Dartmouth College, Wentworth Hall, Hanover, Grafton County, NH

Significance: Wentworth Hall, with Thornton Hall which was built as part of the same project and is very similar, are the two oldest buildings surviving at Dartmouth. They were designed by Ammi B. Young and, as illustrative of his early style, are typically early nineteenth century collegiate in their massing and fenestration with some Greek Revival influence observable in the detail.

Survey number: HABS NH-71

Building/structure dates: 1827- 1828 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1912 Subsequent Work

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1933 - 1970

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