You've reached the webpage of Salisbury House at the University of Chicago. Perhaps it's not much, but we like to call it home.
Here you can find pictures of Sarumites around and about, catch up on the current gossip going around the lounge, and perhaps (if you don't already) get some information about how you too can go about calling Salisbury home.
Salisbury House has been a central figure in Burton-Judson Courts since its inception in 1931. No, really... we're in the middle. Of the courtyards.
Named for Rollin D. Salisbury, renowned geologist and author of one of the most respected geology textbooks even to this day, Salisbury honors its illustrious namesake by rocking hard at whatever it does. Unfortunately (or fortunately) there is no documented relation to Salisbury steak in the house's historical past, though the dining hall may have served it at one point or another to the chagrin of residents.
Salisbury's long-established tradition of intramural greatness may be noted on the walls near Bart-Mart in Bartlett Commons. 1956 Intramural All-House Champs!
Burton-Judson was built, in all its Neo-Gothic magnificence, in 1931. It is the only exclusively undergraduate building as of now located across the Midway Plaisance, next door to the Law School. In fact, it can be reached via a tunnel from the basement.
Carl Sagan is one of B-J's most famous alumni. It was also home to the famous Scav Hunt nuclear reactor in 1999.
The original eight houses still stand, though two have been combined: Vincent, Coulter, Linn, Chamberlin, Dodd, Mead (now integrated into Dodd-Mead), Mathews, and, of course, Salisbury.