Campus News

Where Am I?

June 25, 2020

Yvonne Gay

A girl looks up while standing on a wooden staircase.
Photo credit: Pang Fei Chiang '19

Were you able to guess where this first photo was taken? Hint: Professor Frank Jewett led his students, each with an armload of apparatus, in a jubilant march from the cramped rooms of old Cabinet Hall (which stood in decay just south of Peters Hall) to this new building in the fall of 1901.

Before clicking on the answer key, continue testing your detective skills by naming the location of the staircases below.


Photo gallery of staircases

 

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