The McCosh Courtyard on the Campus and the Mather Sundial

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dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-31T13:12:40Z
dc.date.available2024-07-31T13:12:40Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-07
dc.descriptionMcCosh Hall was built in 1906 in the Tudor Gothic style of architecture. When constructed it was the largest building on the Campus. It contained four large lecture rooms, fourteen recitation rooms, and twenty-six smaller rooms especially planned for the preceptorial conferences. The Mather Sundial in McCosh Courtyard is a replica of the Turnbull Sundial (1551) at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Princeton's sundial was given by Sir William Mather, governor of Victoria University in Manchester, England, "to symbolize the connection between Oxford and Princeton. . . [and] Great Britain and America." In 1907, Viscount James Bryce, then British ambassador to the United States, and Princeton President Woodrow Wilson presided over the dedication. The 20-foot column supports a globe topped by a pelican, the symbol of Corpus Christi College. Inscribed around the base are these words from Samuel Butler's "Hudibras":
dc.descriptionOriginal file name M Courtyard 1.jpeg
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10929/137660
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dc.subjectThe McCosh Courtyard
dc.subjectMcCosh Hall
dc.subjectMather Sundial
dc.subjectRaleigh C. Gildersleeve
dc.subjectTudor Gothic
dc.subjectCollegiate Gothic Architecture
dc.subjectGothic Architecture
dc.subjectCampus of Princeton University
dc.subjectPrinceton University
dc.subjectIvy League
dc.subjectUniversity
dc.subjectPrinceton
dc.subjectMercer County
dc.subjectThe Delaware Region
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.titleThe McCosh Courtyard on the Campus and the Mather Sundial

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