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Saint Anthony Hall (Hartford, Connecticut)

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building. A fundraising campaign was launched to complete the structure within a year. Careful measures had to be taken to harmonize this addition with the rest of the building, so a design was chosen that would blend harmoniously with the tower. The granite on the exterior of the addition came from the same New Hampshire quarry that provided the exterior for the original building. Precautions were taken to improve the entrance and exit into the basement area, as well as convert the old hatch door fire escape into a full size door. The new addition was inaugurated in 2003.
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Furthermore, it continues to serve strictly as a meeting hall with no dormitories or sleeping facilities, a characteristic of secret societies. Prominent features include an ample foyer at the entrance, an octagonal living room, a library which at the time of the house's construction served as the
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at one end and a steeply pitched hip roof. Prominent features include round towers, one tall and the other short, at two corners of the building, each topped by a conical roof with flared eave. On one long side a gabled section projects, with a pair of arched stained glass windows surmounted by a
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With the 2001 inspection failure of an external metal fire–escape that had been grandfathered in by the City of Hartford years before, alumni members led a campaign to bring the building's fire exit door into compliance through the addition of a smaller second tower on the left rear side of the
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house was a departure from many collegiate secret society buildings of the time, particularly the ones at Yale; its large windows, both front and back, as well as its prominent oak front doors with carved glyphs were seen as a welcoming feature, yet its imposing architecture did not fail to
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fraternity dining room, and recreational facilities in the basement, including a pool table room, a bar room, and a reception area. Today, it is the oldest of the St. Anthony Hall fraternity's houses still in use.
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Saint Anthony Hall is located on Gallows Hill, topographically the highest elevation Hartford, just north of the Trinity College campus, on the corner of Summit Avenue and Allen Place. It is a two–story French
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building finished with a façade made of quarried New Hampshire granite laid in random courses. Externally, it appears to be rectangular structure with a rounded
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house is the first building constructed in the United States for the sole purpose of being a college fraternity house.
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communicate a strong element of secretiveness that continued to mark the character of the organization.
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Victor Katz' photographs of the Trinity College Delta Psi fraternity
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Saint Anthony Hall (Hartford, Connecticut) is located in Connecticut
Saint Anthony Hall (Hartford, Connecticut) is located in the United States
Hartford, Connecticut
41°45′6″N 72°41′35″W / 41.75167°N 72.69306°W / 41.75167; -72.69306
Josiah Cleveland Cady
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Hartford, Connecticut
J. Cleaveland Cady
National Register of Historic Places
St. Anthony Hall
J. Cleaveland Cady
Robert Habersham Coleman

Gothic Revival
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Hartford, Connecticut
North American fraternity and sorority housing


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
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"NRHP nomination for Saint Anthony Hall"
Victor Katz' photographs of the Trinity College Delta Psi fraternity
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