Barnard Buildings & Campus
List of Barnard Buildings on Morningside
|
Building/Land |
Opened |
Principal Donor |
Principal Function |
| 343 Madison Avenue |
1889 |
Leased 4-story brownstone on Madison Avenue between 44th and 45th | Classrooms |
| 119th-120th block on Morningside |
1895 |
$160,000 raised as “site fund” by Treasurer George A Plimpton Milbank | To relocate to Upper West Side |
| Brinckerhoff [east wing of Milbank] |
1897 |
Mary E. (Mrs. Van Wyck) Brinckerhoff gift of $130,000 made in 1892) | Classrooms and theatre |
| Milbank Hall |
1897 |
Elizabeth Milbank Anderson (gift of $170,000 made in 1895) | Classrooms/Administrative offices |
| Fiske [west wing of Milbank] |
1898 |
Mrs. Josiah Fiske (gift of $140,000 made in 1897) | Classrooms, offices and temporary dormitory (1898-1901) |
| 116th to 118th blocks — “Milbank Quadrangle” |
1903 |
Elizabeth Milbank Anderson gift of $1,000,000 | To expand campus to south |
| Brooks Hall (named after Trustee Chair Rev. Arthur Brooks (1889-1895) |
1907 |
Elizabeth Milbank Anderson gift of | Dormitory for 100 residents |
| Barnard (Students Hall) |
1917 |
Mr. Jacob Schiff gift of $550,000 | Student Center |
| Hewitt Hall, named after 2nd board chair, Abram Hewitt |
1924 |
Paid for from budgetary surpluses & endowment | Dormitory |
| Holly House in Westchester (sold 1980) |
1934 |
Barnard Alumnae | Off-campus recreation |
| 119th-120th St. lot west of Milbank bewtween Claremont and Riverside Drive — “Riverside Quadrangle”
Annex to Barnard Hall constructed as a social space for commuting students |
1935
1949 |
1/2 the gift of Rockefeller General Education Board; Purchased for $510,000 Gift of Mr. ad Mrs. Eugene Meyer (Agnes Ernst, BC ‘)7)
|
For future growth |
| Lehman (Adele)Hall & Wollman Library |
1958 |
Funds raised by Iphigene Sulzberger and Helen Goodhart Altschul to honor Adele Lehman, BC 1904 | Library/Faculty Offices |
| 4 brownstones — 616, 612, 620 and 600 W. 116th Street9 |
1960s |
College funds and borrowing | Dormitories |
| Riverside Quadrangle sold back to GEBoard | 1953s | John D. Rockefeller, Jr. | For Interchurch Center |
| Reid Hall, named for Helen Rogers Reid, BC 1903, board chair 1948-1956 |
1961 |
Reid Family | Dormitory |
| Plimpton Hall – on Amsterdam Avenue & 120th Street |
1968 |
Named for George A. Plimpton, Treasurer (1889-1935) | Dormitory |
| McIntosh Student Center |
1968 |
Student Center | |
| Altschul |
1969 |
Altschul Family | Science labs |
| Elliott Hall |
1980 |
Mrs. Eleanor Elliott | Mixed use |
| Sulzberger (Ephigene) |
1989 |
Sulzberger Family | Dormitory |
| Cathedral Gardens |
2005 |
Student/Faculty residence | |
| Diana Center |
2009 |
Diana and Roy Vagelos | Student Center/Mixed Use |
| Milstein Teaching & Learning Center | 2018 | $25,000, 000 naming gift from Cheryl and Phillip Milstein | |
National Register of Historic Places Listings November 21, 2003
NEW YORK, NEW YORK COUNTY, Milbank, Brinckerhoff, and Fiske Halls … NEW YORK COUNTY, Students’ Hall, Barnard College, 3005 Broadway, New York, …
http://www.nps.gov/…/20031121.htm
Best source: Andrew S. Dolkart, Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture & Development (Columbia University Press, 1998)
Last updated: January 2, 2014
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