39-41 College Street

39-41 College Street

Carnahan, Paul

After the Newbury Seminary purchased the Sloan U.S. Army General Hospital in Montpelier in 1866, school administrators built a wooden, three-story central dormitory using remnants of the old Civil War hospital. This building was used by a succession of schools on the site until Vermont Junior College tore it down in 1957 to make way for the brick and marble Bishop-Hatch and Noble Halls. The new buildings made it possible for the school to increase enrollment from 222 to 314 students. The south wall of Alumni Hall, built in 1933 and now known as Alumnx Hall, can be seen at the left edge of the two bottom photographs. The earlier photograph of the old main dorm, dating from 1924, shows "Tammany Hall," a self-boarding hall, to the left of the school's dormitory. "Tammany Hall" was moved in 1932 to make room for Alumni Hall. The 1950s brick buildings were owned by the Vermont College of Fine Arts at the beginning of 2023.

The Bridge, February 8, 2023, pg. 3

1924; ca. 1940s; 2023

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Vermont College of Fine Arts Archives, 36 College St., Montpelier, VT 05602.