Interior, library in south wing, looking toward window (photo circa 1869-73)
Princeton University. Property of the Trustees of Princeton University.
Source: Princeton University Archives, Mudd Library, Grounds & Buildings, Box 55
Princeton University. Property of the Trustees of Princeton University.
Source: Princeton University Archives, Mudd Library, Grounds & Buildings, Box 55
More successful was Notman's last major structural change, the extension of the former Prayer Hall to the south by about 40 feet. This allowed the installation of two large rounded windows on either side. The southern wall of this new space -- soon to be the new College library -- boasted a single large Palladian window. (For an architectural precedent, note the window at Andrea Palladio's famed Villa Poiana.)