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 ====== Summit Campus ======
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 ===== Jackson, Burges, and Kimball =====
-In 1866, Hartford began competing with New Haven to be named the Capital city of Connecticut. As a token of showmanship, Hartford wanted to erect a new, handsome state capitol building, as well as acquire “the most desirable site in the city”--[[old_campus|the Trinity campus]]--to house the new building. Hartford originally offered $374,375 to Trinity for the site, but raised the price to $600,000 during negotiations. On March 21, 1872, the Trinity [[trustees|trustees]] accepted the offer, and immediately began looking for a new site for the university. At the same time, President [[jackson_abner|Abner Jackson]] was sent to England to confer with an architect to design the new campus.
+In 1866, Hartford began competing with New Haven to be named the capital city of Connecticut. As a token of showmanship, Hartford wanted to erect a new, handsome state capitol building, as well as acquire “the most desirable site in the city”--[[old_campus|the Trinity campus]]--to house the new building. Hartford originally offered $374,375 to Trinity for the site, but raised the price to $600,000 during negotiations. On March 21, 1872, the Trinity [[trustees|trustees]] accepted the offer, and immediately began looking for a new site for the university. At the same time, President [[jackson_abner|Abner Jackson]] was sent to England to confer with an architect to design the new campus.
 Jackson was introduced to yet-unknown architect [[burges_william|William Burges]], who seemed to be a good fit for the envisioned Anglican, gothic campus. Jackson toured Oxford University and made notes on specific areas he found interesting: Brasenose, Pembroke, All Souls, Jesus, and Keble Colleges, the Bodleian Library, and Sheldonian Theatre. Then, he visited Scotland, where he observed the architecture at Trinity College, Glenalmond, a closed quadrangle with a "long walk" façade.
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 ===== The Move to the New Campus =====
-Trinity students, alumni, and faculty were not happy when the Trustees decided to sell their idyllic and desirable "College Hill" campus to Hartford to use for its opulent State Capitol Building, particularly when the decision was made to purchase the "Rocky Hill" site, which the students felt was decidedly inferior. They were dismayed that the new site would be far from downtown Hartford and, in their opinion, a neighborhood that was "not of the kind to induce people of wealth and culture to build there." The South and East ends of Hartford were less affluent than downtown, and home to minorities and immigrants.
+Trinity students, alumni, and faculty were not happy when the Trustees decided to sell their idyllic and desirable "College Hill" campus to Hartford to use for its opulent State Capitol Building, particularly when the decision was made to purchase the "Rocky Hill" site, which the students felt was decidedly inferior. They were dismayed that the new site would be far from downtown Hartford and, in their opinion, a neighborhood that was "not of the kind to induce people of wealth and culture to build there." The south and east ends of Hartford were less affluent than downtown, and home to minorities and immigrants.
 However, plans for the campus move were cemented. Between 1875 and 1878, [[seabury_hall|Seabury]] and [[jarvis_hall|Jarvis]] Halls were constructed and completed. The final commencement ceremony on the old campus took place in July 1878, and demolition began on the old campus buildings immediately following.
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 Though its foundation was completed in 1878, [[northam_towers|Northam Towers]], the "gateway" between Seabury and Jarvis Halls, could not be constructed due to lack of funds. In its place, a wooden structure was erected which served as kitchen rooms for stewards and servants. In 1881, however, Colonel Charles H. Northam presented the College with funding to finish the Towers according to Kimball's designs. Northam Towers was completed in 1883.
-In the original plans for Trinity's campus, William Burges envisioned four quadrangles of related buildings. President Thomas Pynchon, working with Francis Kimball, adapted this plan to the Summit Campus land with three quadrangles. However, only one side of one quadrangle was ever completed. This "side" was three conjoined buildings that made up the Long Walk. Due to the expense, construction on subsequent buildings according to Kimball's plans did not continue. This greatly dismayed Trinity students, who hoped "to see these Burges plans materialize in stone." So, too, did alumni feel that the completion of the Burges plan was "necessary to the realization of the College's destiny." The Board of Trustees and Administration, however, had to see to more pressing and immediate needs of the College.
