Princeton

Contents

Introduction

Part 1: The Rural Campus, 1746–1895

1 Going Back to Nassau Hall

2 Phoenix

3 Era of McCosh

4 The Golden Age of College Life

5 Oxford in New Jersey

Part 2: Triumph of Collegiate Gothic, 1896–1932

6 The Poetry of Cope and Stewardson

7 Wilson and Cram

8 Spires and Gargoyles

9 Gothic as a Living Style

10 A Paradise for WASPs

11 Cram’s Magnificent Chapel

Part 3: Arguing About Modernism, 1933–1979

12 God Deliver Us from Chromium and Concrete

13 Goodbye Gothic

14 Goheen Goes Modern

15 Co-Ed

Part 4: The Rise and Fall of Postmodernism, 1980–2010

16 Complexity and Contradiction with Venturi

17 Neomodernism in the Age of Affluence

18 A Surprising Reversion to Gothic

19 The Gehry That Landed on Ivy Lane

Acknowledgments

Appendix: Buildings of Princeton University, 1754–2010

Notes

Bibliography

Illustration Credits

Index

“Barksdale Maynard has produced a thoroughly entertaining account of the Princeton campus—a national treasure—from its rural beginnings to its current metropolitan situation. It documents three hundred years of ‘the conviction that aesthetic surroundings deeply impress the young and help shape their character and outlook.’ Princeton University’s history tracks American civilization, contributing wisdom and leadership in all arenas, not least in architecture.”

—Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk