In 1987, on campus housing consisted of Andrews Hall and a smattering of old military barracks that were left from the former air base.  The old, mostly wooden building that housed the kitchen, dining commons, and library had served the campus for over a decade, and even longer under the old air base.  The old barracks were in poor condition and they were becoming a danger to the students living within.  Made of mostly wood, the old buildings were a fire hazard, and during the winter of 1978 a fire did indeed destroy much of dormitory 210, which housed 16 wood harvesting students.  Fortunately, no one was hurt in the fire, and it prompted a renewed push for funding to build a new dorm to replace all of the old wooden housing units.  In November, 1978, Maine voters approved a $2.1 million self-liquidating bond issue to fund the construction of an apartment complex including a dining commons.  The self-liquidating bond simply meant that each student at all of the Maine VTI’s, not just NMVTI, would pay a small bond fee.  These fees would later be used to pay off the bond debt.
The new apartment complex was designed by Wright-Pierce Architects-Engineers of Bangor, Maine, to include three buildings housing a total of 128 students in 27 apartments.  In total, there would be twenty five-student units and seven four-student units.  The general contractor for the project was A. E. Flewelling & Sons, Inc. of Crouseville, Maine.  Construction on Aroostook Hall, which was designated building C at the time, was completed on December 2, 1980.  It is a one story building housing eight 4 student apartments. 
Each apartment contains a kitchen, a dining/living room, study areas, and bedrooms.  This new approach to student housing gave the students new freedoms, such as the option to either purchase a dining commons meal plan or buy their own food and cook it in the apartments; it was an option never before offered on campus. 
An open house and ceremony for the new apartment complex was held on January 3, 1981.  Speaking at the event were Director Richard Knight and Representative Carl Smith, who co-sponsored the funding bill for the project with Representative Harry Rideout.  The open house showed state residents how the bond money had been used and the benefits it would provide to the students. 
In 2009, one apartment in Aroostook Hall was repurposed to serve as the bookstore annex.  The unit offers a place for students to pick up their new books after paying for them at the bookstore.  This allowed for a redesign of the bookstore that brought many more food and beverage options within the Christie Complex and saved students a trip to the dining commons. 
Credit: Brian Hall 
June, 2011

In 2015, Aroostook Hall was renovated, to hold the Computer Electronics program and Testing Center.