| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut, United States) | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1856-1912 (inclusive) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Swartwout, Egerton | en_US |
| dc.creator | Austin, Henry | en_US |
| dc.creator | Davis, Alexander Jackson | en_US |
| dc.date | 1856-1912 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-01T18:41:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-07-01T18:41:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1856-1912 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 265866 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 3225 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/181920 | |
| dc.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) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | Portland brownstone | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architecture | en_US |
| dc.subject | college societies | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nineteenth century | en_US |
| dc.subject | Collegiate Gothic | en_US |
| dc.title | Yale University: Skull and Bones Society Hall | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A2-US-NH-YC-A17 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | American | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | society building | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | attributed to Alexander Jackson Davis (American architect, 1803-1892); attributed to Henry Austin (American architect, 1804-1891); Egerton Swartwout (American architect, 1870-1943) | en_US |
