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| Institution Name: Bard College
Original/Historic Place Name: Hoffman Library
Location on Campus: on a small knoll at the northern end of the main campus road on the west side.
Date(s) of Construction and Designer(s):| 1893-1895 | original construction; Hoffman Library Unknown | | 1976 | addition of Kellogg wing Unknown | | 1993 | original construction; Stevenson Library Venturi, Robert |
Type of Place: Individual building
Style(s): (Glossary)
Materials:
| Foundation: stone (Hoffman/Kellogg); concrete (Stevenson) | | Walls: brick | | Roof: metal (Hoffman/Kellogg); unspecified (Stevenson) | | | Function:
| 1893-present (2007) | library |
Significance: architecture, education
Landmark designation: | National Register | Hudson River Historic District (1990) | Narrative: see below
References: see below |
Narrative:
The Bard College library is composed of the classical Hoffman building (based on an Ionic temple with pediments facing east and west); the Kellogg wing; and the new main library building, the Stevenson. The earliest of them, the Hoffman, was built through a gift by the college's most generous 19th-century patron. The architect of the Stevenson Library was Robert Venturi.
| References: | | I. Bibliographic sources: | Hudson River Historic District [including Bard College]. National Register of Historic Places designation report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior/National Park Service, 1990.
| | II. Location of other data: | | University: Special Collections | | SHPO | | Government Offices | | Other: Hudson River Heritage office, Rhinebeck, NY | |
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