麦格雷戈大厅
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现在和历史名称:麦格雷戈大厅
地址:北纬930号. 级联大道
竣工年份:1903年
建筑风格:荷兰殖民复兴
建筑师:Douglas and Hetherington, Colorado Springs
名称:国家注册
Access Level: 麦格雷戈大厅 is a residence and therefore is not open to the public.
The first athletic facility designed exclusively for women at 科罗拉多大学 opened in the basement of this dormitory erected in 1903. 校园里的第三个女生宿舍, 麦格雷戈大厅 fulfilled a growing need for student housing in the early twentieth century. 两个早期的女生宿舍, 蒙哥马利(1891)和提克诺(1898), and the leased west wing of the nearby Plaza Hotel (referred to as "South Hall") could not accommodate all students. In 1902, a local publication observed, "On every side the college is pressed for room.“当酒店一侧的租约到期时, college officials decided to erect a third women's dormitory, intending to use room rental fees to help pay for the project.
在进行这项努力的过程中，威廉. Slocum (1888-1917) turned to the Woman's Educational Society (WES) for assistance with the planning and design of the new hall. 的韦斯, an autonomous community organization founded at 科罗拉多大学 in April 1889 with a goal of supplying "physical, 知识, 以及对年轻女性的精神援助,提供指导, 就像之前的两个宿舍一样. 的韦斯 also raised funds for McGregor's interior decoration and furnishing to ensure that it had a home-like atmosphere similar to the other halls.
建造了23美元,000 dormitory began with a groundbreaking ceremony performed by senior women in the spring of 1903. 的韦斯 organized a simple cornerstone laying event on 4 April 1903 that included a speech by President Slocum, who stated he hoped the new building would contribute to the one great end for which the college stood: "the very best life possible." A block of peachblow sandstone was laid at the northeast corner of the building as its cornerstone. The new dormitory received its name in honor of Marion McGregor Noyes, a Wellesley College instructor who became a member of the 科罗拉多大学 faculty, serving as a Latin teacher and President Slocum's assistant in the Philosophy Department from 1891-97. Miss Noyes obtained several major contributions for the construction of the new hall. College historian Charlie Brown Hershey observed that for some time she "had taken an important part in building up 科罗拉多大学."
The dormitory formed the western boundary of the open space that came to be known as the "Women's Quadrangle." McGregor's site was described as "high land overlooking the College park with an unbroken view to west and south of Pike's Peak range and Cheyenne mountain." Greenlee red arkosic sandstone from the Red Rock Canyon Quarry near Colorado Springs formed the walls. Originally the sandstone had been purchased for 帕默大厅, but President Slocum insisted on peachblow sandstone for that building and 麦格雷戈大厅 received the Greenlee stone. The building's design reflected the influence of the era's residential architecture and other campus buildings, 以gambrel屋顶为特色, 石头和木瓦, 眉老虎, 灰泥和半木结构, 等间距窗户, 还有一个带有古典圆柱的门廊.
科罗拉多斯普林斯的道格拉斯公司 & 赫瑟林顿准备了麦格雷戈庄园的平面图. 1891年，沃尔特. Douglas had worked on the first women's dormitory, 蒙哥马利大厅. 道格拉斯和T. 邓肯·海瑟林顿, 都是苏格兰人, established one of the longest-lived architectural partnerships in the city in 1896. Their firm received the commission for Ticknor大厅, completed in 1898. In Colorado Springs the men designed residences for many of the city's social elite, 尤特公园酒店, 怪人大厅, 麦金太尔和巴内特街区. The partners were described as "prominent among the architects of the city who have contributed their genius and skill to beautifying the garden spot of Colorado."
The dormitory opened in September 1903 with 60 rooms occupied by junior and freshman women. 一楼有一间客厅, 给女主人的公寓, 还有几间卧室, while the upper two stories included the remainder of the bedrooms. The building did not include kitchen or dining facilities. When McGregor opened, it was described as "a building of most attractive design." The basement gymnasium reflected President Slocum's belief in the importance of athletics at 科罗拉多大学. The new facility spurred the creation of women's intramural teams, and McGregor also housed the office of the Women's Director of Physical Education. A number of tennis courts erected in the adjacent Women's Quadrangle reflected the popularity of that sport at the time.
像许多其他教育机构一样, 科罗拉多大学 experienced lower enrollments and reduced income during the 1930s. In 1933, the number of women at the college dropped precipitously, 麦格雷戈大厅关闭了一年. In the 1940s, the building accommodated 45 women students and the women's gymnasium. 麦格雷戈大厅 later became a men's dormitory and now serves as a coed residence hall. The building's historical and architectural significance were recognized with its listing in the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.