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Peyton Hall

Peyton Hall

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Source: Christine Kitto-Princeton University

Both Fine and Jadwin Halls were long in the making: first proposed in 1965, they were not completed until 1970. A third science facility, announced in the open letter of 1965, Peyton Hall, home of the astrophysics department, was designed by Minoru Yamasaki, who had just finished the plans for the new Woodrow Wilson School building. The similarities between the two are evident. Although Peyton is much smaller, it shares the distinctive tapered pillars, exterior materials, and temple-like appearance of Robertson Hall. It was built in 1966 along Ivy Lane near the northern end of Palmer Stadium.

The grounds of Fitzgerald Field will undergo at least one more change. In the summer of 1996, the construction of a new physics building, designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates, along the western side of the Jadwing/Fine plaza will create a second fully-enclosed quadrangle. This site also anchors the eastern end of an important new east-west axis on the campus: the path that starts at Butler College and passes between the new Schultz and Thomas Laboratories.