Fackenthal, Jr. (F & M Trustee) Begun Ap(cornerstone laid July 28). It is now the site of the SorakSpace.ġ937-1938 - Fackenthal Library constructed in Colonial Revival style at a cost of $250,000, incorporating portions of the Watts-de Peyster library into the core of the new structure. Fackenthal's wife Sarah Riegel who died in 1925. The original Browsing Room of Fackenthal Library, ca. It was moved to Buchanan Avenue in 1937, and then moved slightly again in 2019 to accommodate the construction of the Winter Visual Arts Center. A sculpture of the donor's ancestor Abraham de Peyster was located in front of the building along College Avenue. Original cornerstone laid May 1897 is located in lobby along with busts of John Watts and John Watts de Peyster.
(Michael) O'Connor of Hudson, NY., Architect George H. The Watts-de Peyster Library, built in 1897, faced College Avenue.ġ897-1898 - First College library building constructed in Richardsonian Romanesque style at a cost of $16,055 plus $990 for a steam heating plant and $5,150 for steel book stacks Named Watts-de Peyster Library after Frederick de Peyster and John Watts, father and maternal grandfather of donor, John Watts de Peyster (1821-1907) Library collections were formerly housed in the Literary Society buildings and in the college library, ground floor/Old Main M.
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