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Current and Historic Name: 蒙哥马利大厅
地址:北纬1030号. 级联大道
Year Completed: 1891
Architectural Style: Tudor Revival
Architect: Walter F. 道格拉斯, Colorado Springs
Designation: National Register
Access Level: 蒙哥马利大厅 is a residence and therefore is not open to the public.

科罗拉多大学 is co-educational. It keeps step with the progress of the age and offers to women the same educational advantages that the men enjoy. There are able women on her faculty, and her halls and recitation rooms are thronged with young women who are seeking to develop their 知识, 道德, and spiritual forces into that crowning gem of civilization, 女人味十足的女人. -Colorado Collegian, November 1890

科罗拉多大学's first permanent academic building, 卡特勒大厅, 1880年开业, but the fledgling institution could not supply student meals or housing for several years. Scholars coming from outside Colorado Springs rented rooms and ate in local 董事会inghouses or private residences. Construction of on-campus housing was an early priority, and the college completed its first residence for men, 哈格曼大厅, in 1889. Mary 斯洛克姆, wife of President William F. 斯洛克姆 (1888-1917), believed that a similar building for women was required if the college wanted to become more than just a local school. She led a successful movement to add women's residential facilities, beginning with the construction of 蒙哥马利大厅, now the second-oldest building on campus.

To support campus development, 给“物理, 知识, and spiritual aid" to female students pursuing higher education, and generate goodwill between the town and college, more than 100 local women gathered in 卡特勒大厅 on 20 April 1889 to establish the Woman's Education Society (WES). Completion of a women's residence was the first of numerous campus improvement projects undertaken by the group. The WES, an autonomous community organization led by 夫人. 斯洛克姆, 融资15美元,000 building through membership fees and fundraising efforts, 包括集市, 讲座, 还有其他事件. Of particular note was a fair that raised $2,700 by selling Aztec pottery and other artwork, 照片, 书, autographs of the famous, 食物, 花, 和床单. In addition, WES founder Anna O. 哈格曼, whose husband James headed the Colorado Midland Railway, 贡献了5美元,000 toward the construction fund.

The WES hired Scottish immigrant Walter F. 道格拉斯, who operated one of the principal architectural firms in Colorado Springs, to design the new "cottage" and emphasized that it desired a dormitory with a home-like atmosphere. The cottage system for college campuses originated at Smith College in Massachusetts, which developed small-scale student accommodations that resembled family homes rather than large institutional structures. The WES worked with 道格拉斯 to plan all aspects of the new building, hoping to add other similar women's cottages to the campus in the future.

宿舍, designed as the WES desired to resemble a stately residence, featured walls constructed of Castle Rock rhyolite, a welcoming porch, 大窗户, and multiple dormers. The home atmosphere continued on the interior with a large foyer, spacious drawing room with opentile fireplace, substantial dining room, kitchen and pantries, housekeeper's quarters, and a sunny room next to the housekeeper's to be used for those who became ill. The upper two floors contained double and singlerooms, bathrooms, and closets. The WES secured furnishings for the hall, with several people providing furniture for individual rooms in memory of loved ones. The WES named the dormitory "Montgomery" in honor of Mary 斯洛克姆's younger sister, Elizabeth Robinson Montgomery, who came to Colorado hoping to restore her health and became a supporter of the drive to erect the hall before her untimely death from consumption. 夫人. 斯洛克姆 outfitted the infirmary room in honor of her sister.

The college dedicated 蒙哥马利大厅 with a housewarming on 13 June 1891.The WES presented the building and its furnishings to the college debt-free. With the knowledge and experience it gained through seeing Montgomery to completion, in 1897 the WES agreed to assist in the planning and design of the second women's hall, Ticknor, and to raise funds for its furnishings. Through the success of what Mary 斯洛克姆 called "a quiet work," the Woman's Educational Society immeasurably added to the success and stability of the college, and its continued support has resulted in many physical improvements, supplemental programs, and more than $100,000 in aid and scholarships to students.

In the fall of 1891 the college catalog highlighted Montgomery as "a handsome stone building that has been erected during the past year and will afford superior accommodations for young ladies from abroad."Twenty-six women initially resided in the residence "warmed by steam, lighted by electricity, with every desirable convenience."From the time it opened, Montgomery served as the center for women of the college to meet, participate in social events, 研究, 和吃饭.On Sunday afternoons, 讲座 on "practical considerations of life and conduct" were offered at the hall.房间费用, 董事会, and utilities for each student during the first year amounted to $6 per week.In 1897, the college hired Ruth Loomis, a graduate of Vassar, to serve as director of women's housing and first Dean of Women and to provide female students with a dignified and cultured role model. In 1899, Montgomery also became a residence for the female students of Cutler Academy, a college preparatory program that operated on campus until 1914.

In an effort to cut expenses in the mid-1920s, the college closed Montgomery as a women's residence. The building intermittently accommodated classes until a major remodeling in the 1930s.Colorado Springs architect Edward L. Bunts designed plans for a 1937 project that expanded the upper story with accommodations for 21 women, created a large new front porch, added Tudor Revival style influences, and modernized the basic systems.The hall once again became an important component of the campus residential program.In 1938, Montgomery received a new rear sunporch through the generosity of Alice Bemis Taylor. Montgomery became a language house known as"Maison Francaise" for students of French in 1963. Residents of Montgomery studied the customs and culture of France, and French was spoken almost exclusively in the house. In 1990, the dormitory received recognition of its historical and architectural significance through listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Montgomery now provides accommodations for 25 upper-class women.

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