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Poughkeepsie, N.Y., circa 1904. "The entrance, Vassar College." Note the sign. 8x10 inch glass transparency, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
The gate house, designed by James Renwick, Jr., was replaced in 1913 by Taylor Hall. Evidently the gatekeeper and his family lived in the south tower and the north tower was occupied originally by the college engineer, appropriately named Mr. Gatehouse.
Since I have neither, I've never been there.
The lawn through the gate looks to be covered with bicycle tracks.
[Their pattern seems more consistent with carriage tracks. -tterrace]
I hear Don Knotts playing the organ somewhere.
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