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Denbigh Hall

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1890, Cope and Stewardson

Denbigh marks a significant maturation of Cope and Stewardson's style here, characterized by greater emphasis on horizontality accented with verticals and with a greater attention to the integration of historical detail in an overall composition. The materials, schist with accents of bluestone and sandstone, and its isolated position to the rear of Taylor Hall are the last nod to Addison Hutton's Victorian plan. The short wing housed Bryn Mawr's first graduate students, marking the growing aspirations of President Thomas. Denbigh Hall burned in 1904 and was immediately rebuilt by Cope and Stewardson with some minor alterations.

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George E. Thomas
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George E. Thomas, "Denbigh Hall", [, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-02-MO9.4.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of PA vol 2

Buildings of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, George E. Thomas, with Patricia Likos Ricci, Richard J. Webster, Lawrence M. Newman, Robert Janosov, and Bruce Thomas. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 194-194.

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