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Yale University: Skull and Bones Society Hall

Swartwout, Egerton; Austin, Henry; Davis, Alexander Jackson
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/181920
Date
1856-1912
Description
Doric details of window highlighting closed, secretive feel of the facade; Skull and Bones is an undergraduate senior secret society at Yale University. It is the oldest senior class landed society at Yale. The society's alumni organization, the Russell Trust Association, owns the society's real estate. It was co-founded by William Huntington Russell and Alphonso Taft in 1832. The building is also known as the Tomb. The style has been called 'Egypto-Doric'. Built in three phases; 1856, 1903 and 1912. The original architect was possibly Alexander Jackson Davis or Henry Austin. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 8/3/2015)
Type of Work
society building
Subject
architecture, college societies, Nineteenth century, Collegiate Gothic
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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