Access Guide
About
- The name of the nearest parking garage is Theater Drive Garage.
- View information on Theater Drive Garage (opens new tab) .
- There are step-free standard rooms.
- Whitman College is made up of 8 residential halls and 1 community hall and is situated around 2 courtyards.
Murley-Pivirotto Family Tower is located on the west side of the college.
The building has 5 levels that can be accessed by students, but only occupies a small area on each level.
There is 1 elevator and 1 stairway.
The floors are signed as 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4. - Murley-Pivirotto Family Tower is linked internally to Hargadon Hall.
Community Hall contains the communal dining hall for all halls in Whitman College.
Getting Inside
- The approach to the building is step-free.
There is a long slope with a gradient of 3% on the pathway leading to the courtyard archway from Pyne Drive. - Murley-Pivirotto Family Tower has 2 entrances located in an archway between the 2 Whitman College Courtyards.
Both entrances have step-free level access if approached from the respective courtyards and both have a manual door.
There are 12 steps in the archway, entrance 1 is at the bottom of the steps and entrance 2 is at the top.
The internal elevator can be used to bypass the steps between the 2 entrances. - The entrances are signed as 1 and 2.
- Entrance 1 provides access to level 1 and entrance 2 to level 2. Both provide direct access to the elevator.
Getting Around
- There is step-free level access throughout the building via the elevator.
- Murley-Pivirotto Family Tower is linked internally to Hargadon Hall on levels 0, 3 and 4.
The stairway also provides access to levels 1 and 2 of Hargadon Hall. - Floor surfaces along all circulation routes are hard and smooth with a shiny finish.
- There is limited wayfinding signage, but all rooms are signed with tactile and Braille markings.
Restrooms and Changing Facilities Available
- There is 1 restroom with adaptations.
- The restroom with adaptations is located on level 0.
- The restroom with adaptations has a left hand transfer space.
- Step-free shared restrooms are located on level 0.
Entrance (Level 1)
- This entrance is located under the archway leading into the Whitman College Courtyard.
- This entrance gives access to level 1 of the building.
- There is step-free level access at the entrance.
- There is a canopy or recess which provides weather protection at the entrance.
- There is a key fob/card reader at a height of 3ft 5in (104cm).
- There is a single manual door at this entrance.
- The door opens towards you.
- The door requires effort to open.
- The width of the opening is 2ft 6in (75cm).
- The door has a high color contrast.
Elevator (3)
- The elevator is located in the Murley-Pivirotto Family Tower.
- The floors which are accessible by this elevator are 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.
- The elevator has a turning space of 2ft 6in x 4ft (76cm x 122cm) in front of it.
- The external elevator control buttons have a low color contrast.
- The external elevator controls are at a height that can be easily reached.
- The elevator door has a high color contrast.
- The elevator door opening width is 2ft 11in (90cm).
- The internal dimensions of the elevator are 5ft 7in x 5ft 3in (171cm x 159cm).
- The internal elevator control buttons have tactile markings, Braille markings and a low color contrast.
- The internal elevator controls are at a height that can be easily reached.
- Internally the elevator has: a separate door to exit.
- Lighting levels are low within the elevator.
Stairway (T1)
- The floors which are accessible by stairway are 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.
- There are 18 steps between floors.
- There are handrails on both sides.
- The handrails are at a height of 2ft 11in (89cm).
- The handrails cover all steps.
- The handrails extend horizontally beyond the first and last step.
- The steps are clearly marked.
- The height of the highest step is 6in (16cm).
- The minimum tread depth is 11in (29cm).
- Lighting levels are low.
- The stairway can also be used to access levels 1 and 2 of Hargadon Hall.
Restroom with Adaptations (Level 0 - Shared - Left Hand Transfer)
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Location and Access
View
- The restroom surveyed is approximately 3yd 10in (3m) from the elevator.
- There is step-free level access into the restroom.
- There is Braille, tactile, pictorial and written text signage on or near the restroom door.
- The door into the restroom opens inwards and has a high color contrast.
- The door requires effort to open.
- The width of the restroom door opening is 2ft 9in (84cm).
- The door has a push button lock.
- Internally the door has a high color contrast.
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Dimensions and Features
View
- The overall dimensions are 8ft 2in x 7ft 9in (248cm x 236cm).
- The turning space dimensions are 8ft 2in x 5ft 8in (248cm x 172cm).
- There is a lateral transfer space to the left of the toilet as you look at it.
- The lateral transfer space is 3ft 11in (120cm) (from the side of the toilet bowl to the wall).
- There is a lever flush on the transfer side.
- There is a horizontal grab bar on the side wall and on the rear wall.
- The horizontal grab bars have a high color contrast with the surrounding walls.
- The toilet seat is 1ft 7in (48cm) from the floor.
- The toilet seat has a low color contrast.
- There is a wall mounted toilet paper dispenser which can be reached when seated on the toilet.
- The toilet paper dispenser has a high color contrast.
- The toilet paper dispenser is 1ft 7in (48cm) from the floor.
- The sink is 2ft 9in (85cm) from the floor.
- The sink faucet type is lever mixer.
- There is a wall mounted soap dispenser.
- The soap dispenser has a low color contrast.
- The soap dispenser is 3ft 4in (101cm) from the floor.
- There is a wall mounted paper towel dispenser.
- The paper towel dispenser has a medium color contrast.
- The paper towel dispenser is 3ft 8in (113cm) from the floor.
- There is a mirror.
- The stall has a wastebasket.
- There is a medium color contrast between the walls and floor.
- Lighting levels are even.