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Cap and Gown Club architect's rendering

Cap and Gown Club architect's rendering

Princeton University. Property of the Trustees of Princeton University.

Source: Bric-a-Brac, 1898, p.174

Cap & Gown, meanwhile, commissioned Boston architect William Ralph Emerson to design a new and more elegant clubhouse in 1895. Emerson was a noted practitioner of the shingle style, but in this structure looked to other models. The rendering for the building shows a distinctly Italianate Revival influence, especially in the pair of large arched windows on the facade and the second-floor balconies.