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GTOUR
oF ST JOHN'S College
AWAL
S!JOHN'S COLLEGE
Alflf.l.POLII •IA.RT.A. I'll
�About St. John's College
t. John?s College is best known for its New
Program-the curriculum centered on the
reading and discussion of the great books
of Western civilization from the works of Plato
and Aristotle to those of Einstein and Faulkner.
However, the college is also one of the oldest
colleges in the United States, tracing its origins
to r696, when it opened as King William's
School in the brand-new capital of Annapolis.
The school, similar in concept to today's prep
school, was folded into St. John?s College in
r784 when the college was chartered by the
State of Maryland. For the next r50 years,
St. John?s at times was a thriving institution
and at other times struggled-through wars? low
enrollment, the r929 stock market crash, and
what might have been the final blow, the loss of
accreditation. Bythe mid-r93os, the college was
in danger of closing for good.
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In an effort to save St. John?s, the college?s
board hired Stringfellow Barr and Scott
Buchanan, two academics with revolutionary
educational ideas, to revamp the curriculum.
The pair implemented the New Program, a
cohesive, interdisciplinary course of studywith
the great books as its foundation. In r964, a
second campus was established, in Santa Fe,
New Mexico. Today, the New Program still
thrives, as does St. J ohn?s College, one of the
nation?s most distinctive institutions of higher
education.
Begin your self-guided tour of St. ]ohn 's College
on College Avenue, at the replica of the
Liberty Bell.
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Liberty Bell (I952)
The U.S. Department of the Treasury cast
48 replicas of the Liberty Bell (one for each of
the states that had by then entered the union)
in Ig52. The Annapolis Chamber of Commerce
installed this replica on the campus. At its
dedication, local business leader John M.
Whitmore said, "St. John's College, just as the
bell, is symbolic of liberty and of man's
constant battle to become and to remain free."
All St. John?s students read the founding
documents of the nation, including the
Constitution~ Declaration of Independence~
and the Federalist Papers.
2
Alumni Memorial Tablet (I920)
Four hundred and fifty-two St. John's
College alumni fought in World War I. This
tablet honors the 24 who died in the war. The
nation's firstArmyROTC unitwas formedat
St. John's inI9I7. OnlyWestPointhadmore
alumni serving as officers in the war.
Next Stop: Continue up the path to
McDowell Hall.
3 McDowell Hall
(c.1744)
In I742, Maryland Governor Thomas
Bladen began to build a grand Georgian
mansion with a symmetrical facade on this
elevated site. When the profligate Bladen ran
afoul of the colonial assembly, construction
stopped abruptly at the second-floor level. The
unfinished shell became known as "Bladen's
Folly." After the American Revolution, the
new State of Maryland chartered St. John's
�TUE BAR.R-BUCHANAN CENTER/WOODWAUD HAU,
College in I784 and gave the school the unfinished building and surrounding four acres.
Two years later Joseph Clark, architect of the
State House dome, was hired to complete the
building. He added a third floor, cupola, and
bell tower. The building was named for John
McDowell, the college's first principal.
McDowell Hall housed the entire college for
manyyears: classrooms, dormitory, lecture
hall, grammar school, laboratory, and library.
After a devastating fire in Igog, the building
was reconstructed to its original specifications, a preservation victory for alumni.
The Seneca stone porch on the building's east
side was added in Igo3.
In a r766 letter? Thomas Jefferson referred to
McDowell Hall as "the one publfo building
worth mentioning,' in the city of Annapolis.
Nea;t Stop: Walk east to the Barr-Buchanan
Center/Woodward Hall.
�The Bar:rMBuchanan
4 Cente1·/WoodwardHall (I899)
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Along with Randall Hall? Woodward Hall was
one of two buildings added to the campus after
the Civil War. Duringthewar? St. John's
College was taken over by the Union Army,
first as the site of a camp for paroled prisoners?
and later, as a military hospital. At the war's
end? the campus and its buildings were in a
sorry state. The Maryland Assembly gave the
college a small grant to begin repairs? but the
college had to borrow more to repair the
damage and soon found itself burdened with
debt. James T. Woodward, a New York banker,
assumed the college's mortgage at favorable
terms and made other generous gifts to the
college. In gratitude, the college named its
first post-war building after his father,
Henry Williams Woodward.
Woodward Hall, designed by T. Henry Randall,
architect of Baltimore's Lyric Opera House,
was built to house the library; the physics?
chemistry, and biology labs; and the armory.
When the library outgrew Woodward Hall in
Igg6, the buildingwas renovated and rededicated as the Barr-Buchanan Center to honor
the founders of the New Program. The
building now houses the Graduate Institute.
Ne<1;t Stop: Walk to the left of the BarrBuchanan Center to the Chase-Stone House.
Long-time Annapolitans still miss the Liberty
Tree? a tulip poplar that stood on the front
lavv-n of the St. John?s campus for about 400
years. It was under the Libertyrrree's branches
that the Sons of Liberty met to hear Samuel
Chase and other patriot~orators argue for
American independence from Great Britain.
The majestic tree succumbed to age and
weather in I999~ when the college was forced to
have it taken down.
�5 Chase-Stone House
(I857)
Chase-Stone House is named after
Samuel Chase and Thomas Stone, two of
Maryland's four signers of the Declaration
of Independence, who were members of the
college's first board of directors. Italianate in
style, the Chase-Stone House was originally
a duplex that housed the families of the
president and vice-president. Modeled after a
Florentine palace, Chase-Stone was built at the
end of the Classical Revival period.
The building became a fraternity house in Ig29
and remained so for a decade. After President
Stringfellow Barr discontinued fraternities in
Ig38, Chase-Stone became a dormitory.
Next stop: Head back toward the center of
campus to Pinkney Hall, on the east side of
McDowell Hall.
6 Pinkney Hall
(I858)
St. John's College has manyillustrious
alumni, among them senators, governors,
state legislators, and diplomats. George
Washington sent his step-grandson and
nephews here; Francis Scott Key was a I796
graduate of the college. The only historical
figure who can be traced to the original King
William's School is William Pinkney, who
served as Attorney General under President
Jam es Madison, as well as minister to both
England and Russia.
The building wasn't occupied until after the
Civil War, when the student population began
to rebound. The building was designed by
N.G. Starkweather to complement Humphreys
Hall, on the opposite side of the quad, and
complete the "Yale Row" that is a distinctive
�feature of the campus. Renovated in Ig42,
Pinkneynowhouses dormitoryrooms and
administrative offices.
The cannon between Pinkney and McDowell
Hall is from the War of I8I2 and was dredged
out of the Baltimore Harborwi.th I2 others.
Netct stop: Just west of Pinkney is Randall Hall.
7 Randall Hall (I903)
Randall Hall combines Renaissance,
Baroque, and Georgian styles into Beaux Arts
style. Before a Ig8o renovation, dinner was
served on monogrammed plates by bow-tied
student waiters. Namedafter alumnus John
Wirt Randall, a local attorney, member of the
Maryland State Senate, and member of the
college's board, the building now houses dorm
rooms, the dining hall and kitchen, and
administrative offices.
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On the southern side of Randall Hall, facing
College Avenue, is a rose garden named for
long-time college bookkeeper Ruth Sutphin.
Next Stop: Walk north on the path that winds
around the back of Randall to the Harrison
Health Center.
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Harrison Health Cente1~ (I972)
Annapolis architect Jam es Wood Burch
was praised for designing this building to
blend seamlesslywith the college's historic
architecture. The health center is in the shape
of a Greek Cross, the same shape used as the
Red Cross symbol.
Ne.1:t stop: Walk toward King George Street to
the Carroll Barrister House.
�9 Carroll Barrister House (c.
:r724)
One of the oldest surviving residences in
Annapolis, this building was home to Charles
Carroll the Barrister (so called to distinguish
him from the other wealthy and important
Carrolls of Maryland). The house was originally located at the corner of Main and
Conduit streets. In I955 when the building
was in danger of being torn down for commercial development, local preservationists raised
the money to move the building. Carefully
separated from the oyster-shell mortar that
held it in place, the T-shaped house was
divided into two sections, and the main block
was rolled to the St. John's campus on a flatbed
truck. The building was meticulously restored
by the college.
