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The Cotten Residence Hall, designed by Harry Barton of Greensboro, North Carolina, opened in 1922. It was named in honor of Sallie Southall Cotten, an advocate of women’s rights and a leader in the formation of the North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs.