Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revision |
boardwalk [2023/05/05 18:00] – [Boardwalk] usera | boardwalk [2023/06/13 18:01] (current) – bant06 |
---|
{{tag>places}} | {{tag>places}} |
====== Boardwalk ====== | ====== Boardwalk ====== |
[{{:boardwalk.jpg?400 |Boardwalk running along the road to the President's House (right) and Smith House (left), ca. 1885. Photo Credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34617039 | [{{:boardwalk.jpg?400 |Boardwalk running along the road to the [[president_s_house|President's House]], now the [[english_department_building_115_vernon|English Department Building]] (right) and [[smith_house|Smith House]] (left), ca. 1885. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34617039|Trinity College Archives]]}}] |
|Trinity College Archives.]]}}] | \\ |
| \\ |
| \\ |
| Some of Trinity's earliest campus walkways were actually boardwalks. During the late 19th century, wooden elevated sidewalks called "boardwalks" were a common feature in cities and towns. As roads were unpaved, they enabled people to keep their shoes clean and elevated from the dirt or mud roads. |
| |
During the late 19th century, wooden elevated sidewalks called "boardwalks" were a common feature in cities and towns. As roads were unpaved, they enabled people to keep their shoes clean and elevated from the dirt or mud roads. | Trinity College had several boardwalks installed on the [[summit_campus|Summit Campus]] prior to 1900. A prominent boardwalk led from [[vernon_street|Vernon Street]] to [[alumni_hall|Alumni Hall]] to the [[long_walk|Long Walk]], and another boardwalk led past [[jarvis_scientific_laboratory|Jarvis Laboratory]]. |
| |
Trinity College had several boardwalks installed on the [[summit_campus|Summit Campus]] prior to 1900. A prominent boardwalk led from [[vernon_street|Vernon Street]] to [[alumni_hall|Alumni Hall]] to the [[long_walk|Long Walk]], and another boardwalk led past [[jarvis_scientific_laboratory|Jarvis Laboratory]]. Around 1905, the boardwalks were replaced with flagstones. | Around 1905, the boardwalks were replaced with flagstone paths. |
| |
---- | ---- |
[[http://www.archipedianewengland.org/1600-1699/historic-paving-and-sidewalks-in-new-england/|"HISTORIC PAVING AND SIDEWALKS IN NEW ENGLAND"]] (2019) by Hillary Rayport Hedges, Charles Sullivan, and Brian Pfeiffer, architectural historian. | [[http://www.archipedianewengland.org/1600-1699/historic-paving-and-sidewalks-in-new-england/|"HISTORIC PAVING AND SIDEWALKS IN NEW ENGLAND"]] (2019) by Hillary Rayport Hedges, Charles Sullivan, and Brian Pfeiffer, architectural historian. |
| |
[[http://www.digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/2|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, p. 48. | [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/2/|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, p. 48. |
| |
---- | ---- |