Directly behind the house sits a fragrant
boxwood garden, dedicated in Ig84 to the late
Kate Moore Myers, a St. John's benefactor.
Next stop: Return to the front of the Carroll
Barrister House and, crossing the walkway,
you'll see Iglehart Hall, the college
gymnasium.
1QIglehartHall
(I9Io)
The building that houses the college's
gymnasium was named for alumnus
Lt. E. Berkeley Iglehart, a distinguished army
officer. While the New Program brought
an end to most intercollegiate athletics
(President Barr objected to the disruptive
nature of such programs), the college boasts
a thriving intramural program. Iglehart Hall
houses a basketball court, weight room,
dance studio, locker rooms, and a suspended,
banked wooden track.
�Next stop: From the north side of the gym
parking lot, follow the path past the tennis
courts to the French Monument and Hodson
Boathouse.
11 French Monument
(Ign)
When the French were marching
through Annapolis on their way to the pivotal
Battle of Yorktown in I78I, several soldiers
died here and were buried on campus, near
College Creek. The monument was erected in
their honor. No one knows howmanysoldiers
were buried here or who theywere, but the
monument stands as one of the first
memorials in the country to the unknown
dead.
Present at the unveiling of the French
Monument:
President Taft
French Ambassador Jean J ]usserand
Descendants ofLafayette and de Grasse
RANDALL DINING HALL
�12 Hodson Boathouse (:r934)
This Adirondack-style building was
constructed in r934 and renovated in r989.
On the main floor of the boathouse is an allpurpose room. The lower level houses boats
used by the college's crew team, which takes
part in intercollegiate regattas. Several boats
are named for well-loved faculty members and
other prominent college figures.
Crew, fencing, croquet, and sailing are the only
intercollegiate sports at St. John?s College.
Ne:i;t stop: On your way back up the path to the
main part of campus, you'll see Gilliam and
Spector halls on your right.
Gilliam
Hall
13 Spector Hall
(2004) and
(2005)
These two modern dormitories were the first
built on campus since the completion of
Campbell Hall. Gilliam Hall is named for
James H. Gilliam, Jr., an African-American
businessman, civic leader, and philanthropist,
who was a trustee of The Hodson Trust.
The Trust provided generous support for the
dormitory. Spector Hall is named for Philip
Spector, the father of Warren Spector, a rg8r
graduate of the college and President and Cochief Operating Officer of Bear, Stearns & Co.
Inc. Mr. Spector's gift to the college made
construction of the dormitory possible.
Designed by the Baltimore firm ofZiger/
Snead, the two buildings draw from the
historic architecture of the upper campus,
but also are clearly contemporary. They feature
modern geothermal heating and cooling
systems.
Next stop: Cross the campus to Mellon Hall.
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Mellon Hall/ F1·ancis Scott Key
Auditorium (I958)
Mellon Hall is named in honor of Paul Mellon,
a philanthropist, the heir to the Andrew
Mellon banking fortune, and a student at
St. John's for one year before he joined the
service during World War II. The building was
designed by Austrian-born architect Richard
Neutra, a protegee of Frank Lloyd Wright, and
a leading proponent of the Modern Movement.
Most of Neutra's work was in the West, principally California. Mellon Hall is one of only
three of his surviving buildings east of the
Mississippi. Two later additions created an
administrative wing and the Elizabeth Myers
Mitchell Art Gallery. In 2002, a
renovation/expansion project added classrooms, a new conference room, pottery studio,
and faculty offices.
The Francis Scott Key Auditorium is a venue
for lectures, concerts, plays, film series, and
community events.
As you leave Mellon Hall andhead back toward
front campus, take the brick steps leading up
to the quad and you'll see the New Program
Seal in the landing. The Latin words are Facio
Liberos Ex Liberis Libris Libraque, translated
as, "I make free adults out of children by
means of a book and a balance."
Ne.1;t stop: Continue up the steps, turn to your
right, and you'll see Campbell Hall.
