Colonial Club after 1907
Princeton University. Property of the Trustees of Princeton University.
Source: Princeton University Archives, Mudd Library, Grounds & Buildings, Box 30
Princeton University. Property of the Trustees of Princeton University.
Source: Princeton University Archives, Mudd Library, Grounds & Buildings, Box 30
Despite its aspirations to compete with Ivy and Cottage, Colonial Club does not quite match either in quality. For one, the monumental entrance portico and columns are out of scale with the rest of building and project too far forward. And Colonial was considerably smaller than its rivals. Although it was 105 feet long -- not so coincidentally, the exact length of Cottage -- the two rear wings measure only 45 feet (Cottage's are more than twice that) while the center section is 30 feet deep.
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