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The Century Club WHAT DO Crossley Hall, Ford Cottage, and Schauffler Library have in common? Not only did each building turn 100 years old in the past year, they also were designed by the same architects—Wainright Parish and J. Langdon Schroeder of New York.
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“Old” CROSSLEY was originally built in 1886 by F.W. Crossley, an Englishman and friend of D.L. Moody, and named in memory of his young son. The building burned in January 1911, just as students were registering for springterm classes, but was rebuilt in just eight months. Funding for the enormous reconstruction project came from Mrs. D. Willis James and Mrs. Russell Sage, among others.
Photos (left): Courtesy of NMH Archives. Photo (right): Sharon Lindale
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The Georgian Revival style FORD Cottage was funded through a large number of donations from “old boys” and named in honor of Harriet Ford Cutler, who taught Greek and Latin and was the wife of Headmaster Henry Cutler. Mount Hermon alumni returned to campus on the 30th anniversary of the school to break ground for Ford Cottage—by pulling plows.
CROWNED Last fall, the NMH barn got a new cupola, designed and built with help from NMH alumni and students. The structural beams came from campus evergreens that were felled by a windstorm. Mary MaysharkStavely, whose family helped fund the project in honor of her father, Jim Mayshark ’32, said at the installation, "It looks like it was always supposed to be there.”
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SCHAUFFLER Library’s donors, Rev. Adolph Schauffler and his wife, Julia, wished to honor Adolph’s father, William, a missionary and translator of the Bible. The library’s original interior included multiple catwalks and mezzanines that hovered over what is now the circulation desk and periodicals room.
Want more NMH history? Visit the NMH Archives blog at http://archives.nmhblogs.org
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