Fine Hall Interior (now Jones)
Princeton University. Property of the Trustees of Princeton University.
Source: Princeton University Digital Library
Princeton University. Property of the Trustees of Princeton University.
Source: Princeton University Digital Library
Given the resources and the direction, Klauder produced inspiring and elaborate Collegiate Gothic structures as impressive as his pre-war work on Holder and the Madison/Commons dining complex. In 1930-1, for example, he designed and built Fine which housed the offices of notable mathematicians including, for a time, Albert Einstein.. Fine was probably the most luxurious academic building ever built at Princeton, combining a sophisticated, richly detailed exterior with sumptuous appointments inside. The marvelous oak paneling, leaded stained glass windows, and heavy fireplaces that grace the offices, library, and seminar rooms of Fine spoke of the generosity of the donor, Thomas D. Jones, Class of 1876. "Nothing is too good for Harry Fine," he said of the building's namesake, the first and only Dean of the Departments of Science. Jones turned down numerous opportunities for economizing and it showed in the quality of details throughout.