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Davenport College (colloquially often referred to as D'port) is one of the twelve residential colleges of Yale University. Its buildings were completed in 1933 mainly in the Georgian style with a gothic façade. The college was named for John Davenport, who founded Yale's home city of New Haven, Connecticut. An extensive renovation of the college's buildings occurred during the 2004-2005 academic year as part of Yale's comprehensive building renovation project. Davenport College has an official rivalry with adjoining Pierson College. Image File history File links T_shield_davenport. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Harvard Colleges residential houses and Yales residential colleges have established sisterly relationships, much like the Oxbridge sister colleges. ... Winthrop House Crest John Winthrop House is the one of the twelve undergraduate residences at Harvard College and home to slightly under 400 students. ... A residential college is an organisational pattern for a division of a university that places academic activity in a community setting of students and faculty, usually at a residence and with shared meals, the college having a degree of autonomy and a federated relationship with the overall university. ... Yale redirects here. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... See also Gothic art. ... West faÃ§ade of the Notre-Dame de Strasbourg Cathedral A facade (or faÃ§ade) is the exterior of a building â€“ especially the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. ... Contemporary portrait of John Davenport John Davenport (April 9, 1597 â€“ March 15, 1670) was a puritan clergyman and co-founder of the American colony of New Haven. ... Yale redirects here. ... Nickname: The Elm City Location in Connecticut Coordinates: Counties New Haven County Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pierson College is a residential college at Yale University, founded in 1932. ...

Buildings and architecture

The College

Davenport College was, like many of Yale's residential colleges, designed by James Gamble Rogers and is privileged with two distinct styles of architecture: The York Street façade is constructed from gothically-detailed sandstone while the remainder of the college has been built in the red-brick Georgian style of the colonial era. This "hybridization" is meant to ease the transition from the monumental gothic streetscape of York Street, on which the western façades of the Branford and Saybrook College complex along with Jonathan Edwards College stand opposite the gothic-inspired Yale Daily News building and University Theater; the gothic dress of Davenport, with its fine carvings and ironwork, completes the transition. On the inner, Georgian side, the college entrance is marked by a graceful adaptation of the eastern façade of the original Massachusetts Statehouse, in which the British imperial lion and unicorn have been replaced by a pair of yales. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x681, 539 KB) Summary Charles Drucker, Davenport 08. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x681, 539 KB) Summary Charles Drucker, Davenport 08. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x681, 434 KB) Summary Charles Drucker, Davenport 08. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x681, 434 KB) Summary Charles Drucker, Davenport 08. ... James Gamble Rogers is the architect who designed Butler Library at Columbia University and who also designed many of the gothic structures at Yale University in the 1910s and 1920s. ... See also Gothic art. ... Branford College is one of the 12 residential colleges at Yale University. ... Saybrook College is one of the 12 residential colleges at Yale University. ... Jonathan Edwards College, Winter 2004 Jonathan Edwards College is a residential college at Yale University. ... A front page of the Yale Daily News. ... Old State House, circa July 2003. ... The yale (also centicore, Latin eale) is a mythical beast found in European mythology. ...

The enclosed space of Davenport College features three courtyards: the traditional Kumble Court (usually referred to as the "upper courtyard"), the lower courtyard and a recently created stone courtyard in front of the dean's suite, the result of the annexation of a former Theater Studies building during the 2004-2005 renovations. The upper courtyard is mostly grassy open space and ideal for pick-up games of various sports. A half-story terrace and two house-like residential units (one dubbed "The Cottage") flank the upper courtyard to the north. The smaller lower courtyard is given over to flower gardens and a shaded hammock. Traditionally, the college's sophomores live in the suites bordering the lower courtyard, while most of the juniors and seniors of the College live around the upper courtyard. The Cottage is exclusively occupied by seniors—generally elected by their classmates—and serves as a social hub for the college, subsidized by the Master's Office.

