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 According to the 1932 //Tripod// article, John James McCook Jr., Class of 1863 and Professor of Modern Languages, found the iron gates in the Taylor and Fenn ironworkers yard ((1932 //Tripod//, p. 3)) in the early 1900s, and Walter S. Schutz, Class of 1894, found the brownstone posts which had been separated from the gates. Schutz had the gate posts installed at Vernon Street on either side of the wide drive entering the College from Vernon Street at the President's House. The road was too broad to hang the iron gates, so they were put into storage "in the catacombs of [[northam_towers|Northam Towers]]."
-In 1897, the //[[ivy|Trinity Ivy]]// stated that the iron gates were "at Lincoln's foundry on Arch Street, [[hartford|Hartford]]," and that the posts were at the Vernon Street entrance ((It is important to note here that the "Vernon street entrance" does not mean the Vernon/Broad streets intersection, but a street that entered the College at the President's House toward Alumni Hall.)); an accompanying sketch was noted to have been made "with the kind permission of Mr. Lincoln." In 1918, the Tripod notes that "those fine old gates...are now in the basement of Jarvis Hall," and that they "closed forever" in 1897. The language "closed forever," in regard to the date, is unclear.
+In 1897, the //[[ivy|Trinity Ivy]]// stated that the iron gates were "at Lincoln's foundry on Arch Street, [[hartford|Hartford]]," and that the posts were at the Vernon Street entrance; ((It is important to note here that the "Vernon street entrance" does not mean the Vernon/Broad streets intersection, but a street that entered the College at the President's House toward Alumni Hall.)) an accompanying sketch was noted to have been made "with the kind permission of Mr. Lincoln." In 1918, the Tripod notes that "those fine old gates...are now in the basement of Jarvis Hall," and that they "closed forever" in 1897. The language "closed forever," in regard to the date, is unclear.
 In 1932, the road leading to [[alumni_hall|Alumni Hall]] from Vernon street was eliminated and a flagstone sidewalk installed "with the old stone gate posts brought into a position on either side of the walk" and "the original iron gates, after 55 years of rusting and resting in obscurity, were once more hung on their ancient hinges." ((1932 //Tripod//, p. 3))