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 ====== Seabury Hall (Summit Campus) ====== ====== Seabury Hall (Summit Campus) ======
  
-Seabury Hall, named for [[seabury_samuel|Samuel Seabury]], the first Episcopal Bishop of Connecticut, was designed by [[burges_william|William Burges]] and [[https://www.publicartct.org/artists/francis-h-kimball/|Francis Kimball]]. Construction began on July 1, 1875, and Seabury was ready for occupancy at the beginning of the fall semester of 1878.+Seabury Hall, named for [[seabury_samuel|Samuel Seabury]], the first Episcopal Bishop of Connecticut, was designed by [[burges_william|William Burges]] and [[kimball_francis_h|Francis Kimball]]. Construction began on July 1, 1875, and Seabury was ready for occupancy at the beginning of the fall semester of 1878.
  
 Seabury Hall formed one end of the [[long_walk|Long Walk]] on the [[summit_campus|new campus]] located on a tract of land called Rocky Ridge.  Seabury Hall formed one end of the [[long_walk|Long Walk]] on the [[summit_campus|new campus]] located on a tract of land called Rocky Ridge. 
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 [{{ :seaburyexterior2htrinity_arcv_1216_39929651.jpg?400|Seabury Hall, Summit Campus, ca. 1895. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.21982047|Trinity College Archives]]}}] [{{ :seaburyexterior2htrinity_arcv_1216_39929651.jpg?400|Seabury Hall, Summit Campus, ca. 1895. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.21982047|Trinity College Archives]]}}]
  
-Seabury contained lecture rooms, a [[library|library]] with 18,500 volumes, the [[museum_of_natural_history|museum of natural history]] (which moved to [[boardman_hall|Boardman Hall]] upon the building's completion in 1900), offices, dining facilities, a [[chapel|chapel]], and student residences. Seabury also contained physical and chemical laboratories until 1888 and the President's office was located at 13 Seabury Hall in 1880.  +Seabury contained lecture rooms, a [[library|library]] with 18,500 volumes, the [[museum_of_natural_history|museum of natural history]] (which moved to [[boardman_hall|Boardman Hall]] upon the building's completion in 1900), offices, dining facilities, a [[chapel|chapel]], and student residences. Seabury also contained physical and chemical laboratories until 1888 and the [[presidents|President's]] office was located at 13 Seabury Hall in 1880.  
  
 By 1905, the library occupied the southern end of Seabury, and its collection had grown to over 48,000 volumes and 29,000 pamphlets. A librarian was available to help students in the use of the books (freely available from the shelves) and for private and academic research needs.   By 1905, the library occupied the southern end of Seabury, and its collection had grown to over 48,000 volumes and 29,000 pamphlets. A librarian was available to help students in the use of the books (freely available from the shelves) and for private and academic research needs.  
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 Seabury Hall was renovated and restored as part of the $32.9 million dollar [[long_walk_restoration_and_renovation|Long Walk renovation and restoration project]] begun on May 21, 2007 and completed on August 28, 2008. Extensive exterior and interior work was done, including: removal of and/or repair of cast iron and lead windows, cleaning of the brownstone exterior, replacing the slate roof with 123,000 new tiles, returning the room suites to their original layout, as well as mechanical and electrical repairs and upgrades. Seabury Hall was renovated and restored as part of the $32.9 million dollar [[long_walk_restoration_and_renovation|Long Walk renovation and restoration project]] begun on May 21, 2007 and completed on August 28, 2008. Extensive exterior and interior work was done, including: removal of and/or repair of cast iron and lead windows, cleaning of the brownstone exterior, replacing the slate roof with 123,000 new tiles, returning the room suites to their original layout, as well as mechanical and electrical repairs and upgrades.
  
-[{{ :winter_at_trinity-6.jpg?400|Seabury Hall. Photo credit: Trinity College}}]+[{{ :winter_at_trinity-6.jpg?400|Seabury Hall, February 2021. Photo credit: Trinity College Communications}}]
  
 To complete the renovation and restoration, material was sourced from local, national, and international locations. The brownstone came from quarries in Portland, Connecticut. The sandstone was sourced from the Cleveland Quarries in Amherst, Ohio. A mine in Monson, Maine provided the roofing slate, and the terracotta roof pieces came from the West Meon Pottery in Petersfield, England. To complete the renovation and restoration, material was sourced from local, national, and international locations. The brownstone came from quarries in Portland, Connecticut. The sandstone was sourced from the Cleveland Quarries in Amherst, Ohio. A mine in Monson, Maine provided the roofing slate, and the terracotta roof pieces came from the West Meon Pottery in Petersfield, England.
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 ===== Sources ===== ===== Sources =====
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4370&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], 04/06/2021.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.30515474|Trinity Tripod]], 04/06/2021.
  
 [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/reporter/398/|Trinity Reporter]] (Fall-Winter 2008), pp. 23-25. [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/reporter/398/|Trinity Reporter]] (Fall-Winter 2008), pp. 23-25.
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