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| Institution Name: Smith College
Original/Historic Place Name: Hatfield Hall
Location on Campus: 3 Neilson Dr.
Date(s) of Construction and Designer(s): Type of Place: Individual building
Style(s): (Glossary)
Materials:
| Foundation: brick | | Walls: brick | | Roof: slate | | | Function:
| ca. 1877-1926 | residence hall | | ca. 1926-present (2007) | other (office space) | | ca. 1926-present (2007) | classrooms |
Significance: architecture, culture, education, history
Landmark designation: Narrative: see below
References: see below |
Narrative:
As the first student residence built by the College, Hatfield Hall signifies the College's success. With ever increasing enrollments, Smith was required to build a significant number of student residences early in its history--8 within a period of 25 years.
As more and more women attended the College, the need for additional on-campus student residences became a priority of various administrations. Hatfield Hall is another example of how the College decided to retain structures by moving them around campus rather than razing them for new construction. Hatfield, Dewey, and Wesley houses share this distinction.
| References: | | I. Bibliographic sources: | The Historical Handbook of Smith College. Northampton, MA: Smith College, 1932.
Horowitz, Helen Lefkowitz. Alma Mater: Design and Experience in the Women's Colleges from their Nineteenth-Century Beginnings to the 1930s. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
Lincoln, Eleanor Terry, and John Abel Pinto. This, the House We Live In: Smith College Campus from 1872-1982. Northampton, MA: Trustees of Smith College, 1983.
| | II. Location of other data: | | University: Special Collections, Facilities Management Office | |