+In the original plans for Trinity's campus, William Burges envisioned four quadrangles of related buildings. President Thomas Pynchon, working with Francis Kimball, adapted this plan to the Summit Campus land with three quadrangles. However, only one side of one quadrangle was ever completed. This "side" was three conjoined buildings that made up the Long Walk. Due to the expense, President [[smith_george_williamson|George Williamson Smith]], however, convinced the Trustees that perhaps the Burges plan should not be followed for future Trinity buildings. This greatly dismayed Trinity students, who hoped "to see these Burges plans materialize in stone." So, too, did alumni feel that the completion of the Burges plan was "necessary to the realization of the College's destiny." On June 28, 1884, however, the Trustees voted that "any buildings that may hereafter be erected should be located and constructed as existing needs and resources of the College may require, whether or not the same may be in pursuance of the Burges Plan so called."
-Despite student and alumni pleas, [[alumni_hall|Alumni Hall]] Gymnasium (1887), Jarvis Scientific Laboratory (1888), and [[boardman_hall|Boardman Hall]] of Natural History (1900) were built discordant to the Kimball Plan. The //[[tablet|Trinity Tablet]]// seethed that the campus was becoming "a heterogeneous collection of buildings of different architectural style" scattered in incongruous sites. "The College must build not only for the present," it said, "but for the future as well." During Boardman Hall's groundbreaking ceremony, the program stated that "the procession will be re-formed and will return to the Great Quadrangle." ((Weaver, p. 278))
+As a result, [[alumni_hall|Alumni Hall]] Gymnasium (1887), Jarvis Scientific Laboratory (1888), and [[boardman_hall|Boardman Hall]] of Natural History (1900) were built discordant to the Burges-Kimball Plan. The //[[tablet|Trinity Tablet]]// seethed that the campus was becoming "a heterogeneous collection of buildings of different architectural style" scattered in incongruous sites. "The College must build not only for the present," it said, "but for the future as well." During Boardman Hall's groundbreaking ceremony, the program stated that "the procession will be re-formed and will return to the Great Quadrangle." ((Weaver, p. 278))
 The next major addition to the Long Walk, [[williams_memorial|Williams Memorial]] (1914), which served as the College Library, was built perpendicular to Seabury Hall, as the Burges plan intended. During its dedication, architect Benjamin Wistar Morris, Class of 1893, spoke of the need to develop the Trinity campus "according to a regular plan." Though he agreed Burges' vision was too ambitious for an institution of Trinity's size, he urged the creation of a permanent committee on Grounds and Buildings which would develop a general campus plan "broad in its principles and elastic enough to meet the requirements of the future which none can predict" in order to save the College from "irreparable blunders and enduring regrets." ((Weaver, p. 279))
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 ===== The Pilot Plan =====
+[{{ :39159050.jpg?400|The Trinity Campus as it appeared in December, 1962. Photo Credit: Trinity College Archives.}}]
 In 1961, "the Trustee Committee on Buildings and Grounds directed the College to form a committee to survey the physical requirements of the College and to make recommendations concerning them to the Committee" to "be used as the basis for a Pilot Plan for the College." ((Trinity College Bulletin, Report of the President, 1960-1961))
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   * [[ferris_athletic_center|Ferris Athletic Center]] (1968)
   * [[high_rise_hall|High Rise Hall]] (1968)
+  * [[funston_hall|Funston Hall]] (1978)
+  * [[president_s_house|The New President's House]] (1978)
 The next major building campaign would not come for another 30 years.
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 President [[dobelle_evan_s|Evan Dobelle]] created a Master Plan Task Force in 1996 consisting of faculty members and administrators for the purposes of creating a new Master Plan. In January 1997, Trinity announced its partnership with Cooper, Robertson & Partners (now Cooper, Robertson Ltd.) of New York as prime consultants; William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc. of Boston as architectural advisors; and Berridge, Lewinberg, Greenberg, Dark, and Gabor (Urban Strategies, Inc.) of Toronto as master planners and urban design experts.
