Call Number:

002.001

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.02 linear ft. (1 folder )

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Barclay Hall construction collection (HCC.002.001) Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1875-1877 (inclusive)

Creator:

Hutton, Addison and Haverford College

Form:

letters (correspondence) and architectural documents

Abstract:

The collection contains a series of architecutral plans and letters for Barclay Hall (completed 1877) including: a letter from the Haverford Executive Committee outlining proposed costs and donations, initial plans for the hall with first and second story floor plans drafted by Addison Hutton (Barclay's architect), a correspondence between W.S. Rhodes and the building's contractor (Yarnall and Cooper), proposals on ways to reduce building costs, and contracts for the construction of Barclay as well as the installation of its boiler.

Barclay Hall is a student dormitory on the campus of Haverford College. Begun in 1876 and completed in 1877, Barclay was the first dedicated student dormitory built on campus and features gothic revival architecture, complete with pointed arches above the main enterances and a steeply pitched roof intersected by the occasional dormer. Barclay was originally built with a central, medieval-themed, tower; however, this architectural element was destroyed in a 1946 fire of unknown origin. Over the years, Barclay has been home to a host of Haverford students, regularly switching between upperclass and first-year housing.

The collection contains a series of architecutral plans and letters for Barclay Hall (completed 1877) including: a letter from the Haverford Executive Committee outlining proposed costs and donations, initial plans for the hall with first and second story floor plans drafted by Addison Hutton (Barclay's architect), a correspondence between G. Rhodes (the building's plumber/gas fitter) and Yarnall and Cooper (the project's contractors), proposals on ways to reduce building costs, and contracts for the construction of Barclay as well as the installation of its boiler.

Materials are arranged chronologically, beginning with the anticipated costs and ending with the work contracts.