Building Stones of Gearhart Hall
Gearhart Hall (photo credit: Robert A.M. Stern Architects ) Gearhart Hall has a long history that began with its construction in 1937-1940 and has had many names. Its history described in an application for the National Register of Historic Places is as follows [ 1 ] : [Gearhart] Hall was constructed in 1940 as the "Classroom Building" in the Collegiate Gothic style. The stone building with an irregular floor plan features a principal front section with a central entrance and two rear "T" sections. The cut-stone walls are supported by a continuous concrete foundation. A central projecting bay dominates the building's façade, and features a three-sided oriel window over the entrance. A crenellated raised parapet surrounds the flat roof, like most of the other limestone buildings built on campus during this period. The second phase of what is called today [Gearhart] Hall, completed in 1947, was designed and sited to connect the Classroom