Wheaton College - Nike Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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GYMNASIUM (1844): Originally located between the north wing of Mary Lyon Hall and Old Metcalf Hall, this is believed to be the first freestanding gymnasium built at any women’s college in the U.S. In 1869 it was remodeled, and the Seminary Library was moved into this building. When addi- tions were made to Mary Lyon Hall in 1878, Mrs. Wheaton donated the building to the Trinitarian Congregational Church for its vestry. At first, the vestry was attached to the rear of the Church, facing south. The former gymnasium was moved to its present position at the southern end of the Church’s current horseshoe shape in 1963. at. . we ten Se, 3 Pr Se os ge BON Se Et PIR ck 2 BOWLING ALLEY (1884-85): This building had two alleys and stained- glass windows. It was first mentioned in the catalogue of I90I-O2, and last mentioned in 1907-08. It was later razed. Cole Memorial Chapel (1917): The chapel was named in 1926 for the Rev. Samuel Valentine Cole, Trustee from 1893 to 1925, and College President from 1897 until his death in 1925. The original seating capacity of ca. 900 was expanded in 1934. 19

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EMERSON DINING HALL (1908): Named for Alfred Emerson, trustee from 1872 to 1893 and treasurer from 1880 to 1891, and his wife, Martha Vose Emerson, princi- pal from 1842 to 1849. The Dimple was graded at this time because plans called for a reflecting pool (the depression was formed when a stable barn was sold and removed in 1905). Appeared in Good Housekeeping Magazine as one of the most beautiful dining halls in the U.S. The open porch from which diners watched plays performed in the Dimple was roofed over and glassed in ca. 1927. New kitchen equipment was installed in the 1930s. Rooms over the dining hall, originally residences for kitchen help, were used as faculty offices for some years before 1971, when they were converted to student residences (faculty offices were created in the renova- tion of Knapton Hall). In 1950, the Faculty Dining Room was added, the kitchen and bakery enlarged, and base- ment rooms finished for food preparation. “Crum’s Closet” is a former coat closet off the Faculty Dining Room made over into a small meeting room, and offi- cially named for Sarah Crum, the Coordinator of Cam- pus Events from 197] to 1987 at her retirement party. In 1984, an electric carillon was added to Emerson, witha gift from Madeleine Clark Wallace WI934. The keyboard is in the faculty lounge, and the speakers are in the cupola. MADELEINE CLARK WALLACE LIBRARY (1923): Wheaton’s library began in a room in Old Metcalf Hall, was moved to the gymnasium building in 1869, and to a specially designed room in Mary Lyon Hall in 1879. The library continued to grow until it occupied Rooms 7, 9, and 10 in Mary Lyon Hall, and it was finally removed to the Chapel basement in 1918-19, where it remained until the current building opened in 1923. The Library was dedicated at Commence- ment in June 1923, but the books could not be moved to their new home until a few days before the open-| ing of college in September 1923 due to the general disruption caused by the installation of a new steam distributing system. In 1933, the science library was moved from the overcrowded library to a large room in the basement of the Science Hall (Knapton). Grow- ing use and storage of periodical literature contrib- uted to the space problem. The Henry Clay Jackson Wing, added in 1941 (formally opened in Jan. 1942), was made possible by a gift from the Paul Wilde Jackson Fund of Boston. It included a Browsing Room, new books area, periodical room and stacks for bound periodicals. The Laila Raabe collection of early American glass was displayed in specially-built exhibit cases in a hallway outside the Browsing Room (transferred to Watson in 1982). In 1961, when the Periodicals Wing was added, floors were placed across the atrium to create more stack space (seating and stack space were doubled). In 1979 80 another addition to the Library restored the atrium and created a sky-lighted Stair Tower and underground stack area to join the Library to the Science Center. An Archives Reading Room was also created. The Library was named for Mrs. Wallace W1934 in 1984, when she made Wheaton College her residuary legatee on the occasion of her 50th reunion (ca. $1.2 million).

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DOLL’S HOUSE OLD POWER HOUSE LAUNDRY TOWER HALL (1904-5): This building served first as the power house and laundry, providing all of the light, power and heat for the college plant until 1925, when a new power plant was con- structed. The old power house was re- modeled and a third floor added to house thirty people, including eleven women of the staff. A new steam distribution sys- tem was installed throughout the campus during the summer of 1923. When the power house was remodeled into a resi- dence, a contest was held to name the building, which was being called “Tower Hall,” but by 193l, it was commonly re- ferred to as the “Doll’s House.” It was converted into a classroom building in 1934, housing the Economics, Sociology, Psychology and Education Departments. In the basement, the Zoology Dept. kept an “animal room,” and the Physics Dept. an “apparatus room.” In 1935 “The Cage” or small gymnasium was added to the lower level. The Cage gained a snack bar in 1962-63, and was completely renovated in 1968-69. The Dolls House was remodeled into the bookstore and offices in the 1960s. When Knapton was renovated in 1971, offices on the second floor of the Doll’s House were used to expand the Bookstore. In 1972, the building housed Buildings and Grounds, SAGA, and Security offices. The Doll’s House was again remodelled in 1978, when the Book- tae soehiatty A asesagt T =} sebcbcist, agrgaeeerieccee store was moved to the old Everett Dining Hall. In 1980, The Cage was remodelled and renamed “The Loft.” Since 1982, the Doll’s House housed Financial Aid, Registrar and Dean’s offices. PEACOCK POND (1929): Marsh excavated and transformed into pond. Not spring fed. In its first years, the pond was used for swimming, boating and skating, and was considered to be an integral part of college activities. Seniors first successfully floated their candles on it in 1930. A contest to name the pond resulted in “Peacock Pond” or “Peacock Mirror” because the Chapel weathervane is reflected on its surface. The Greek Temple on the pond’s western shore was constructed in 1935 using pillars from the porch of the original section of Old Metcalf Hall. 20