the Hall

Letts Hall houses over 600 students and has a traditional residence hall design with fully furnished double rooms. Shared hall bathrooms are just on the north and south side of the building. Each floor community has a central lounge space with a kitchen, lounge furniture, and television for students to study or socialize with their community. Each floor also has a study lounge and a laundry room.

Letts Hall also connects to Anderson Hall, a first-year building. 

Personalize Your Room

Decorative and additional items can be purchased from the HRL coordinated vendors through our Personalize Your Room webpage. Each room will include the furniture noted on this webpage.

In-Hall Support

In-hall staff include resident assistants (RAs), program associates (PAs) and community directors (CDs). Letts RAs live on each floor, acting as peer educators and helping residents transition to university life and connect to their community. The RAs community has two CDs, professional staff members who supervises Letts and RAs to foster a living-learning environment to bridge the academic and residential experience.

  • Building-wide WiFi
  • Cable-ready TV with HDMI cord in lounge area
  • Elevators 
  • Mail boxes
  • 24-hour front desk service
  • Single-user gender neutral bathrooms 
  • Community kitchen

    • Microwave 

    • Stove cooktop 

    • Oven  

    • Sink with garage disposal  

    • Dining room table and chairs

    • Television 

  • Independent study spaces  
  • Laundry rooms
  • Vending machines
  • Social areas
    • The Sky Lounge
  • Single, double, and triple furnished rooms with twin sized adjustable beds
  • Windows with cellular shades  
  • Built-in closet with vanity  
  • Desk, chair, and bookshelf 
  • All carpeted floors  
  • In-room Ethernet connections
  • Cable-ready outlet

Who can live in Letts Hall?

  • 2023-2024 academic year: first-year & transfer students.
  • 2024-2025 academic year: TBD
  • You can find the list of communities on our First-Year Housing page
Room Dimensions
Description Approximate Dimensions

Room

15'9" x 9'11"

Built-in shelves

2'5.5" (W) x 1'11.25" (D) x 2'9" (H)

Bookcase

1'10" (W) x 10.5" (D) x 2'6" (H)

Desk

3'6" (W) x 2'6.25" (H) x 1'11.75" (D)

Wardrobe or built-in closet

3'.75" (W) x 2'0" (D) x 5'.75" (H)

Dresser or built-in drawers

2'4.25" (W) x 1'7.5" (D) x 2'10" (H)

Bed frame

3'3.75" (W) x 2'.5" (H) x 6'7.5" (L)

Mattress

Standard twin


Virtual tours

Our virtual tours are representative of a given room type. Each space varies based on room sizes and dimensions.  Each virtual tour includes some decorative items and a MicroFridge to show what the room looks like when occupied, but these items are not included in rooms. 

Click below to view virtual tours of Letts Hall

Your Community

  • Get involved in your Residence Hall Association or Hall Council.

  • Check out the history plaque in the front lobby!

Building Information

Letts front desk:(202) 885-7704

Residence Halls

Community Director