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A handicap parking space on Cherry Street outside of George Davis Hall.

Peterson House is a house for upper class students who wish to live together Knox. Peterson House accommodates fourteen students and features a living room, dining room, fully-equipped kitchen, and laundry facility.

Peterson House is named in memory of professor Isaac Peterson, professor of art from 1948 to 1979.

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