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September 23, 2002
Connecticut Agricultural College -
1899
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ABOVE ]A view of the Storrs campus in 1899, around
the time its name changed from Storrs Agricultural College to
Connecticut Agricultural College. The buildings, from the left,
are: Grove Cottage, a women's dormitory built in 1896; Gold
Hall, a men's dormitory whose front area served as the college
president's home; Old Main, the central administration and
lecture hall; the chemistry laboratory, which burned down in June
1917; and the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station. Except for
Grove, all of these structures were built in 1890. The flagpole
with the U.S. flag at left is approximately where the flagpole is
today on the University's front lawn facing Route 195. The
cover, designed with the look of hinges and a lock, like a personal
diary, with orange for key features.
[ BELOW ] Grove Cottage included classrooms and
laboratories for Domestic Science, which later became Home
Economics, and, since the early 1970s, Family Studies. There was
also a gymnasium on the upper floor. Grove Cottage was destroyed by
fire in 1919. Its location is approximately where Beach Hall was
built in 1929, and the pole with the flag is approximately where
the flag pole is today on the front law of the University facing
Route 195. |
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ABOVE ] This detail from the panoramic campus
photograph shows Gold Hall on the left and Old Main. Several people
can be seen on the stairs heading into Old Main Gold Hall, named
for Theodore S. Gold of Cornwall, a member of the Board of
Trustees, included residential space for the college president and
his family. Old Main, in addition to offices and classrooms, housed
the library, bookstore, meeting rooms, a third-floor auditorium,
and living space for faculty. Gold Hall was destroyed by fire in
1917, and Old Main was torn down in 1929 after it was replaced by
Beach Hall. The flag on the second pole has not been
identified. |
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ABOVE ] This detail image shows the chemistry
laboratory and the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station, both
built around 1890. The chemistry lab burned to the ground in 1914.
The experiment station building was moved to a location along North
Eagleville Road in the 1930s, and was torn down in 1960 for
construction of the Torrey Life Sciences Building.
[ BELOW ] In the foreground of the panoramic
photograph are two people -- one appears to be in military uniform,
possibly a student cadet in the military training program that
began in the 1890s. Both are carrying suitcases. |
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