Cornell University: Willard Straight Hall

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Title	Cornell University: Willard Straight Hall
Alternate Title	Willard Straight Hall
View	View of terrace looking northeast
Work Type	buildings social and civic buildings student unions
Style/Period	Gothic Revival Twentieth century
Creator Name	Delano & Aldrich
Creator Nationality	American
Date.Creator Birth	1903
Date.Creator Death	1940
Contributors to Project	Delano and Aldrich (American architectural firm, active 1903-1940)
Subject.work	architecture Education Collegiate Gothic
Country	United States
City	Ithaca
State/Province	New York
Location.Notes	South of Sage Chapel and the Arts Quad
Architectural Material	Ithaca shale (siltstone); sandstone
Technique	construction (assembling)
Dates	1924-1925 (creation)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	3/22/1997
Subject Information	Willard Straight Hall is the student union building on the central campus of Cornell . It is located on Campus Road. adjacent to the Ho Plaza and the Gannett Health Center. The concept of a 'student union' building was a recent invention at the time--the first student union in North America, Houston Hall at the University of Pennsylvania, had opened in 1896. William Adams Delano was a Yale graduate who built buildings on that campus in the Collegiate Gothic style.
Information.source	Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)

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