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Aerial view, looking northwest (photo 1950's)

Aerial view, looking northwest (photo 1950's)

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Source: Princeton University Archives, Mudd Library, Grounds & Buildings, MP 65

To the west and north of the tower, meanwhile, lay the main bulk of the original Graduate School: a classic Collegiate Gothic quadrangle with two-tier courtyard, known as Thomson College. A shorter tower over the southern archway, called Pyne Tower, contained the rooms of the master of the Graduate College, Howard C. Butler, Class of 1892.