-The Campus Master Plan (1997), "Planning the Future," included Phases I (2002), II (2010) and III (2020) and focused not only on the specific placement of college buildings, but in improving upon and expanding existing facilities as well as envisioning the college's needs and growth. It also placed importance on developing a close and linked relationship with the nearby Hartford community by way of linking the campus to the neighborhood and creating new entrances. In 1998, Trinity College’s Campus Master Plan won a national award for planning for the firm of Cooper Robertson of New York.
+The Campus Master Plan (1997), "Planning the Future," included Phases I (2002), II (2010) and III (2020) and focused not only on the specific placement of college buildings, but on improving upon and expanding existing facilities as well as envisioning the college's needs and growth. It also placed importance on developing a close and linked relationship with the nearby Hartford community by way of linking the campus to the neighborhood and creating new entrances. In 1998, Trinity College’s Campus Master Plan won a national award for planning for the firm of Cooper Robertson of New York.
-[{{:35078480.jpeg?400 |The Campus Master Plan (1997), projecting the College as it would appear in 2020. Photo credit: Trinity College Archives}}]
+[{{:35078480.jpeg?400 |The Campus Master Plan (1997), projecting the College as it would appear in 2020. The dark brown buildings are proposed additions, many of them dormitories. The large central dark building is Austin Arts Center, connected to the Library by a sky bridge. Also of note are the several unrealized, tree-lined entrances to campus from various points. Photo credit: Trinity College Archives}}]
 [{{:0001_1.jpeg?400 |Campus changes over time, from the Campus Master Plan (1997). Photo credit: Trinity College Archives}}]
-The First Phase of the Master Plan (to be completed by 2002) was the most extensive and included renovating the library and merging it with the computing center, expanding Austin Arts, constructing a new dormitory on Summit Street, constructing an admissions/administration building on the site of former Alumni Hall northeast of the Chapel, constructing a studio arts facility on New Britain Avenue, and creating entrances to campus via Crescent Street and Vernon Street's eastern end.
+The First Phase of the Master Plan (to be completed by 2002) was the most extensive and included renovating the library and merging it with the computing center, expanding Austin Arts, constructing a new dormitory on Summit Street, constructing an [[admissions_building|admissions/administration building]] on the site of former Alumni Hall northeast of the Chapel, constructing a studio arts facility on New Britain Avenue, and creating entrances to campus via Crescent Street and Vernon Street's eastern end.
 Phase II and III intended to renovate Seabury, Jarvis, and Williams Memorial Halls, demolishing Hallden Hall and replacing it with a new academic building, constructing two new dormitories, relocating and reorganizing the playing fields, new road configurations, and landscaping.
-A number of the Master Plan's goals, specifically in Phase I, were achieved while others were altered or disregarded, partly due to the change in administration from Dobelle (who left Trinity in 2001) to [[jones_james_f._jr|James F. Jones, Jr.]] (2004-2014). As a result, the campus as it was projected to appear in 2020 did not come to full fruition.
+A number of the Master Plan's goals, specifically in Phase I and II, were achieved while others were altered or disregarded, partly due to the change in administration and presidency from Evan Dobelle (who left Trinity in 2001) to [[jones_james_f._jr|James F. Jones, Jr.]] (2004-2014) and finally, [[berger-sweeney_joanne|Joanne Berger-Sweeney]] (2014-2025). Most significantly, several new dormitories, a parking garage, and tree-lined, new campus entrances remain unrealized. The entrances were to be on New Britain Avenue/Crescent Street, Broad Street, and Vernon Street. Vernon Street was to be reopened with a campus security gated entrance and speeding deterrents, and a new road between Vernon Street and Allyn Place was proposed as a row for cultural houses. In the original 1997 Plan (see image in this article), the Library and Austin Arts were both to be enlarged and linked via a sky bridge. The Library was also to have an art gallery space built at the rear. By 1998, however, this idea had largely been disregarded aside from a library addition, which was completed in 2001.
