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[[Image:Grove2.jpg|thumb|240px|The Grove]] | [[Image:Grove2.jpg|thumb|240px|The Grove]] | ||
[[Image:GroveDormPlan.jpg|thumb|240px|A site plan for the four dormitories]] | [[Image:GroveDormPlan.jpg|thumb|240px|A site plan for the four dormitories]] | ||
| − | The '''Grove Dormitories''' were four proposed five story dormitories to be built in [[The Grove]]. The plans were commissioned by [[Seth Low]] from [[McKim, Mead, and White]] in June of [[1898]] after Low caved to pressure from the [[trustees]] to build housing for students on the | + | The '''Grove Dormitories''' were four proposed five story dormitories to be built in [[The Grove]]. The plans were commissioned by [[Seth Low]] from [[McKim, Mead, and White]] in June of [[1898]] after Low caved to pressure from the [[trustees]] (many of whom pointed out that their sons were opting to attend [[Harvard]], [[Princeton]], and [[Yale]] instead of Columbia because of the "college life" they offered) to build housing for students on the [[Morningside Heights campus]]. This came on the heels of the plan for the privately owned and operated [[Hamilton Court]] dormitory fell through. Low was philosophically opposed to a residential system, and despite having the plans commissioned, never put the effort into getting them funded and built. It wouldn't be until [[Marcellus Hartley Dodge]] donated [[Hartley Hall]] in [[1903]] that a dormitory would finally get built. |
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Latest revision as of 11:43, 8 December 2013
The Grove Dormitories were four proposed five story dormitories to be built in The Grove. The plans were commissioned by Seth Low from McKim, Mead, and White in June of 1898 after Low caved to pressure from the trustees (many of whom pointed out that their sons were opting to attend Harvard, Princeton, and Yale instead of Columbia because of the "college life" they offered) to build housing for students on the Morningside Heights campus. This came on the heels of the plan for the privately owned and operated Hamilton Court dormitory fell through. Low was philosophically opposed to a residential system, and despite having the plans commissioned, never put the effort into getting them funded and built. It wouldn't be until Marcellus Hartley Dodge donated Hartley Hall in 1903 that a dormitory would finally get built.
