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Robertson Hall

Robertson Hall

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Source: Princeton University Archives, Mudd Library

...and the Woodrow Wilson School.

Unlike the new facilities in math and science, all of these structures were located in and around old academic core of the campus. The Woolworth Center for Musical Studies and the School of Architecture, for example, were located next to each other on the western side of the quadrangle bordered by 1879 Hall, Palmer Physics Laboratory, and McCosh Hall. This placement encroached slightly on the grounds of Prospect House, but in the case of the School of Architecture in particular, the University was adamant that it be close to the art department's facilities in McCormick Hall.

The School of Architecture and Woolworth were both built of brick, in keeping the older brick surroundings that dominated this section of the campus. Of the two, the School of Architecture presented the greater architectural problem, as its main facade faced the Collegiate Gothic of McCosh Hall directly across McCosh Walk. The architect, Charles Richter, designed an unabashedly modern building whose only relationship to nearby buildings was in the careful use of limestone trim and the matching color of the brick facade. The Woolworth Center for Musical Studies, by Moore and Hutchins, occupied a less prominent spot, tucked back in the trees by Prospect House, with its entrance facing east toward 1879 Hall.