Removed from EP005: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection.
GUSN-364349
Book detailing the history of College Hall at Wellesley College. The building served as the sole housing, administrative, and educational building of the college for thirty-nine years. It was destroyed in a fire on March 17, 1914. This book commemorates the importance of College Hall to the founding history of Wellesley College, and its continued importance despite its destruction. Photographs of the exterior and interior of College Hall make up the bulk of the book.
Second Empire
historic buildings
colleges (buildings)
histories
photographs
furniture
interior views
exterior views
students
business (commercial function)
university and college buildings
printed ephemera
booklets
1 booklet : illustrations ; 8 x 11 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
2023
EP001.01.034.01.01.025
Gift of Richard Cheek, 2023
Wellesley (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
N. Allen Lindsey & Co (Printer)
printed ephemera
booklets
N. Allen Lindsey & Co
Wellesley College
School
Architectural photography
Item
Removed from EP005: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection.
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