History of the Academy

description - In returning to the brick as an exterior design feature the library's new wing replaced the steel and glass of the Copley Wing. The stacks went from the military olive drab of its original paint to royal blue of the school's colors. The main door… subject - Phillips Academy -- Buildings relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15501 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/newconstruction022_918e231b6f.jpg

description - In returning to the brick as an exterior design feature the library's new wing replaced the steel and glass of the Copley Wing. The stacks went from the military olive drab of its original paint to royal blue of the school's colors. The main door… subject - Phillips Academy -- Buildings relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15500 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/newconstruction021_edbc1e473f.jpg

description - In returning to the brick as an exterior design feature the library's new wing replaced the steel and glass of the Copley Wing. The stacks went from the military olive drab of its original paint to royal blue of the school's colors. The main door… subject - Phillips Academy -- Buildings relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15482 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/newconstruction011_7f3be657d3.jpg

description - In returning to the brick as an exterior design feature the library's new wing replaced the steel and glass of the Copley Wing. The stacks went from the military olive drab of its original paint to royal blue of the school's colors. The main door… subject - Phillips Academy -- Building relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15481 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/newconstruction025_e98afb99b3.jpg

description - Completed in 1929 the Oliver Wendell Holmes Library replaced Brechin Hall as tyhe main library of the school. Charles A. Platt was selected as the architect for this building by Thomas Cochran, and Platt designed many of the other buildings on campus… subject - Phillips Academy -- Buildings relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15480 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/originalconstruction010_70b2d3af44.jpg

description - This is a review of how the library's exterior has changed over time. If you look carefully you will see doors where windows now exist, shutters come and go, ornamental trim, elm trees and the Copley Wing disappear. Time changes everything. subject - Phillips Academy -- Buildings relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15479 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/copley001_25a6a0b2f6.jpg

description - These are photographs from an earlier time at the library. With the institution of safety regulations open doorways have been enclosed. The Children's Reading Area is now in an open space in the new wing and the children's furniture lost to time. The… subject - Phillips Academy -- Buildings relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15478 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/assortedinterior001_09968252bd.jpg

description - The Dole Room was once the Main Lobby of the library holding both the Circulation Desk and the paper Card Catalog. It is now used as a library classroom and group study area.
Displayed on the walls are black & white sketches of important members of… subject - Phillips Academy -- Buildings relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15477 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/dole002_a58de74eeb.jpg

description - The McLean Gallery is located in the old wing of the library. It is home to the school's Archive Department and the Academic Skills Center. On display here are some of the school's memorabilia and its rare book collections. Donald McLean held many… subject - Phillips Academy -- Buildings relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15476 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/mclean001_292b9fb699.jpg

description - The Copley Wing was added to the east side of the library in 1959 and was considered to be an architectural structure for the ages. Less than 30 years later it was gone. Its metal and glass exterior was considered in conflict with the brick… subject - Phillips Academy -- Buildings relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15475 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/copley001_58f15afafb.jpg

description - The Garver Room is home to the library's reference collection and is also the silent study area. John Anson Garver's portrait hangs on the west wall. The portrait was donated by his son Chauncey. The Garvers were both graduates of Phillips, and Yale… subject - Phillips Academy -- Buildings relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15474 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/garver002_58f8936bc5.jpg

description - The east wall of the room is the Stuart Travis mural of the history of the campus from its beginning in 1778 through 1929. In front of this mural sat the display case with the Audubon Elephant Folio of Birds. It was the job of a work duty student to… subject - Phillips Academy -- Buildings. relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15473 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/freeman001_448efad8e2.jpg

description - As the sanctuary changed over the years structures and paths were put in place to access the new additions. The dams made the swimming hole and the duck pond possible. The new trees added new species to the sanctuary. Metal lables were added to some… subject - Phillips Academy--Grounds relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15453 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/newtrees_bc9fd047b9.jpg

description - As the sanctuary changed over the years structures and paths wepe put in place to access the new additions. The dams made the swimming hole and the duck pond possible. The new trees added new species to the sanctuary. Metal lables were added to some… subject - Phillips Academy--Grounds relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15452 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/treeplaque1_657c369083.jpg

description - The Natural History Club House may have served a multiude of needs, besides a club house for the students. After the boys lost interest it was converted to a tool shed and later a garage. subject - Phillips Academy--Grounds relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15451 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/naturalhistoryclubhouse1_4e3ac64eb6.jpg

description - The Class of 1943 gave this Japanese Stone Lantern in memory of their classmates who died serving the country in World War II in the Pacific Theater. The Class has also established a book fund at the OWH Library as a memorial. Each year a new book… subject - Phillips Academy--Grounds relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15450 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/classof1943lantern1_87ca27158f.jpg

description - Thomas Cochran was a member of the Class of 1890 and the man with the vision that is the Phillips Academy Campus today. He is remembered for his many contributions to the school and honored with this memorial subject - Phillips Academy--Grounds relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15449 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/cochranplaque[1]_5b3c81e2e3.jpg

description - All that remains of the Duck House is the stone foundation. The Duck House was built to house the ducks at the Duck Pond. Other coops and bird houses were placed further up the trail. The Duck House was the first of these. subject - Phillips Academy--Grounds relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15448 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/duckhouse1_ea035e2adb.jpg

description - The Log Cabin was built in 1931 and was hoped to be a gathering place for undergraduates to go camping. It was constructed with large hand hewn logs from Nashua NH, and had one large room with a fireplace. It was stocked with beds, blankets and… subject - Phillips Academy -- Grounds relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15442 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/logcabin_a9fc6f3f40.jpg

description - This memorial was placed in 1910 to remember the missionaries sent out to foreign lands to spread the word of the lord. the theological school had moved to Harvard University in 1908, but its history remains tightly bound to this campus. The… subject - Andover Theological School -- Grounds relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15441 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/missionaryrockpath1_b9bbc83ef7.jpg