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With applications to the University topping 15,000 by the century mark, JMU was caught off guard by the numbers of students accepting offers of enrollment to the popular school. Wishing to honor a longstanding commitment to the provide housing, JMU looked for creative solutions – one was Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge. For students housed there, the inconvenience of the location – across “the I-81 bridge”– was muted by the facility's private baths and televisions. Built in 1964 and operated as a motel and restaurant, it was rented off and on for use by JMU as a dormitory and re-named Rockingham Hall. It was purchased by the University in 2000.
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