Buildings & Grounds, 1889-1911
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1889 |
October -- Barnard opens at 343 Madison Avenue |
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1891 |
Columbia decides to transfer to Morningside Heights |
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1892 |
Mary E. Brinckerhoff donates conditional $100,000 for
building |
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1895 |
Barnard secures site at 119th street |
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1895 |
Anonymous donor gives $100,000 towards a building |
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1895 |
Barnard begins to host parlor meetings for the
solicitation of gifts |
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1896 |
May -- Barnard purchases acre of land at Broadway and
119th |
|
1896 |
Autumn -- Elizabeth Milbank Anderson announces she will
choose building's architect |
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1896 |
Saturday, October 24 -- Laying of cornerstone at Milbank
Hall and Brinckerhoff Hall |
|
1897 |
May -- Martha T. Fiske gives $140,000 to in memory
of husband |
|
1897 |
Fall -- Barnard moves from Madison Avenue to Morningside
Campus |
|
1897 |
October 16 -- Laying of cornerstone for Fiske
Hall |
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1898 |
Trustees change plans for Fiske Hall to make it a
dormitory |
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1898 |
January -- A.S. Hewitt donates $1,000, establishing fund
to rid school of debt |
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1898 |
Anonymous donor promises 25,000 if debt is retired by
October 3 |
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1898 |
October 3 -- Donations fall short by $9,000 on deadline.
Anonymous donor contributes difference |
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1901 |
June -- John D. Rockefeller donates $200,000 to Barnard
if they raise equivalent by January 1, 1902 |
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1902 |
January 1 -- Barnard does not meet Mr. Rockefeller's
deadline; only $120,000 is raised. New deadline: April 1 |
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1902 |
April 1 -- Barnard still needs $3,500 upon the
deadline. Once again, last-minute donations save college |
|
1902 |
New York Hospital wants to get rid of its property at
Morningside Heights |
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1902 |
Fiske Hall is converted to an academic building for
classes |
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1903 |
February -- Barnard negotiates for new land |
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1906 |
Brooks Hall is built |
|
1906 |
November 9 -- Laying of the cornerstone of Brooks Hall |
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1907 |
Fall -- Brooks Hall inhabited by 56 students while in the
middle of contruction |