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Geographic / Mass. / Northfield; HAV-01-403-Z-G-304
GUSN-309921
Two mounted and matted architectural renderings in ink of the Talcott Library at was once The Northfield Seminary for Young Ladies in Northfield, Massachusetts. The renderings shows off the architectural features of the library such as its spire, tower, pointed turrets, and arched entryways, from two different perspectives. Some trees and other natural elements can be seen in the foreground and background of the rendering. The artist is unknown and the rendering is undated.
renderings (drawings)
turrets (towers)
libraries (buildings)
arches
spires
towers (building divisions)
educational complexes
education
renderings (drawings)
ink
2 architectural renderings: mounted and matted; 8 x 11 inches
AR001
General architectural and cartographic collection
AR001.USMA.0375.001
Gift
Gifted by John and Judith B. Tankard
East Northfield (Northfield, Franklin county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
renderings (drawings)
ink
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899
Northfield Seminary for Young Ladies
Architecture
Education
Women
Library
School
Rendering was originally housed in a frame and has been sinced removed.
Very good condition. Renderings are fragile as they are on tracing paper. Must be handled with care.
Item
Geographic / Mass. / Northfield; HAV-01-403-Z-G-304
Nineteenth-century evangelist, Dwight Lyman Moody, founded two institutions: The Northfield Seminary for Young Ladies (1879) and the Mount Hermon School for Boys (1881) in Northfield, Massachusetts. Built for poor children without access to other means of education, the two schools remained seperate until 1972, when they merged into Northfield Mount Hermon, a coeducational school.
Following the merger, both the Northfield and Mount Hermon campus continued to be utilized until 2004 when the campus was consolidated to the Mount Hermon campus. The majority of the Northfield campus was sold following this consolidation, including the land where the Talcott Library stood. It is unknown whether the Talcott Library is still standing or has been demolished.
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