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Campbell Hall (I954)
After 250 years as an all-male school,
St. John's admitted its first class of women in
Ig5I. The Colonial Revival-style Campbell Hall
was built as a women's dorm and opened in
Ig54. Although the decision to go co-ed
�THE LJBER'fY TUEE
sparked some campus protests, the first class
of 25 women surprised their male counterparts by succeeding admirably in their math
and science work as well as in philosophy,
literature, and all other parts of the program.
Next stop: Follow one of the paths on your
right leading to the parking lot behind
Campbell to visit some of the oldest buildings
on campus.
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Chancellor Johnson House
(c. I720)
Also known as the Reverdy Johnson house,
this gambrel-roofhouse, a fine example of
earlyI8th-century-style Colonial homes, was
originally built at g Northwest Street as the
home of Allen Quynn, a mayor of Annapolis.
John Johnson, Jr., an I82I alumnus, bought
the house in Ig3I. Johnson served as
Chancellor of Maryland from I846 until I85I,
when the position was abolished. The house
remained in the Johnson family until IgI7,
then changed hands several times before
ending up as the property of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company. The
company planned to raze the dwelling for an
expansion, but the college joined a group of
budding historic preservationists and had the
house moved to the campus in Ig37.
Ne:;r;t stop: Directly south of the Chancellor
Johnson House is the Paca-Carroll House, the
counterpart to the Chase-Stone House.
17 Paca-CarrollHouse
(I857)
Named after two Maryland signers of
the Declaration of Independence, William
Paca and Charles Carroll of Carrollton, PacaCarroll House was built during the same
construction boom that produced Chase-Stone
and Pinkney. Originally a duplex for faculty
housing, this Federal/Greek Revival building
became a fraternity house in Ig29, and was
converted to a dormitory in the late Ig3os.
An addition was completed in Ig8I.
Next stop: Turn back to the front campus
toward Humphreys Hall.
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Humphreys Hall (x837)
This Gothic Revival building designed
by noted Baltimore architect Robert Cary
Long, Jr. is distinguished by its octagonal
towers and was an early component of the
college's Yale Row. Named for Hector
Humphreys, one of the longest-serving and
most effective of the college's presidents,
the building housed science laboratories and
dorm rooms during its earlier years. Today,
Humphreys remains a dormitory. The college
bookstore-open to the public-is housed in the
basement.
Next stop: From Humphreys Hall, take the
brick walkway toward the southwestern corner
of campus for the final stop on your walking
tour, the Greenfield Library.
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Greenfield Library (1:~)34)
St. John's deeded this plot ofland to
the State of Maryland for $IO in I934 for the
Maryland Hall of Records. Baltimore architect
Laurance Hall Fowler designed the Georgian
Revival building that served as the archives
until Ig84, when the state built a new facility
on Rowe Boulevard. The college acquired the
building to house a new library. Travis Price, a
Washington, D.C. architect andI97I alumnus,
designed the renovation. The project involved
adding a basement annex, gutting the central
core, and restoring the perimeter rooms.
In Igg6, classes were canceled for a day so that
students, faculty, and staff could ferry books
across the front campus from the old library
in Woodward Hall to the Greenfield Library,
named for I953 alumnus Stewart Greenfield. :!~
�his brochure was produced through the
generous support of Four Rivers: The
Heritage Area of Annapolis, London Town &
South County; the City of Annapolis; and the
Maryland Heritage Areas Authority. This
publication has been financed in part with
State funds from the Maryland Heritage Areas
Authority, an instrumentality of the State
of Maryland. However, the contents and
opinions do not necessarily reflect the views
of policies of the Maryland Heritage Areas
Authority.
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St. John's College
60 College Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-263-2371
www.stjohnscollege.edu
www.fourriversheritage.org
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A Walking Tour of St. John's College 3
Alumni Memorial Tablet
Barr-Buchanan Center
Campbell Hall
Carroll Barrister House
Chancellor Johnson House
Chase-Stone House
College Cannon
French Monument
Gilliam Hall
Greenfield Library
Harrison Health Center
Hodson Boathouse
Humphreys Hall
Iglehart Hall
Liberty Bell
Liberty tree
McDowell Hall
Mellon Hall
Paca-Carroll House
Pinkney Hall
Randall Hall
Spector Hall
Woodward Hall Library
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