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HOTCHKISS GOLF COURSE
wildly contoured greens – 3,043 yards with a par of 35 – and “famous holes” like the ninth, modeled on the Road Hole at St. Andrews. He also captured the interest of English teacher Charles Banks ’02, who left the faculty to become Raynor’s partner and successor in golfcourse design. In 2002, consultant George Bahto was retained to restore features of the Raynor design that over the BOAT HOUSE years had been altered by road and building construction; plans for additional historic restoration are being considered. THE HOTCHKISS B OAT HOUSE (1915, 1959, 1998) on Lake Wononscopomuc was given by Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Holmes, parents of Carl, Christian, and Julius Holmes, classes of 1912, ’17, and ’21, at a time when canoeing was a popular diversion.
Designers Rossiter and Wright equipped it with roller delivery and electricity. A 1959 renovation was made possible by a gift from the Class of 1939 in memory of classmates killed in World War II. In 1998, with a gift from Sharon and James Benenson Jr., parents of James Benenson III ’97, the school shored up the foundations with steel beams, replaced the worn siding with a new weatherproof skin, and remodeled the interior to suit the needs of both the sailing team and the caterers who serve boathouse meetings and parties. MONAHAN B UILDING (1937, 1949, 1954, 2007) deserves mention here as the former MONAHAN GYMNASIUM, built to establish the center for campus athletics (and the Hotchkiss Georgian style) east of Route 41. Still bearing
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