Hartley Hall
| Hartley Hall | |
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 Hartley Hall in 2015 | |
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| General information | |
| Address | 1124 Amsterdam Ave, New York City, New York |
| Named for | Marcellus Hartley |
| Opened | 1904 |
| Owner | Columbia University |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 9 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | McKim, Mead & White |
Hartley Hall was the first official residence hall (or
Marcellus Hartley Dodge, who donated $300,000 for its construction shortly after his graduation. The building was meant as a memorial to his grandfather, Marcellus Hartley, the owner of Remington Arms
, who died during Dodge's sophomore year and who bequeathed him the family fortune. Dodge hoped to create “the commencement of a true dormitory system" at Columbia.
Construction began on Hartley Hall in 1904 and it opened in tandem with
Harvard
."
Subsequently, the building became home, among others, to authors Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, who noted its cockroach problem.[1][2]
Overhauled during a 1980s renovation, the dorm is organized into mostly two-story suites, where up to 15 students live in single and double rooms. The suites' common space includes kitchens, bathrooms and living/dining areas. Along with neighboring
kosher deli used to be housed on the main floor. It was moved in 2007 to John Jay Hall
.
Famous Residents
- Langston Hughes, writer, key figure of the Harlem Renaissance[3]
- Jack Kerouac, writer, key figure of the Beat Generation
- Allen Ginsberg, poet, key figure of the Beat Generation
- Herbert Gold, novelist, member of the Beat Generation[4]
- Timothée Chalamet, Academy Award-nominated actor[5]
- Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, former President of George Washington University[6]
- Terrence McNally, American playwright[7]
- Robert Alter, professor at University of California, Berkeley, bible translator[8]
- Christopher Dell, former American ambassador to Angola, Zimbabwe, Kosovo[9]
- Phil Kline, American composer[10]
References
- ^ Kerouac, Jack, Vanity of Duluoz, p.66
- ^ Kerouac, Jack, Visions of Cody, p.198
- ^ "Hartley Hall". Columbia University Historical Justice Initiative. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ISBN 978-0-87286-325-5.
- ^ Druckman, Bella (2021-08-05). "Top 10 Haunts and Hangouts of the Beat Generation". Untapped New York. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ "Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- ^ "Take Five with Terrence McNally '60". Columbia College Today. 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ "Take Five with Robert Alter '57". Columbia College Today. 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ "Former U.S. Ambassador Reflects on C.C. and "Carmania"". Columbia College Today. 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ "Phil Kline '75 | Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hartley Hall (Columbia University).
- Hartley Hall at Columbia Housing
- Photo Tour of Hartley Hall
- Housing the Columbia Community, lecture by Professor Andrew S. Dolkart on October 5, 1999
- Home on the Heights: 100 Years of Housing at Columbia by Michael Foss, Columbia College Today, September 2005
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