Stewart Manor
House President: Darrell Johnston
Stewart Manor was originally used as a basic residence unit designation for the south end of Gunsolley Hall's third floor beginning in September 1956. The Stewart Manor name then continued when the "house" system began for the residence halls in 1962. In October 1962, the Council of House Presidents approved "Stewart Manor" as the house name for the third floor of Gunsolley Hall. James Zimmer was Stewart Manor's first house president. Stewart Manor's house colors were originally powder blue and white, and later became navy and powder blue. The house is named after Rolland M. Stewart, Graceland's president from 1904 to 1908 who contributed toward the development of campus life.
Stewart Manor was one of the original occupants of the Gunsolley Annex (later called Graybill Hall) when that building opened in the fall of 1965. House president Joe Shelton's group resided on the Annex's third floor that year. After several years at different locations, Stewart Manor moved to the second floor of Gunsolley Hall in the fall of 1976. The move became permanent when it was decided later that school year to keep all men's houses at their existing locations. Stewart Manor grew to include the first floor of Gunsolley in the fall of 1994. Partly due to concerns about house unity under this arrangement, Stewart Manor was relocated to the top floor of Graybill Hall (trading sites with Aaron House) beginning in the fall of 1997.
Stewart Manor's mascot name was "The Executives" when the house began using the Playboy bunny head as its symbol in the fall of 1978. The bunny head painted near each room door were painted over during the summer of 1988, with the expectation by the Housing Office that Stewart Manor would find a new symbol. Stewart Manor then adopted a new mascot name, the Sharks. The mascot was again changed during the 1996 fall semester to the Scotsmen. Stewart Manor is the only existing house whose name stretches back to the 1956 basic residence unit system. It earned that distinction when the only other two B.R.U. holdovers, Edwards House and Tiona House, merged to form Orion in 1985.
