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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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 ===== 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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