Earl Hall is a building on the campus of

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

. Built in 1900–1902 and designed by

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, the building serves as a center for student religious life. It was listed on the

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in 2018 for its historic role in serving as a venue for meetings and dances of the Columbia Student Homophile League, the oldest LGBTQ student organization in the United States. On April 2, 2025, in a continuation of protests at Columbia during the

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, students chained themselves to the gates outside of Earl Hall to demand accountability from the university in the detention of Mahmoud Khalil.

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