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Brown University: An Architectural Tour (The Campus Guide)

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Founded in 1764 because the College of Rhode Island within the the city of Warren, Brown University was once the seventh in a chain of Colonial higher-learning institutions that now make up the Ivy League. The university moved to its current location overlooking Providence on College Hill in 1770 and was once renamed in 1804 in recognition of a $5,000 gift from prominent businessman and alumnus Nicholas Brown. Lately, the Brown campus, consisting of 235 buildings on 143 acres, is a tapestry of American architectural styles from pre-Colonial to brand new. In Brown University, the latest volume in our acclaimed Campus Guide series, Raymond P. Rhinehart (class of ’62) takes readers on nine architectural walks to a couple of hundred campus landmarks—from the red-bricked University Hall (1770) to the state of the art Warren Alpert Medical School (2001). With students, alumni, and visitors in mind, the guide showcases the role that Brown has played within the history of campus architecture and the developing urban fabric of Providence.

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