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June 3, 2020

Yvonne Gay

A stone room with rounded walls and window. — Photo credit: Yvonne Gay

Were you able to figure out where this photo was taken? Perhaps a few hints will help. This photo was taken in a rather tight space on campus. If it were not for the long windows, it would be completely dark inside.

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A stone wall with two windows and a long window on a circular wall.

Stone staircase next to wooden handrails

A round stone wall with a wooden floor. — Photo credit: Yvonne Gay

A long window in a dark room. — Photo credit: Yvonne Gay

A window that looks out to a large stone monument in a park. — The view from this window overlooks Tappan Square. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay

Three long windows on a stone wall. — Photo credit: Yvone Gay

An aerial picture of Peters Hall. — Ground was broken for Peters Hall in the spring of 1885, and it was dedicated on January 26, 1887. The hall is the oldest survivor of the spectacular building program which inaugurated the college's "stone age" in the 1880s. Photo credit: Bryan Rubin '18

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