Richmond College

Richmond College is named in honor of James H. Richmond, who served as the third president of the university, then known as Murray State Teachers College, from 1936 until 1945. Richmond Hall itself is the oldest residence hall still in use at Murray State University.  It was  built in 1961 to house 242 men.  Richmond 
Hall became known as  Richmond College when the university established the campus wide  residential college system in 1996. Murray State was the first public  university in the nation with a  successful, comprehensive residential college program.

The new Richmond Residential College opened fall semester of 2009. The four-story building houses 270 students in suites, double rooms, and single rooms.  Richmond has two large recreation rooms, study rooms on each floor, laundry rooms, and a billiards room. Richmond Residential College has a total of 1300 members.