View from west with Dickinson Hall at right (photo circa 1876-80)
Princeton University. Property of the Trustees of Princeton University.
Source: Princeton University Archives, Mudd Library, Grounds & Buildings, Box 63
Princeton University. Property of the Trustees of Princeton University.
Source: Princeton University Archives, Mudd Library, Grounds & Buildings, Box 63
The School of Science was distinguished by an enormous, 140-foot clock tower at its southwestern corner, which was taller than the cupola on Nassau Hall. This tower was intricately ornamented, featuring crocketed gables with stepped lancets, colonnettes, and upturned eaves.