Letter confirming Alumni Hall designers (Sept. 20, 1926)
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This is a document put on the letterhead fro E.C. and G.C. Gardner Architects stating that the designs for the Alumni Hall on the campus of Springfield College were created, carried out and supervised by them. It was written on Sept. 20th, 1926. The exact text reads, "Eugene C. Gardner made the original designs for this building and George C. Gardner and F. W. S. King Carried out the plans and supervised its construction. This document was inside the time capsule for Springfield College's Alumni Hall which was opened in June 2017.
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On September 22, 1926 the cornerstone of Springfield College’s new men’s dormitory, Alumni Hall, was laid. Just one year after the corner stone was laid, Alumni Hall was completed. The building, though, was not formally dedicated until June 15, 1930 when all the funds for the building were officially received. In October of 1944, Alumni Hall, in conjunction with the Administration building, was used as a US Navy Convalescent Hospital. The majority of the patients were housed in Alumni Hall, with one wing equipped for bed cases and the rest converted into hospital rooms for 2-4 men. Today, with the exception of necessary renovations, Alumni Hall remains largely unchanged. The time capsule was placed in the cornerstone of Alumni Hall on September 22, 1926. The time capsule was removed from the cornerstone during renovations conducted in 2015. The time capsule was officially opened on June 10, 2017 during reunion weekend.