+A number of planned and un-planned structures were added to the campus between 1997 and 2023. These are:
+  * [[nutt_mathematics_engineering_and_computer_science_center|Roy Nutt Mathematics, Engineering and Computer Science Center]] (1991)
+  * [[vernon_place|Vernon Place dorm]] (1997)
+  * [[cornelia_center|Cornelia Center]] (1997)
+  * Summit Suites – [[summit_suites_north_and_south|North, South,]] and [[summit_suites_east|East]] (2000)
+  * [[trinfo_cafe|Trinfo.Café]] (2000)
+  * [[library|Raether Library and Information Technology Center Addition]] (2001)
+  * [[robin_l._sheppard_field|Robin L. Sheppard Field]] (2002)
+  * [[zachs_hillel_house|Zachs Hillel House]]  + Cultural Houses including [[asian-american_student_association_aasa_house|AASA]], [[la_eracra|La Eracra]], and [[umoja_house|Umoja]] House (2002-)
+  * [[koeppel_community_sports_center|Koeppel Community Sports Center]] (2007)
+  * [[long_walk_restoration_and_renovation|Long Walk Restoration and Renovation]] (2008)
+  * [[assaiante_paul_d._tennis_center|Paul D. Assaiante Tennis Center]] (2010)
+  * [[crescent_street_townhouses|Crescent Street Townhouses]] (2013)
+  * [[gruss_music_center|Gruss Music Center]] (2016)
+  * [[dibenedetto_stadium_murren_family_field|DiBenedetto Stadium/Murren Family Field]] (2017)
+  * [[crescent_center_for_arts_and_neuroscience_ccan|Crescent Center for Arts and Neuroscience (CCAN)]] (2017)
+  * [[ferris_athletic_center|Ferris Athletic Center Addition]] (2023)
-In 2016, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Fine Arts Alden Gordon wrote in an op-ed to the //Tripod//:
+In 2016, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Fine Arts, Alden Gordon, wrote in an op-ed to the //Tripod// relating to the unrealized portions of the 1997 Plan:
 //Trinity was to have an attractive and visible face to the neighborhood which would encourage small businesses to locate along New Britain Avenue and to be frequented by the Trinity and Hartford Hospital communities...Crescent Street and New Britain Avenue should have become a main point of entry to the campus with safe roads and walkways, good signage, landscaping, on-street parking on a two-way street giving easy access for off-campus visitors coming to [[cinestudio|Cinestudio]], the Library, athletic events and campus cultural events in the Austin Arts Center.//
-Gordon offered other specific examples of buildings or additions that were constructed in incorrect places or initiatives that were not carried out. For instance, the bookstore and other student services were intended to move out of Mather Hall to the corner of New Britain Avenue and Crescent Street. The addition to Austin Arts Center was constructed to the East, rather than North, where it would have connected to the Library. The Ferris roadway, which runs along the South side of Ferris Athletic Center, was originally to have been constructed at the North end and connect to Crescent Street in front of the Library. Crescent Street and Vernon street were also intended to be main entrances to the College.
+Gordon offered other specific examples of buildings or additions that were constructed in incorrect places or initiatives that were not carried out. For instance, the bookstore and other student services were intended to move out of Mather Hall to the corner of New Britain Avenue and Crescent Street. The addition to Austin Arts Center was constructed to the east, rather than north, where it would have connected to the Library. The Ferris roadway, which runs along the south side of Ferris Athletic Center, was originally to have been constructed at the north end and connect to Crescent Street in front of the Library. Crescent Street and Vernon Street also were intended to be main entrances to the College.
 In 2017, President [[berger-sweeney_joanne|Joanne Berger-Sweeney]] published //Summit//, the College's Bicentennial Strategic Plan. In it are plans to "renew Trinity’s historic campus and plan a physical environment that fosters community and learning both inside and outside of the classroom," primarily focusing on "green space planning" and needed facilities maintenance in order to revitalize existing buildings.