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Barnard’s
Four Historic Buildings Gain Listing on National Register
for Historic Places
Barnard
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New
York, NY, December 15, 2003— Milbank, Brooks, Hewitt,
and Barnard Halls, Barnard’s four historic buildings,
located between 116th and 120th Streets on Broadway, have
been listed on the National Register of Historic Places by
the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic
Preservation Bureau.
"This is a wonderful honor that highlights the beautiful
and distinctive architecture of our campus," said Barnard
President Judith Shapiro. "But most important, it recognizes
the creative thinkers and visionary leaders among Barnard
alumnae whose achievements have been nurtured on our historic
campus over the generations. As a community of scholars, we
take great pride in the knowledge that the Barnard gates on
Broadway opened more than a century ago as the first secular
college for women in New York City. We are honored to have
our campus designated as a place that has helped to shape
so many remarkable women. I have often said that Barnard is
not only a women's college in New York City but a college
for all women in New York City. With this honor, I hope that
the Barnard campus will become even more widely recognized
as a destination on Morningside Heights for those with a continuing
interest in women's progress."
Barnard's alumnae include pioneers like anthropologist Margaret
Mead and Judith Kaye, Chief Judge of the State of New York,
and journalist and author Anna Quindlen, chair of the Barnard
Board of Trustees as well as nine winners of the MacArthur
Foundation "genius" fellowship and eight Pulitzer
Prize winners.
Milbank
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The
National Register lists properties that are considered important
to the preservation of architectural history in the United
States, providing them with a measure of protection. The four
buildings defined as Barnard’s historic campus represent
the work of renowned turn-of-the-century architects Charles
Rich, Arnold Brunner, and McKim, Mead & White. The nomination
also makes the buildings eligible for application of state
historic preservation matching grants such as The National
Trust for Historic Preservation’s Save Americas Treasures
and the New York State Department of Parks’ Environmental
Quality Bond Act.
The National Register listing for Milbank Hall built in 1897,
Brooks Hall in 1906, Hewitt Hall in 1917, and Barnard Hall
in 1924, comes on the heels of a $220,000 grant for historic
preservation, which was recently awarded to Barnard by the
Getty Grant Program. This grant calls for the development
of a historic preservation master plan, which will be spearheaded
by Paul Byard of Platt Byard Dovell White, a New York-based
architectural firm that has developed major conservation and
preservation projects. The principal consultant for the preservation
master plan will be the renowned historian Andrew Dolkart.
To view information on Barnard's Getty Grant, please
click here.
Contact:
Petra Tuomi, Barnard Public Affairs, 212-854-7907
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