The red brick and white limestone building was named after the foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Blessed Julie Billiart. It was constructed on the former site of the tennis courts. It was designed to house 153 students and three faculty advisers.

 

The architectural firm of Maginnis, Walsh, and Kennedy drafted the plans for the new structure. A lobby, an office, and a reception room formed an administrative unit for the building on the first floor. The lower level of the building contained two large recreation rooms and a post office. Each floor where residents lived there was a study room, laundry room, and snack-room/kitchen.

 

It opened in 1958 as the College's first residence hall (though Marian Hall was the first building to house students).  It acted as a residence hall through the 1974 when a drop in student enrollment and an increasing energy crisis convinced the College to discontinue student occupancy of Julie Hall and students moved into St. Joseph's Hall, Loretto Hall, and St. Ann's Hall where space was available. In that same year the College sold Julie Hall to Beth-Israel Deaconess Hospital that renamed it Libby Hall. The hospital used the building for doctor offices and a day-care center.

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In 2002, after the College became a co-educational institution a year earlier, it required more space to house an increased student population and reclaimed Julie Hall from Beth-Israel Deaconess Hospital and it underwent a renovation that lasted into 2003. As part of this renovation, new singles, doubles, triples and three to-five person suites were constructed to house 225 students. Suites included a shared private bathroom and some featured small kitchens. Each floor had a full kitchen for resident use, and the lower level had an open courtyard and cyber cafe.

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Each floor housed 40 to 65 residents. The double and triples rooms in the building shared two single-sex bathrooms and a fully-equipped kitchen with a laundry room on the ground floor.

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The lobby had an enclosed conference room, computer stations, and printer stations. The atrium, also known as Hynes Square, was the lounge area around which suites were arranged.

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The building was demolished in 2016 to allow for the construction of New Julie Hall.

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