Steele Hall and Swarthout Hall are home exclusively to incoming first-year students and feature double rooms and a limited number of single rooms on gender-specific floors with tile flooring, moveable furniture and common area bathrooms. These halls also feature study lounges, game room, and common area kitchen with microwave, stove and refrigerator. The buildings' shared spaces underwent major remodeling in Summer 2018 with updating flooring, lighting, furniture and paint.
Steele and Swarthout Halls are located immediately north of Carroll's Campus Center, near the heart of campus, and are a three-minute walk from Main Hall.