The Council of Independent Colleges: Historic Campus Architecture Project

Gill Library

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Institution Name: College of New Rochelle
Original/Historic Place Name: Mother Irene Gill Memorial Library
Location on Campus: Castle Pl.
Date(s) of Construction:

1938	original construction Vorhees, Walker, Foley & Smith
2002	complete renovation The Hillier Group

Designer: Vorhees, Walker, Foley & Smith; HillierArchitects
Type of Place: Individual building
Style: Modern/pre-WWII, Other (Glossary)
Significance: history
Narrative: see below
References: see below

Materials:

Foundation: stone

Walls:

Roof:

Function:

ca. 1938	other (archives)
1938-present (2006)	other (offices)
1938-present (2006)	library
ca. 2004-present (2006)	classroom (multimedia)

Narrative:
Gill Library, built in 1938, has a collection of some 200,000 volumes and subscribes to over 1200 periodicals. The library is named after Mother Irene Gill, who founded The College of New Rochelle in 1904. The library was totally renovated and rededicated in 2002.

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