Hallway
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A hallway (also passage, passageway, corridor or hall) is an interior space in a building that is used to connect other rooms. Hallways are generally long and narrow.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Hallways must be sufficiently wide to ensure buildings can be evacuated during a fire, and to allow people in wheelchairs to navigate them. The minimum width of a hallway is governed by building codes. Minimum widths in residences are Template:Convert in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Hallways are wider in higher-traffic settings, such as schools<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and hospitals.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 1597 John Thorpe is the first recorded architect to replace multiple connected rooms with rooms along a corridor each accessed by a separate door.<ref name="Flanders2015">Template:Cite book</ref>