Something will be missing from campus this fall — the Pammel Court housing facility.

Nearly all the residents of Pammel Court have already moved to different locations around Ames, said Mary Tandia, coordinator of residence life.

“Most people have been moved to the least expensive housing available. The largest group went to Hawthorne Court, the second largest went to University Village, and the smallest group went to Schilletter Village,” Tandia said.

Tandia said they had anticipated some unpleasant reactions from the decision to tear the apartments down; however, most of the residents were more than happy to move to other housing.

The original master plan of tearing down 10 units a year with completion by the year 2000 has been modified.

Tandia said they now plan to be finished vacating and removing the units by fall.

After the apartments are gone and the people are moved, the committees will have more details on what will be done with the vacant lot.

Government of the Student Body President Rob Wiese said new housing at Pammel Court is a possibility. “There is a chance that other university apartments will go in there, but they probably won’t be as cheap as Pammel Court was.

A new library storage facility is being constructed on the site of Pammel Court.

Pammel Court was originally erected in 1946 when there was a lack of family housing after World War II.

Pat Robinson, coordinator for Academic Services at Iowa State, said there were 734 aluminum barracks units by June of 1947.

The barracks were brought in for temporary family housing and have been around since then with only minor changes, such as painting and switching to natural gas. Since the units had been around for so long, the university felt the housing had long exceeded it’s temporary status.

The people working on the new master plan for the Pammel Court area include Gary Schwartz, director of Union Drive Residence Halls, and Randy Alexander, director of the Department of Residence. Both men were unavailable for comment due to a week-long conference.