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| ====== Francis H. Kimball ====== | ====== Francis H. Kimball ====== |
| After [[commencement|commencement]] 1873, Jackson returned to England to meet with Burges and finalize the plans. He brought back to Hartford in September 1873 “the most elaborate plan which had ever been designed for an American College campus.” The architectural style was described in several ways: Victorian Gothic, Early English, French Gothic, and English Secular Gothic. The original plans included four quadrangles, a chapel, library, museum, art building, dining hall, theatre, towers and spires, an astronomical observatory, professors' apartments, student quarters, and was to be “the most imposing edifice in the United States” besides the Capitol building in Washington, D.C, according to one newspaper writer. | After [[commencement|commencement]] 1873, Jackson returned to England to meet with Burges and finalize the plans. He brought back to Hartford in September 1873 “the most elaborate plan which had ever been designed for an American College campus.” The architectural style was described in several ways: Victorian Gothic, Early English, French Gothic, and English Secular Gothic. The original plans included four quadrangles, a chapel, library, museum, art building, dining hall, theatre, towers and spires, an astronomical observatory, professors' apartments, student quarters, and was to be “the most imposing edifice in the United States” besides the Capitol building in Washington, D.C, according to one newspaper writer. |
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| The [[trustees|trustees]] were enthusiastic about Burges' plan and construction was set to begin in April 1874. They enlisted Hartford architect Francis H. Kimball, who had garnered their attention with his work on the Charter Oak Life Insurance and Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company buildings, to superintend the construction. Kimball left for London in December 1873 to meet with Burges. On Sunday, April 19, 1874, however, President Jackson suddenly died, just as plans for the groundbreaking were underway. Jackson had planned to meet Kimball and Burges in England. [[pynchon_thomas_ruggles|Thomas Ruggles Pynchon]], Class of 1841, was elected Trinity's new [[presidents|president]], and plans for construction moved forward. | The trustees were enthusiastic about Burges' plan and construction was set to begin in April 1874. They enlisted Hartford architect Francis H. Kimball, who had garnered their attention with his work on the Charter Oak Life Insurance and Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company buildings, to superintend the construction. Kimball left for London in December 1873 to meet with Burges. On Sunday, April 19, 1874, however, President Jackson suddenly died, just as plans for the groundbreaking were underway. Jackson had planned to meet Kimball and Burges in England. [[pynchon_thomas_ruggles|Thomas Ruggles Pynchon]], Class of 1841, was elected Trinity's new [[presidents|president]], and plans for construction moved forward. |
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| Kimball returned from London in October 1874 with the completed drawings and began working with President Pynchon to adapt Burges’ plans to the site of the new campus. In order to cut costs, Kimball recommended that the ambitious four-quadrangle plan should be reduced to three quadrangles, and with advice from the landscape designer [[olmsted_frederick_law|Frederick Law Olmsted]], Kimball and Pynchon decided to situate the Long Walk on the ridge line of the new site. The trustees were enthusiastic about this plan, but agreed that the entire campus should not begin construction all at once. The Long Walk was part of the “first stage” of construction which included the library, dining hall, a block of lecture rooms, and dormitories. | Kimball returned from London in October 1874 with the completed drawings and began working with President Pynchon to adapt Burges’ plans to the site of the new campus. In order to cut costs, Kimball recommended that the ambitious four-quadrangle plan should be reduced to three quadrangles, and with advice from the landscape designer [[olmsted_frederick_law|Frederick Law Olmsted]], Kimball and Pynchon decided to situate the Long Walk on the ridge line of the new site. The trustees were enthusiastic about this plan, but agreed that the entire campus should not begin construction all at once. The Long Walk was part of the “first stage” of construction which included the library, dining hall, a block of lecture rooms, and dormitories. |
