Dartmouth Hall

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As the main and first permanent building of the College students called the multipurpose Dartmouth Hall "the College" until the late 1820s (Richardson 251). Eleazar Wheelock originally envisioned the building in 1770 though it would remain in a state of planning for a dozen years. Wheelock obtained the plans for the building from Comfort Sever.Wheelock broke ground for the hall on the Hill in 1773 based on some plan he had selected though he then had to reduce his ambition and aim to construct only one-third of the total building at first. War and a lack of support from the Trust in England delayed the project past Wheelock's death in 1779. Workers built the building of wood because the College did not have enough money for brick or stone. Chase estimated the total cost of Dartmouth Hall at 4500 pounds.Dartmouth Hall housed nearly the entire College for four decades including the library museum class or recitation rooms offices and dormitory space.Charles Alonzo Rich designed the specialized classroom and office building built of brick after the Dartmouth Hall fire. The building cost $101 700 (R.N. Hill 299). Lord Dartmouth laid the cornerstone to which the College affixed a plaque made of the melted College Bell.(Source: Scott Meacham "Notes toward a Catalog of the Buildings and Landscapes of Dartmouth College "Dartmo.: The Buildings of Dartmouth College (updated 2001) at http://www.dartmo.com/buildings)Modeled by Yoon-Ki Park

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