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Northrop House is a five-story red brick house with white wood trim, built by Charles Rich in Georgian Revival style and opened in 1911. With dormer windows and an adjacent porch connecting it to its twin, Gillett, Northrop sits conveniently across Elm Street from the college entrance and John M. Greene hall. Named after Birdseye Grant Northrop, one of the first trustees of the college, Northrop houses 80 students, most of whom live in singles. Behind the leaded glass windows framing the front door, the spacious living room with a fireplace and TV room provide common areas for leisurely conversation and television viewing. A soda machine is situated in the basement, between the laundry room and the "study pit." Several years ago Northrop was renovated and now has new bathrooms and a wheelchair accessible first floor.
 Northrop is located at the top
of the hill leading to town and across the street from the
Campus Center, making diversions on campus or in Northampton
within easy access. The Five College bus stop is directly
across the street, and residents can wait for the bus from
the comfort
of their own living room.
Upon completion,
Northrop was described as the "pride
and joy of the college." It is a proud honor to its
namesake who, following graduation from Yale in 1841 and
Yale Divinity School in 1845, was Commissioner of Education
of both Massachusetts and Connecticut, pastor of a Saxonville
church for ten years, a promoter of improved education for
Southern black youths, a civilian intermediary between the
U.S. and Japan, the founder of National Arbor Day, and a
well-respected writer and lecturer.
Although "strange tales are told of the early inhabitants of this house," today, as in 1910, "it has gathered under its roof an exceptional and unique group of students."
Northrop House / Kathleen Crowe '99 |
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