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Thomas Hall

Thomas Hall

Thomas Hall Character-Defining Features:

SCALE

  • 3-1/2 stories

MASSING

  • Rectangular (I-shape)
  • Projecting angled bays
  • 292 feet long

ROOF

  • Gable with Crenellated parapet

ENTRANCES

  • Individual entrances facing courtyard
  • Cast stone ornament at door surrounds

WINDOWS

  • 6 over 6 lights
  • Double hung, wood, paired

MATERIALS

  • Brick is Common Bond with course 6 alternating header/stretcher
  • 6th course is Flemish Bond

ORNAMENTATION

  • Water table – half round with bulging torus
  • Sculpture – “Anguished Scholar”
  • Cast sills

INTERIOR FEATURES

BUILDING-SITE RELATIONSHIP

  • Forms one wing defining a rectangular courtyard
  • The proportion of clear space in the courtyards between the buildings is at least twice the ground to parapet height