Separating the two main courtyards is the Crosspiece, a north-south component of the Davenport-Pierson complex which serves as the administrative heart of Davenport College, housing both the Dean's and Master's Offices and a classroom space as well as carrels and reading rooms extending from the college's Spitzer Library. The crosspiece formerly held a second library in the top floor which has since been converted to student housing, with the book holdings moved into the expanded Library

Indoor spaces of architectural note include the Davenport Common Room, the aforementioned Spitzer Library and the Dining Hall. The Dining Hall features light broad-wood floors, ornately carved wooden wall details and a coffered, barrel-vaulted ceiling from which hangs Davenport's pièce de résistance, an elegant Waterford Crystal chandelier. The plaster ornaments "JD" on the ceiling call to mind the monogram of the college's namesake, the Rev. John Davenport. According to college alums, the Common Room, located directly across from the Dining Hall, has witnessed a return to its original design scheme since renovation, with furniture, upholstery and layout remarkably similar to that of an earlier Davenport. The world-famous Waterford Crystal Ball is lowered in Times Square, New York City, on New Years Eve Waterford Crystal is a trademark brand of crystal glassware produced in Waterford, Ireland, by the company Waterford Wedgwood plc. ... Contemporary portrait of John Davenport John Davenport (April 9, 1597 â€“ March 15, 1670) was a puritan clergyman and co-founder of the American colony of New Haven. ...

In recent years the student run snack bar "the Dive" located under the College Common Room has served as an important gathering and social space for Davenporters. Abutting the kitchen is a modern, smartly decorated living room—complete with entertainment center—and game room, featuring a fooseball table and two pool tables, one of which is a recently restored 1920s Brunswick "Regina" model.

Freshman housing

Davenport College freshmen live on the Old Campus with the rest of their Yale College class, excepting students from Silliman and Timothy Dwight. Currently, Davenport College freshmen live in Welch Hall, which is located across from Connecticut Hall on Old Campus. The freshman counselors in Davenport College for the 2006-2007 academic year, who live with the freshman, are Drausin Wulsin, Kate Arata, Yalina Disla, Matt Huttner, Sang Hoon Lee, Sabrina Poon, and John Peretti. The Old Campus is the complex of buildings at Yale University that houses incoming freshmen from 10 out of 12 Yales residential colleges. ... Silliman College is a residential college at Yale University. ... Timothy Dwight College Timothy Dwight College, commonly abbreviated and referred to as TD, is a residential college at Yale University named after two university presidents, Timothy Dwight IV and Timothy Dwight V. It was built in 1935, at a cost of $2 million, and renovated in 2001-2. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Connecticut Hall is a building that is part of Yale University. ...

Mascot

For a while after Davenport College's inception into the Yale residential college system, students were known as "hybrids," a reference to the hybrid style of the college's architecture. It is unclear when this name fell into disuse, but certainly by the 1990s Davenport students were without a title or figure to rally behind. Image File history File links Davenport_Gnome. ... Image File history File links Davenport_Gnome. ...

In 1998, then junior Thomas Shaw, upon returning from a semester of mountaineering, brought back from the California Redwoods a five-and-a-half foot tall, several hundred pound carved wooden gnome as a gift to the college. The gnome, with its green painted shirt and yellow pants, quickly developed a following in the Davenport community, and was soon proudly adopted as the college's official mascot. Redwood is a name used for several species of trees with red or reddish coloured wood; see each species for individual details. ... A gnome hiding behind a toadstool. ... Mascots at the Mascot Olympics in Orlando, Florida. ...

The gnome was first placed in the college's courtyard, but after abuse from drunken students and repeated theft from neighbor and unofficial Davenport rival Pierson College, the gnome was relocated inside. It graced the entrance of the administrative offices in Crosspiece for the first semester of the 2005-2006 school year, but was moved to the Davenport Dining Hall halfway through second semester so that it could play a more prominent role in the college. Pierson College is a residential college at Yale University, founded in 1932. ...

College cheer

Davenport, Davenport, we are here!
We don't need no stinkin' cheer!
Davenport, Davenport, we are here!
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Notable alumni

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External links

Categories: Colleges of Yale University | University and college dormitories in the United States Yale redirects here. ... Berkeley College is a residential college at Yale University, constructed in 1930. ... Branford College is one of the 12 residential colleges at Yale University. ... Calhoun College is a residential college of Yale University. ... Ezra Stiles College is a residential college at Yale University, built in 1961 by Eero Saarinen. ... Jonathan Edwards College, Winter 2004 Jonathan Edwards College is a residential college at Yale University. ... Morse College is a residential college at Yale University, built in 1961 by Eero Saarinen. ... Pierson College is a residential college at Yale University, founded in 1932. ... Saybrook College is one of the 12 residential colleges at Yale University. ... Silliman College is a residential college at Yale University. ... Timothy Dwight College Timothy Dwight College, commonly abbreviated and referred to as TD, is a residential college at Yale University named after two university presidents, Timothy Dwight IV and Timothy Dwight V. It was built in 1935, at a cost of $2 million, and renovated in 2001-2. ... Trumbull College is a residential college of Yale University. ...

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