What is today the President’s House was constructed in 1850 by Mount Vernon banker William Hamilton, because he enjoyed the view.[1] The house was referred to as Hamilton’s folly because it was not only isolated but difficult to heat due to the wind…

The Van Etten-Lacey House was formally dedicated as the Center for Literary Arts on October 6, 2012, but the connection between 408 South Third Street and Cornell College goes back much further.[1] As early as 1913 this address had been the location…

In 1948, Cornell College acquired another building for its use, the Brackett House.[1] Located on the eastern edge of campus, across the street from College Hall, the former residence of William Brackett has been used primarily as a boarding house…

South Hall is Cornell College’s third oldest building, completed in 1873 at the cost of $10,000. It is the only building constructed as a result of the students’ petition, as the men of the college felt left out because they weren’t given boarding…

College Hall, also known as Main Hall, was the second building constructed on Cornell’s campus after Old Sem. When construction began in the fall of 1855, architects were so expensive that the Board of Trustees decided to have the hall built by…

In March of 1903, two Cornell College Trustees, acting under the direction of President William Fletcher King, approached philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and convinced him to finance the construction of a library building for the growing college.[1]…

The Black Awareness Cultural Organization House, also known as BACO House, is located on the southern part of campus, just behind the library and the heating plant and across from Ink Pond. In 1888, when a student came down with scarlet fever during…

Three decades after the founding of Cornell College, founder George Bowman felt the college was lacking in having a boarding hall built specifically for women, despite the rooms available to them in Old Sem. In 1884, Bowman urged the Board of…

The Cornellian first reported in 1907 that students desired an indoor facility to help student athletes train for their spring season, as many felt the reason for their often poor starts was owing to the lack of proper facilities to begin practicing…