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Dartmouth College, Thornton Hall, Hanover, Grafton County, NH
Summary
Significance: Thornton Hall, with Wentworth 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-70
Building/structure dates: 1827- 1828 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1924 Subsequent Work
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Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Young, Ammi Burnham
Thornton, John
Chamberlain & Hale
Edwards, Henry C, historian
Overby, Osmund R, historian
Bouchard, Adrian N, photographer
Location
grafton county, 43.70225, -72.28955
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
