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University Gynasium

University Gynasium

Princeton University. Property of the Trustees of Princeton University.

View from east (postcard, circa 1915?)

Source: Princeton University Archives, Mudd Library, Grounds & Buildings, SP 3

and the University Gymnasium.

There are other aspects to this story as well. For example, what message did Princetonians of the 1890s believe that Collegiate Gothic architecture sent about their university's place in academia? How did this style affect campus planning and the siting of new buildings? Combined with the histories of the individual buildings, these factors when woven together tell the tale of Princeton's transformation into the most "collegiate" of all American university campuses.