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Liliore Green Rains Houses, one of Stanford’s largest housing complexes, accommodates nearly 800 single students in two-and four-bedroom apartments clustered around lawns and courtyards. Rains is home to the Multicultural Theme House (MCTH) which seeks to support the needs of students of color; it also is one of the sites for a pilot program for gender-neutral housing.
With their red tile roofs, sand-colored stucco walls, small circular windows, and arcades, the award-winning Rains Houses recall traditional California mission architecture, but with a postmodern interpretation.
When designing buildings in clusters extending over 12 acres of lawns and courtyards, Architects Backen, Arrigoni and Ross incorporated fragments of the Hacienda, an adobe winery built in 1875 by Peter Coutts. By employing elements such as a semicircular pergola, old fountain, plus a restored white-brick Buttery, these architects added a unique historical feel to the complex.
Named for its benefactress, Liliore Green Rains houses opened to students in 1988.
General Information
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Rains Houses Map |
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| Neighborhood | Escondido Village | |
| Mailing Address | Stanford, CA 94305 | |
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Buildings: 201, 206, 208, 216 Buildings: 202, 207, 209 Buildings: 212, 213, 214 Buildings: 215, 217-238 |
Building number, Rosse Lane Building number, Running Farm Lane Building number, Pine Hill Court Building number, Ayrshire Farm Lane |
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Housing Front Desk |
Rains Houses Village Housing Front Desk | |
| Housing Category | Graduate | |
| Residence Type | Apartments | |
| Custodial Service | Common areas are University managed. Apartments are not serviced while occupied. | |
| Dining Service | Kitchens provided; optional Stanford Dining or student-managed plan | |
The Apartments |
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| Rains Living/Dining Room | Rains Kitchen | |
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| Rains Bedroom | Rains Bathroom | |
The Rains Multicultural Theme House |
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Residents may request the Rains Multicultural Theme House on their housing applications. Through educational films, informal discussion groups, field trips, and social gatherings, the MCTH supports the needs of students of color, provides opportunities for multicultural education, and decreases the potential sense of isolation experienced by students of color. |
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All graduate residences have a diverse student populations. MCTH offers a formal program on multicultural issues. |
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Gender-Neutral Housing Pilot Project |
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Student Housing has launched a gender-neutral housing program in Lyman, Munger and Rains to allow students to live in an apartment with mixed gender. Students will not be randomly assigned to a mixed gender room or apartment. Students will live only with coed roommates of their choosing and must completely occupy the apartment. For more information regarding this policy, please read the gender-neutral information online. |
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Accessibility
| Wheelchair accessible for living | Some | |
| Wheelchair accessible for visiting | Some |
Furnishings
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| General | Bedroom | Living/Dining | Kitchen |
| Wall-to-wall carpeting | Extra-long twin bed | Dining room table | Refrigerator/freezer |
| Window coverings | Desk and chair | Credenza | Stove with self-cleaning oven |
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High-speed internet access in each bedroom and living room |
Built-in bookshelf | Loveseat and lounge chair or sofa | |
| Dresser | Four dining chairs | ||
| Nightstand | TV/end table (some) | ||
| In some apartments, coffee table | |||
| 4 - BEDROOM APARTMENT | |||
| General | Bedroom | Living/Dining | Kitchen |
| Wall-to-wall carpeting | Extra-long twin bed | Dining room table | Refrigerator/freezer |
| Window coverings | Desk and chair | Credenza | Stove with self-cleaning oven |
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High-speed internet access from each bedroom and living room |
Built-in bookshelf | Two loveseats or two sofas | |
| Dresser | Six dining chairs | ||
| TV/end table (some) | |||
| Coffee table | |||
| Note: Students who want to bring their own beds may store the University bed at their own expense. No storage is available for unneeded furniture. Students provide their own cookware, dishes, utensils, towels, and other kitchen items. | |||
Sample Floor Plans
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| 2 - Bedroom Top View |
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| 4 - Bedroom Top View |
Common Areas
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Eight buildings house the Rains Housing Front Desk and common rooms for meetings and social events, laundry, and computer clusters. |
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| Lounges and Meeting Rooms |
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Rains residents can use their apartment keys to access three of the four Rains lounges: Bailey, Willis, and Fairclough. |
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| The fourth lounge, Timoshenko, may be reserved for private functions at the Rains Housing Front Desk. Timoshenko has a fireplace, microwave oven, couches, tables, and chairs. |
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Conference room |
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A conference room in Building 5 is used primarily as a student study room. Furnished with tables, chairs, and a dry erase board, it is accessible with a Rains apartment key. |
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| The Rains Buttery |
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The Rains complex incorporates the white-brick Rains Buttery, a vestige of Peter Coutts’ 1875 farm. The Buttery is often is used for Rains community events staged by the Community Associates (students who volunteer to coordinate programs and activities for Rains residents). |
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Laundry Rooms |
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Environmentally-friendly washers and dryers are located in buildings 203, 210, 211, 230, and 231. Rent includes Student Housing’s "Just Like Home" laundry program, giving residents unlimited use of these washers and dryers; no coins or cards required. |
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Computer clusters |
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Rains’ two computer clusters are equipped with laser printers and Macintosh and Dell computers loaded with many commonly used software programs. |
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