Hamilton Hall (Columbia University)
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Hamilton Hall is an academic building on the
History
The original Hamilton Hall was built in 1878 in the
When Columbia reconstituted itself as a university and relocated to Morningside Heights in the 1890s, there were originally no plans for the area south of 116th Street, where Hamilton Hall now sits, or for any facilities dedicated to the undergraduate college. Nevertheless, college advocates persevered and the cornerstone for the new Hamilton Hall was laid in 1905. The building was designed by the firm of
In the latter half of the 20th century, Hamilton Hall was taken over several times in the course of student protest activity, most famously during the
Most recently, Hamilton Hall has undergone extensive renovations in order to restore many of its historic details. Two stained glass windows depicting Sophocles and Virgil, gifts from the class of 1885 and 1891, respectively, were installed in the Hamilton Hall lobby in 2003.[5] The building houses many of the classes of Columbia College's famous Core Curriculum, and it is apparently a tradition of the teachers of the Core class Contemporary Civilization to watch students filing into the building for exams from the roof of nearby Butler Library.
References
- ^ Roberts, Eliot (October 19, 1955) "1955 Marks Fiftieth Anniversary of Cornerstone of Hamilton Hall" Columbia Daily Spectator
- ^ "Hamilton" on the Columbia University Facilities website
- ^ Columbia university. [from old catalog] (1886). Views of Columbia college ... New York. The Library of Congress. Boston, Pub. by Library bureau.
- ^ Columbia university. [from old catalog] (1886). Views of Columbia college ... New York. The Library of Congress. Boston, Pub. by Library bureau.
- ^ "Before Morningside Heights: Columbia's Second Home – News from Columbia's Rare Book & Manuscript Library". blogs.cul.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-25.