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 [{{:longwalkwithelms.jpg?500 |Trinity College main quad, ca. 1920s, with elms visible in T formation. Photo credit: Trinity College Archives}}]
+Between 1880 and 1883, the Trinity College [[trustees|Trustees]] allocated funds for the purpose of planting English elm trees on the main quad. At the recommendation of landscape architect [[olmsted_frederick_law|Frederick Law Olmsted]], who designed Central Park in New York City and whose firm consulted on Elizabeth Park in [[hartford|Hartford]], the trees were planted in a "T" shape, running along [[long_walk|The Long Walk]] and extending into the main quad. During the first phase, in 1881, elms were planted parallel to [[seabury_hall|Seabury]] and [[jarvis_hall|Jarvis]] (lining the Long Walk), and the second plantings placed trees starting at [[northam_towers|Northam Towers]], extending in the direction of Broad Street, which were intended to border a carriage drive which did not come to fruition. Instead, the [[brownell_statue|Brownell statue]] was placed between the trees in line with Northam Towers.
-Between 1880 and 1883, the Trinity College [[trustees|Trustees]] allocated funds for the purpose of planting English elm trees on the main quad. At the recommendation of landscape architect [[olmsted_frederick_law|Frederick Law Olmsted]], who designed Central Park in New York City and whose firm consulted on Elizabeth Park in Hartford, the trees were planted in a "T" shape, running along [[long_walk|The Long Walk]] and extending into the main quad. During the first phase, in 1881, elms were planted parallel to [[seabury_hall|Seabury]] and [[jarvis_hall|Jarvis]] (lining the Long Walk), and the second plantings placed trees starting at [[northam_towers|Northam Towers]], extending in the direction of Broad Street, which were intended to border a carriage drive which did not come to fruition. Instead, the [[brownell_statue|Brownell statue]] was placed between the trees in line with Northam Towers.
 The elms started dying in the 1950s due to Dutch Elm Disease and by 1978, only 19 of the 65 original trees remained alive. Between the 1950s and 1970s, funds were allocated to replace the trees, but disease continued to ravage them. In 1977, the Trustees voted at the recommendation of landscape architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill that the elms on the main quad be replaced with Marshall's seedless ash trees, which were considered more resistant against disease and weather. Elms were instead planted in isolated places around campus.