The Council of Independent Colleges: Historic Campus Architecture Project

Science Hall

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Science Hall (general view), College of New Rochelle

Science Hall (detail, entrance), College of New Rochelle

Institution Name: College of New Rochelle
Original/Historic Place Name: Science Hall
Location on Campus: Castle Pl.
Date(s) of Construction:

1926	original construction Talbot, Hamlin McGill, H.

Designer: Talbot, Hamlin & H. McGill
Type of Place: Individual building
Style: Gothic revival (Glossary)
Significance: architecture, religion
Narrative: see below
References: see below

Materials:

Foundation: stone

Walls:

Roof:

Function:

1926-present (2006)	academic department building (science; includes laboratories)
1926-present (2006)	classrooms (currently houses physics and chemistry)

Narrative:
Science Hall shows the progress in the college's science facilities over the last 80 years. Science Hall is an example of the Collegiate Gothic architecture of the campus quadrangle. Currently, it is in need of renovation.

References: