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| [{{:aerial_1966.jpg?400 |Boardman Hall (visible between Mather Hall and Austin Arts Center), ca. 1966. Photo credit: Trinity College Archives}}] | [{{:aerial_1966.jpg?400 |Boardman Hall (visible between Mather Hall and Austin Arts Center), ca. 1966. Photo credit: Trinity College Archives}}] |
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| The Mathematics department moved to the second floor of Boardman sometime before 1940. The Fine Arts department, which originally occupied a single room in Seabury Hall, moved into Boardman Hall in 1945. | The Mathematics Department moved to the second floor of Boardman sometime before 1940. The Fine Arts Department, which originally occupied a single room in Seabury Hall, moved into Boardman Hall in 1945. |
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| By the 1960s, the Life Science and Biology departments had outgrown the outmoded building and the museum had been relegated to the first floor as other departments took over. Bringing Boardman Hall up to code would be exorbitant: the numerous issues in the building included a dumbwaiter system and no elevator for three "tall" floors, lack of accessible entries and fire suppression systems, but most of all, outdated educational spaces and lack of storage, which students and faculty feared would impact incoming students interested in studying biology and other life sciences. Further, Trinity's plans for development were incongruent with Boardman's architectural style and location, as the plans called for "the formation of a new quadrangle with the completion of the Math-Physics Building and the Fine Arts Center on the south and east sections respectively. Clearly, from an architectural stand-point, Boardman cannot be allowed to stand as the center of a quad composed of modern, brick structures." ((Trinity Tripod, 11/13/1962)) | By the 1960s, the Life Science and Biology departments had outgrown the outmoded building and the museum had been relegated to the first floor as other departments took over. Bringing Boardman Hall up to code would be exorbitant: the numerous issues in the building included a dumbwaiter system and no elevator for three "tall" floors, lack of accessible entries and fire suppression systems, but most of all, outdated educational spaces and lack of storage, which students and faculty feared would impact incoming students interested in studying biology and other life sciences. Further, Trinity's plans for development were incongruent with Boardman's architectural style and location, as the plans called for "the formation of a new quadrangle with the completion of the Math-Physics Building and the Fine Arts Center on the south and east sections respectively. Clearly, from an architectural stand-point, Boardman cannot be allowed to stand as the center of a quad composed of modern, brick structures." ((Trinity Tripod, 11/13/1962)) |
| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/2/|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, p. 47. | [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/2/|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, p. 47. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1970&context=reporter|Trinity Reporter: Old Biology Building Bows to New Age of Technology]], October 1971, p. 3. | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31571856|Trinity Reporter: Old Biology Building Bows to New Age of Technology]], October 1971, p. 3. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1694&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod: Boardman had WEDH-TV For Temporary Resident]], 09/20/1966, pp. 2, 3. | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29848658|Trinity Tripod: Boardman had WEDH-TV For Temporary Resident]], 09/20/1966, pp. 2, 3. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1711&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod: Fluidity Key in Planning Biology Facilities of Future]], 10/19/1965. | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29848608|Trinity Tripod: Fluidity Key in Planning Biology Facilities of Future]], 10/19/1965. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1690&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod: New Equipment in Biology Lab]], 10/12/1965, p. 4. | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29848607|Trinity Tripod: New Equipment in Biology Lab]], 10/12/1965, p. 4. |
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| [[http://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/597|Trinity Tripod]], 11/13/1962. | [[http://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/597|Trinity Tripod]], 11/13/1962. |
