Engineers immediately began work in the building while police officers cordoned off the area.
About 90 minutes after the initial incident, first-year dorm manager Kathleen A. Bray ordered Hollis Hall--built at the same time as Stoughton--evacuated as well. HUPD officers went door-to-door asking residents to leave the building.
Students gathered on the steps of their dorms while state building inspectors and Yard Operations personnel inspected the building.
Residents of the bottom three floors of both dorms were readmitted to their rooms early last evening.
Students on the fourth floor of Stoughton were housed overnight in Loker Commons where the College set up cots, towels and blankets and added special security. Loker was closed to all other students.
Inspectors from the Department of Physical Resources checked the building to determine whether the same dangerous condition existed in other rooms.
"Just one room was impacted with the physical damage," Harvard spokesperson Doug L. Gavel said.
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