Ticknor大厅
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Current and Historic Name: Ticknor大厅
地址:北纬926号. 级联大道
建成年份:1898年
Architectural Style: Late Victorian
Architect: Douglas and Hetherington, Colorado Springs
Designation: National Register
Access Level: Ticknor大厅 is a residence and therefore is not open to the public.
科罗拉多大学 erected Ticknor大厅 in 1897-98 as its second women's dormitory. During the 1890s the number of women students steadily increased and soon eclipsed the capacity of 蒙哥马利大厅, 建成于1891年. The college temporarily gained additional space by leasing two private houses nearby, but recognized the pressing need for a new hall on campus. 威廉·F总统. 斯洛克姆(1888 - 1917), a talented fundraiser who greatly expanded college facilities during his tenure, emphasized the need for more dormitory space to potential donors. A friend of the college responded, 贡献了5美元,000 for the building of a new women's residence in April 1897 and subsequently increasing her gift to $20,000.
The identity of the donor was not revealed until 1903, when the community learned it was Elizabeth Cheney of Wellesley, 麻萨诸塞州. In her early twenties at the time of her gift, Miss Cheney had visited Colorado Springs for her health several times. President Slocum later reported that upon viewing the plans for the proposed residence hall she remarked, “构建它, 我会为此付出代价的." The donor requested the new hall be named for her special friend, Anna Ticknor of Boston, "whose counsel had meant much to Miss Cheney in her own undergraduate days." Elizabeth Cheney also contributed funds for furnishings in the dormitory and a pipe organ in the school's first fine arts building, Perkins Hall (no longer standing).
The college engaged the Colorado Springs architectural firm of Walter F. 道格拉斯和T. Duncan Hetherington to design the new residence hall. Douglas had previously prepared drawings for 蒙哥马利大厅. The Woman's Educational Society (WES) assisted in planning the new dormitory, focusing on incorporating "a home atmosphere" for the building and raising money for its furnishings. Established in 1889 to provide "physical, 知识, and spiritual aid to young women" on campus, the WES had planned and raised the funds for the erection of 蒙哥马利大厅 and continues to provide assistance to students and support campus programs and improvements today.
Excavation for Ticknor大厅 started in May 1897. 1897年6月15日, 伊迪丝Dabb, president of that year's graduating class, represented the student body in setting the cornerstone at ceremonies held during commencement week. A box with college and WES publications and copies of newspapers was placed in the cornerstone. 玛丽斯洛克姆, wife of the college president and head of the WES, surprised the crowd by announcing that she could not name the anonymous donor, but she would display a picture. To much amusement, she held up a photograph of an Egyptian Sphinx. For many years the photograph ornamented the front hallway of the dormitory, where it was the first thing visible to visitors.
Elegant engraved invitations sent across the country drew a large crowd to Ticknor大厅's dedication on 11 January 1898, including Colorado Springs founder William Jackson Palmer. Following a ceremony with music, 祈祷, 和演讲, the WES arranged numerous gifts of furniture and decorations for viewing and prepared a luncheon and receptions. President Slocum proclaimed Ticknor had been "so constructed, arranged and furnished that only the influences of refinement and culture will surround those who are to occupy it."
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历史上:
In 1929, a prominent feminist and Democrat named Lillian Kerr wrote a letter to a Colorado Springs newspaper lamenting there was no woman on the City Council. "I dismissed the thought," Edith Bramhall later recounted, "but woke up the next morning saying: 'Why don't you do it yourself?'"
Located on the developing Women's Quadrangle between Montgomery and 卡特勒大厅s, the new dormitory occupied a spot that took advantage of the slope of the land to create well-lighted and ventilated basement rooms. Designed in accord with the cottage system adopted in the construction of Montgomery, the building resembled an elegant Victorian residence that featured walls composed of Ute Pass red and green dolostone, as well as half-timbering, 老虎, 还有凸窗. The colorful stone provided "a most ornate appearance" and formed "a striking contrast" to the other types of stone used on campus. The Colorado Collegian boasted, “明亮的卧室, filled out with all the conveniences that could be desired, the long halls richly carpeted, 宽阔的楼梯, the large parlors with polished floors and magnificent rugs, the bright and cheery study room, the neat and well-ordered kitchen and dining room, 宽敞的医院, all combined to make a delightful effect."
Although appearing similar in size to Montgomery from the front, a large west wing increased the hall's capacity, tripling the on-campus living space for women students. 除了, Ticknor大厅 boasted such special amenities as a club and study room with a separate entrance on the south to be used by all the women on campus, a trunk elevator for moving luggage, and a large dining room seating 40 to 50. An infirmary "capable of complete isolation" was available to all women students living on campus who paid a five-dollar annual fee. This marked the beginning of a student health service on campus. Two members of the WES covered the nurse's salary for the first year. Acknowledging the popularity of bicycles, a "stable" for two-wheelers was included. As the Colorado Springs Gazette noted, "The wheelwoman's interest has, 当然, had to be considered and their valued steeds will find safe lodgment in the basement." Noting the elegance of the new hall, the Gazette observed "surely it would seem that no young woman can live four years at Ticknor大厅 and not come forth a thoroughly cultured person, partaking unconsciously of the influence of her surroundings."
As Ticknor大厅 neared completion, the college hired Ruth Loomis as its Dean of Women and director of female dormitories after she responded to an advertisement seeking someone who could serve as a dean, 管家, and nurse for a salary of $40 per month. A graduate and instructor at Vassar College, Miss Loomis set the rules of social conduct for women students and brought with her the "sophistication, 文雅, and sense of proper behaviors typified by an eastern college." A member of the Class of 1906 recalled, "Dignity marked Dean Loomis' bearing; even her laughter was subdued and lady-like and her taffeta-lined skirts swished in quiet elegance as she moved down the stairs to lead evening 祈祷 in Ticknor study." The college viewed dormitory living not just as a convenient housing option, but an important part of a young woman's education, with the residence halls serving as the center of their carefully regulated social lives.
一战期间, 科罗拉多大学 hosted the Army Signal Corps School, a military training program for radio operators that educated more than 500 students. When an epidemic of the Spanish Influenza struck campus in 1918, eight members and an instructor of the Signal Corps died in one month, resulting in a quarantine of campus. The college pressed Ticknor大厅 into service as an infirmary.
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, out-of-town enrollment dropped, leading to the closure of Montgomery, Ticknor, and McGregor halls in March 1933. As enrollment rebounded Ticknor大厅, which some felt was the neglected "old maid of the campus," was redecorated and reopened in the fall of 1936. 1957年到1959年, Ticknor operated as a faculty office building before resuming its role as a dormitory. 在后来的岁月里, the basement housed a 职业中心, providing students with assistance in employment planning and job 搜索es. Ticknor大厅, listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2000 in recognition of its history and architecture, serves as a coed theme residence.