ATQ College Hall Photo on Board Wellesley College, Burned Down In 1914 Fire for Sale

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ATQ College Hall Photo on Board Wellesley College, Burned Down In 1914 Fire For Sale

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ATQ College Hall Photo on Board Wellesley College, Burned Down In 1914 Fire:
$17.49

ATQ College Hall Photo on Board, Wellesley College, Burned Down In 1914 Fire.

“Until March 17, 1914, Wellesley’s splendid College Hall was the heart and soul of the College.

The building housed students, faculty, staff, classrooms, laboratories, art, and more, all in a single monumental edifice.

When Wellesley opened in 1875, to all eyes it was magnificent. Erected on the rise above Lake Waban, its single building was surrounded by 300 acres of a country estate with varied terrain of hills, woods, meadows, and water. The building itself was of immense size. At 475 feet in length, and rising four stories with five-story towers, it was one of the largest buildings in the United States at its opening. And it was exactly as [founder Henry] Durant wanted it—the perfect expression of the College Beautiful.

(From a “College Hall and Everything After” by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz ’63 in a special issue of Wellesley magazine, The Night That Changed Wellesley.)

Indeed, for 39 years, College Hall was Wellesley. That immense presence overlooking Lake Waban took four years to build. But early on March 17 one hundred years ago, it took only four hours to burn.”

Image is 4.5” x 7.5”. Board measures 10” x 12”.

Photo is in very good condition. There is wear, including some chips, on the edge and corners of the board. (See photos.) There’s a handwritten identification note on the reverse.